Increased pressure required for unibody trackpad?

[macaco74]

I got my new 15" unibody MBP friday - while I love the machine, I do not love the increase pressure. I find myself pushing much harder even after the audible click to get the press to register.

I called applecare and he indicated this was normal. This is my first unibody MBP, I had a 2007 (october) MBP that had the separate click bar - never required more pressure than it took to get the click.

Is this normal?

 

[shadygrove]

Not sure if this is normal, but you want to turn on the "tap click" function. I like it a lot better than than pressing down the whole time.

 

[alphaod]

If you click on the bottom of the trackpad, it should be easier to click, but overall I do think it does require more pressure and one physical button.

 

[jamescwarren]

If when you press down it doesn't register, then there is something wrong with your trackpad. Before I just bought my new 15" MacBook Pro, I had the late 2008 MacBook and the trackpad did what you're describing. I had to get the trackpad replaced. Hope this helps!

 

[macaco74]

thanks for the response - I will likely bring it in to the apple store if it continues for another week or so.

 

[macaco74]

made my way to an apple store last to test the machines and see if the pressure was similar to mine. It was clear that I have a defective trackpad.

On the store machines, a soon as I heard a click, bam, the machine registered it, and it did not take much to push down.

I made an appointment to have mine looked at today.