TrackPad Falsely Advertised by Apple

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roratus said:
Open "settings", select "trackpad", enable "tap to click"......holy crap! problem solved
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Guess you haven't been following along in the thread. :rolleyes:

The issue isn't that the trackpad can be software clicked, as this feature has been around long before the unibody Macbook came out. It's about Apple's current advertising which implies the trackpad can be mechanically clicked anywhere on the pad surface of the unibody Macbook Pro. My trackpad can't be clicked in the upper left or right corners. Some are saying it can be done on their Macbook's.
 
OP, what do you wanna do with you discovery?

plus, i can't believe nowadays people are still dumb enough to fully believe in advertisement. wait, it's not "people," it's person....

if you are able to find a better touch pad anywhere, please don't hesitate to share with us. otherwise, just sit back and enjoy what you have or go back to your beloved never-falsely-advertise-anything brand.
 
Resist said:
What year is your Macbook Pro? Because on my 2010 13" model it's impossible to press the upper left and right corners, until you get about an inch away from the corner.

It could be that Apple mechanically changed the internal design or mine was adjusted incorrectly at the factory.
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I can technically click with the top of the trackpad, but it feels like I am bending the glass a bit. Is it really that big of a deal that a little bit of the trackpad isn't clickable due to the fact that it has to be hinged? It certainly is pretty darn close to that claim, certainly much better function than any windows laptop I have used.
 
alust2013 said:
I can technically click with the top of the trackpad, but it feels like I am bending the glass a bit. Is it really that big of a deal that a little bit of the trackpad isn't clickable due to the fact that it has to be hinged?
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I can also click the top center of the trackpad with some glass bending, but not the top left or right corners at all. No it's not a big deal and I have stated that over and over. The big deal is with Apple's suggestion, that the entire trackpad is a mechanically clickable surface. Yes the entire surface is "software" clickable, but it's been like that years longer than Apple made their claims suggesting it's a new feature. Therefore Apple is suggesting it's mechanically clickable over the entire surface. Of which, mine does not do this in the upper left and right corners, no matter how hard it's pressed.

The question then becomes whether or not some trackpads are defective or Apple made a hinge design change preventing the upper corners from being clickable.
 
Maybe I should have titled this thread "Trackpad Click Misrepresented by Apple".



If this thread is so useless, then don't read it and waste your time posting to it!
 
Resist said:
I think I already understood that point.

But it's more an issue now only because Apple advertises the entire trackpad as being clickable, giving the public an impression that it is mechanically clickable. I say this because the previous version of the trackpad already was software clickable, yet Apple didn't advertise this point like they do now. So it's completely logical to assume Apple is claiming the new trackpad is entirely mechanically clickable.
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Ahh... but you only understand halfway.... "giving the public an impression..." is what advertizing is all about. They have not stated a fact that can be checked.... they have planted an impression in people's minds. The seed did not work on you... you should be congratulated. And admire the fine work that Apple's word-smiths did on creating a phrase that made a "means nothing" string of words sound almost real.

:)
 
I don't see why this really even matters, but I'm able to click anywhere. I have to push hard at the very top to get it to click, but I am able to.

Just testing it. If this posts, I clicked 'submit reply' in the upper left hand corner of my new MBP!
 
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Hmm misleading advertising yes, but isn't what they all do? haha.
I sure wouldn't want to try clicking in the upper left or right. The track pad is glass..
 
OP, yes you are right. but really?

Advertising sells 'dreams' to get you to buy things. Cowboys don't smoke marlboros because its the signal of the american dream. Nike shoes don't make you play like Lebron James. And the iPad isn't... 'magical'.

false advertising in some aspects is advertising. if it wasn't false, you wouldnt want to buy new things.

as for the trackpad. if you push it, it clicks. it works as a button. click anywhere... maybe not, but im not sure i could even begin to qualify that as false advertising. it doesnt work as it is supposed to; meh, it clicks. how many people drop that kind of money on a macbook pro based on the marketing of its trackpad?
 
You guys make me sick. Apple is falsely advertising. This should not be. If Dell were to do this, everyone would be up in arms, but because it is Apple, and Steve Jobs is the all-knowing and all-seeing deity we worship, it is the OP's problem.

Ugh.
 
thejadedmonkey said:
You guys make me sick. Apple is falsely advertising. This should not be. If Dell were to do this, everyone would be up in arms, but because it is Apple, and Steve Jobs is the all-knowing and all-seeing deity we worship, it is the OP's problem.

Ugh.
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as said previously, as others have... everybody does it. To quote your interest. yes. Dell do it. U2410 colour accurate monitor yet the panel has pink/green tint issues. not colour accurate. this is a forum that generally discusses apple products. the original post was regarding an apple product. answers have been regarding the said apple product.

another thread on here degrading to 'fanboy' accusations. its a select proportion of the market (apple users) using it. hardly a surprise if the comments are geared mostly towards the content of the site. but yes... as other and i have said.

they all do it
 
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Wow. It's no more false then anyone else. If you had read the whole thread you would have seen the op agrees it isn't false anymore , just misleading. Because with cap to click yo technically can click anywhere.
 
I'll just point out a couple things.

1) You don't 'click' a button. You 'press' a button. The 'click' is the term used in GUI computer parlance for activating the button (by pressing it).
2) The 'click' in question only happens within the computer, and the entire touch-pad surface can be configured to 'tap to click'.

Because of those two things, even ignoring anything else, the OP's entire mindless rant is simply untrue. Even ignoring *that*, the whole argument is so thoroughly pedantic that any rational person would simply :rolleyes:.
 
thejadedmonkey said:
You guys make me sick. Apple is falsely advertising. This should not be. If Dell were to do this, everyone would be up in arms, but because it is Apple, and Steve Jobs is the all-knowing and all-seeing deity we worship, it is the OP's problem.

Ugh.
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I can press anywhere on the trackpad. That's not false advertising, IMO. Maybe some just work better than others.
 
Resist said:
... The big deal is with Apple's suggestion, that the entire trackpad is a mechanically clickable surface. ...
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Perhaps I've missed it, but I can't see where Apple even implies "mechanically" clickable. They have chosen to keep that statement ambiguous. If it's not false if people want to read into it more than is actually stated. I'm not saying that this is a good thing... I'm just quibbling the magnitude of "not so good" here. It ranks right up there with that shampoo that will make me more attractive.

thejadedmonkey said:
You guys make me sick. Apple is falsely advertising. This should not be. If Dell were to do this, everyone would be up in arms...
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No I wouldn't. I would not even know if Dell were to do it. Nor would I care. Though I'm sure that they do it, however. It's called advertizing. They describe a product using words to create an impulse in the target to buy their product. They use words to create a favourable impression of the product.

Geez Louise.... do you think that HomeStyle bread is baked at home? That Cheez Whiz has cheese in it? The Hagan Daz icecream ever had anything to do with Europe? That the supermarket Farm Fresh eggs were ever within 100 miles of anything that you would recognize as a farm?

You know... we actually buy our eggs from a farmer. An honest to goodness, we can visit the chickens if we want, farmer. Cheap? Nope. But what a flavour.... and on that note... I'm going to go fry up a couple for lunch. :)
 
Resist said:
What year is your Macbook Pro? Because on my 2010 13" model it's impossible to press the upper left and right corners, until you get about an inch away from the corner.

It could be that Apple mechanically changed the internal design or mine was adjusted incorrectly at the factory.
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It's a 2010, I can do it just fine.
 
snberk103 said:
Perhaps I've missed it, but I can't see where Apple even implies "mechanically" clickable.
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Apple has been very misleading with this. True they never used the words "mechanically clickable" but considering the trackpad has been software clickable for years and they never before said the entire trackpad was clickable, really does imply they meant mechanically clickable now. Especially since the mechanical trackpad is one of their big selling points on the unibody.
 
Resist said:
Apple has been very misleading with this. True they never used the words "mechanically clickable" but considering the trackpad has been software clickable for years and they never before said the entire trackpad was clickable, really does imply they meant mechanically clickable now. Especially since the mechanical trackpad is one of their big selling points on the unibody.
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Sorry, but you aren't convincing me. And I don't think they implied that there was anything different. Did they start saying "Now the entire trackpad is clickable" - because that would definitely imply that before it wasn't. Just announcing a feature that has always been there is not, imo, implying that it was not there before.
 
Apple states on their site:

"Multi-Touch Trackpad
Constructed of smooth, touch-friendly, and wear-resistant glass, the MacBook Pro trackpad has no button. It is the button. So you can click it anywhere."


Notice the "So you can click it anywhere" statement.

Just discovered a different statement by Apple:

"Unlike typical trackpads, this MacBook and MacBook Pro trackpad is a button in itself; you can click almost anywhere on the trackpad."

http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3211



So which is it, the entire trackpad is clickable or almost anywhere on the trackpad is clickable? Apple is making contradicting statements.
 
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it seems important and all :) but really are we arguing about whether or not apple published contradicting statements? :p

to answer your post:
weird.. but maybe it was anywhere in the beginning, then they realized the problem and hoped that people would think that "almost anywhere" is the right thing :eek::eek::eek::eek:
idk:confused:
 
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