What Harm Would It Have Done To Add Multitouch To Macbooks?

[jfull15]

hi

sorry to waste a thread on this but it puzzles me..... maybe i am being illogical but it just puzzles me why apple couldnt have added Multi-touch to the MacBooks when they did on the Pros.... and they proudly advertise on their site that the macbook pros now have multi-touch as if it is a bonus feature... my current MBP doesnt... but even the packard bell single core machines i used to issue to salesmen in the office did.. it just puzzles me why they couldnt add it... is it something that is elite that should be only offered to those who purchase MBP? just that it could have been easily incorporated as they were changing the processor anyway...

zain

dude check out your system preferences-->keyboard & mouse--> trackpad you'll find some of these things in there - just like everyone else said, multi touch is the pinch/pan rotate swipe functions....

 

[KingYaba]

i dont see why is should have to reach down 3cm from the mouse to click downwards when i could jsut apply pressure with my fingers... im lazy

Erm, you can't do that? Go to prefs and enable clicking.

 

[John.B]

I've been lurking these forums for a few months now. This is my first post. I was baffled by the upgrade as well. I'm a PC user (my first and only experience with Mac was the Mac classic my dad bought for us about 15 yrs ago) that was dead set on a new Macbook the minute they came with a new upgrade. Now I know that you can never have the most up to date technology when it comes to computers, but I was really expecting more than a processor upgrade. And to top it all of there was a report that they will upgrade again in the summer within a day of this new release. As my current cpu has 512MB of ram (shocking, i know) I was in desperate need of a computer but simply can't wait that long so I went ahead and bought a Dell desktop to help me in the meantime. I have a '22 monitor with the Dell that I hope to use with my new macbook (when they get serious about an upgrade). But until then it'll be PC for me. Maybe I'll get a free ipod out of the deal if the upgrade does come this summer

Now you know why so many of us jumped on the refurbished Merom/SR MB deals as soon as the Penryn MB was announced, a huge difference in price (for Apple anyway) for not much difference in functionality.

I personally think the reason the MB didn't get the new MBA-style multi-touch is because they probably need to use up the old chips and the MB is the only trackpad product left that could take them. I'm guessing the MB will get the new multi-touch trackpads either in a redesign this summer or maybe as part of the next speedbump.

Oh, and sorry to hear about buying the Dell. From an owner of two of them.

 

[zainjetha]

Ok, I have a macbook which is the latest, was the latest model till penryn came out. Is there anyway to enable tap-to-click on it coz it really bothers me not having it? would make life alot simple.. however multitouch (like there is on iPhone isnt a big deal ITS A BONUS.. ofcourse not A BASIC which i thought it was)...

thanks

 

[John.B]

Ok, I have a macbook which is the latest, was the latest model till penryn came out. Is there anyway to enable tap-to-click on it coz it really bothers me not having it? would make life alot simple.. however multitouch (like there is on iPhone isnt a big deal ITS A BONUS.. ofcourse not A BASIC which i thought it was)...

In System Preferences, its under the Keyboard & Mouse icon, click the Trackpad button (on the bar at the top). Viola!

BTW, you do have two finger scrolling which is the one multi-touch feature I wouldn't want to live without when I'm not using a mouse.

 

[sadilak]

hi

sorry to waste a thread on this but it puzzles me..... maybe i am being illogical but it just puzzles me why apple couldnt have added Multi-touch to the MacBooks when they did on the Pros.... and they proudly advertise on their site that the macbook pros now have multi-touch as if it is a bonus feature... my current MBP doesnt... but even the packard bell single core machines i used to issue to salesmen in the office did.. it just puzzles me why they couldnt add it... is it something that is elite that should be only offered to those who purchase MBP? just that it could have been easily incorporated as they were changing the processor anyway...

zain

Multitouch is actually very annoying(atleast for me). You are better off without it.

 

[zainjetha]

THANKS, thats now solved.. i thought that i didnt have it in my machine when it was there all along...


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