Reviews for Magic Trackpad

I thought the Magic Mouse was awesome, making all other mice pathetic, but this magic trackpad is even more awesome, and just makes all the mice seem as obsolete, antiquious novelties of yesteryear.

I hate the average trackpad on laptops, including my Macbook, but the Magic track pad is the end all be all. Been using the track pad for about an hour, and have disregarded then Magic mouse
Apple does it again....

Firstly i wasn't too sure about the trackpad, however I no longer use a mouse!
The trackpad is by far the best additional to my Mac Pro set-up. Ease of use if unbelievable. Defo wont be going back to The Mouse (sorry mouse)

A few things: I love Apple product, I love computer mice, I never write reviews -- ever.

But this thing is THAT good. At the very least, try one and return it if you don't like it. I'm a graphic designer and I've had the current unibody Macbook Pro with its large multi-touch trackpad. While it was great, the best laptop trackpad I've ever used, I still found myself preferring a mouse. Needless to say, the concept of putting a Trackpad on my desk to use with my Mac Pro workstation was ludicrous -- or was it?

I've move to a home office and have a lot of things on my desk. I mainly use a Wacom Cintiq to draw directly onscreen and a wired Intuos 3 to control my 2nd monitor (where I keep my palettes) for a mouse/trackpad-free experience. I use the graphic pens 75-80% of my day. A magic mouse was my pointer of choice for non-design needs.

I've always had to rearrange my desktop to fit this need and make room for moving my hand around with a mouse. Well no more!! I tried the Magic Trackpad and was instantly hooked. It's simple -- the HUGE size of the trackpad eliminated all my "complaints" about using the Macbook's trackpad. Functionally, they are identical, but in this case, size matters. It's THE best pointing device (besides graphic pens for my art and design) that I've ever used. I've tried them all, btw (nubbs, trackpads, trackballs, mice). Tracking is smooth & ACCURATE. Multi-touch is ACCURATE and easy to use, not to mention nifty.

PROS:
• LARGE size
• Multi-touch gestures & clicking
• Stationary object on desktop

CONS:
• $70, really? Sigh... I am at apple.com after all.

Instead of trying to conjure up every superlative to describe my absolute adoration for this product, let me tell you that prior to owning my iMac (the 27" 2010 version), I had been a big fan of IBM/Lenovo ThinkPad laptops. This is relevant because I had always hated the trackpads that came with most laptop computers, which had always been one of the most significant reasons that I much preferred the ThinkPad's hallmark Trackpoint "stick" over all other laptops' touch-based pads.

Having said that, I also loved the Magic Mouse that came with my iMac, but it took less than 15 minutes of playing around with this awesome new Apple gadget until I boxed up my Magic Mouse, which I had gotten to like quite a bit actually. It is just so wonderfully natural and the generous amount of 1-4 finger gestures make it much more versatile - and FUN - than any mouse could ever hope to be. I also love the understated design and the fact that it screams sophistication and beauty at the same time.

It is also clear that my next notebook will be the 17" MacBook Pro with its large trackpad, as this appropriately named Magic Trackpad is the culmination of years' worth of hard work and experience with touch and gesture based input devices with the various MacBook Pro's (and Air's) as well as the touch screen controlled iPhone, iPod touch and iPad.

If I was forced to come up with one issue that I didn't like about it, I would have to say "Sorry, I guess you'll have to shoot me, because I really can't". The most I could come up with is the fact that it drains the battery relatively quickly. When I bought this, I also purchased the Apple battery charger, which quickly paid for itself in batteries that I did not need to buy.

Go get one! I would have paid twice as much for it. ;-)

I recently purchased a new iMac along with the touchpad. I have grown accustomed to the touchpad on my laptops and I thought I would like it. I love it! It responds beautifully and has a huge area for movement. I have hardly used the Magic Mouse since giving this a try. I highly recommend it.

Like Always, another amazing apple product. I honestly didn't expect much from this product. I got it because i needed a mouse (my original mighty mouse was barely functioning anymore). My friend suggested the track pad so i figured why not. No regrets, The touch sensitivity is just amazing. Great job!

This is the way multitouch is meant to be.

I have had a Mighty Mouse for a few years on my iMac. I've never liked it, the trackball was always getting too dirty to register scrolling, the left click was unresponsive, and it just wasn't very ergonomic.

The Magic Trackpad solves ALL of those problems and adds a handful of awesome features like multi-touch gesturing.

Using the trackpad is beneficial in other ways too: it takes up less room than your normal movement area for a mouse, plus it feels so much better on your hands to use. The glass surface makes for a beautiful and sleek feeling package that will no doubt inspire you to throw your mouse out the window.

Perfect for anyone, especially those using DAWs and Editing software.

I needed to replace my mouse so I thought about upgrading to a Magic Mouse.

When I saw the Magic Trackpad, I had to make a tough decision. Which one would suit my needs better?

After Apple's last keynote I knew right away what I wanted. They previewed OS X Lion and I saw all the cool multi-touch features that will be integrated into the operating system.

It's so much easier to do multi-touch on a trackpad than on a mouse. The trackpad is larger and it doesn't move around as easily as a mouse. I especially like browsing the web with my page swipe gestures.

Great product Apple!