i'm not even talking about gestures. Let me see you getting used to fluid two finger scrolling and the preciseness of those pads and the go back to a small asus or whatever touchpad with scroll area on the side.
I know that feeling. I was cruising along in my brand new BMW. Missed a couple of payments and I had to go back to my Honda Civic. It must be just like that.
Most people that I know use a mouse, which has better scrolling and is much more precise.
Let me guess: Most people you know -that have a PC- use a mouse.
On macs, many people even prefer a touchpad on their desktop iMac. And that's not because of Apple's ridiculously bad mouses, most people know that they can connect any logitech.
> I'm not even talking about gestures. Let me see you getting used to fluid two finger scrolling
I call two finger scrolling a gesture.
Most mac users I know don't know any gestures at all, they just use it like a PC trackpad.
For me, I immediately turn off all gestures as soon as I buy a new laptop. They are just more trouble than they are worth in my opinion. I've tried them - they just get in the way.
I also know people that swear by gestures and the macbook touchpad - and for them the mac is a good choice. For the rest of us, it's just a slightly bigger touchpad with hidden mousebuttons (another thing that makes macs difficult to use for beginners).
There will be plenty when Windows 8 comes out.
> And this is something the author can't possibly understand.
If you don't like gestures, you will be totally unimpressed by the mac touchpad. The author may be in that category.