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by gxs 2928 days ago
The trackpad is what kills me. On the Mac, the non-mechanical touchpad is so efficient, at least as a pointing device can be.

It's spacious, I don't get erroneous output, and most importantly, you get a uniform click no matter where on the trackpad your finger is.

In the hinged trackpads, it's a pain to click at the top - often you have to slide your finger down.

This is less of an issue if you're more of a keyboard only type - but for me it's one of the first things I notice when I use a windows laptop.

Other pros/cons I more or less agree on, but in my book this is a big one that is commonly left out.

3 comments

Agree, moved to tap-click in a first day. As time goes you get use to it but it is still far from Mac touchpad (even more I have not seen anything better in any laptops)
Can't speak to the XPS 13, but on the HP Spectre x360 13", I can click, without undue pressure, anywhere except when my finger is literally touching the top edge of the trackpad. I have the same experience on my 2014 Retina MBP, too. I feel like you might be overstating the benefits (which exist, but IMO are not that big) of the non-mechanical touchpad just a little.
Maybe you're right, but for me it was a little jarring at first.

Little things like that add up - and it's nice when they are just completely out of the way. FWIW I don't have the issue you reported, I can click anywhere on the trackpad, even the very edge. Mostly useful when you're dragging and dropping or selecting text etc.

You could switch to tapping the touchpad to select (instead of clicking it), which in imo is a lor more convenient.