[samatman]

There's a categorical difference between preferring one sort of input over another, and there being only one acceptable implementation of that category. As you indicated, if the keyboard cough nub, let's call it a nub, is your mouse pusher of choice, you pretty much own a ThinkPad, because the other ones suck.

If you like a trackpad, you have a Mac, for the same reason. I don't know if it's the hardware or the firmware, might be some of both, but no one else ships a laptop with an acceptable response curve.

I stick with the Apple ecosystem for a few reasons, but this is a big one. Even when I'm at the desktop with keyboard and trackball, I'll reach over to the laptop sometimes to pinch, or three-finger swipe, just because it's the easiest way to express my intention. The context switch from using the keyboard to using the mouse is a fairly complete one for me, which is to say I tend to spend long stretches doing one or the other. I don't place any value on staying on the home row while switching. I do place considerable value on proper pointer and scroll acceleration, reliable recognition of gestures, and input rejection when my palm or thumb happens to rest on the trackpad. Any non-Apple laptop trackpad I've tested completely fails one or all of these.

[tssva]

“If you like a trackpad, you have a Mac, for the same reason.”

I have a ThinkPad with a track point and don’t use it opting instead to use the trackpad. Before the ThinkPad I had a MacBook Pro. I find neither trackpad better or worse than the other.

[yencabulator]

> If you like a trackpad, you have a Mac, for the same reason.

Weird fanboyism. I've migrated from nubs to touchpads because Lenovo ruined Thinkpads, and I'm perfectly fine without a Mac thankyouverymuch.

[wtallis]

It sounds like you don't like trackpads, so you're not providing a counterexample to that statement.

[samatman]

Weird hostility. Apple's trackpads are best in class, there's no serious debate about this. There are plenty of other considerations as to what machine or machines someone might use, I don't care what sort of computer you prefer or even want to know, really. "Fanboy" is your insecurity talking, nothing more.