Apple Magic Trackpad: Review

When I purchased the Magic Trackpad, I was really hesitating as to whether to buy the Trackpad or the Magic Mouse. Both were the same price (roughly), however I think I made the right decision.

Firstly, the Magic Trackpad is essentially like an iPhone screen. All the multi-touch gestures on the iPhone are integrated into the Magic Trackpad. You can do anything you want, even pinch to zoom and turning your fingers to rotate pictures in Aperture or iPhoto. This is really brilliant, as it brings one of the best bits of the iPhone to the Mac. Furthermore, the Magic Mouse has really limited gestures, and is nothing like an iPhone screen.

The other thing I like about the Trackpad is how wide it is. You have room to do all the gestures, and when compared with the Magic Mouse, for example, you realise the difference. On the Magic Mouse gesture wise, everything is cramped, so it makes a real difference.

The final thing to say is that the Magic Trackpad is the future. The mouse is slowly disappearing, and multi-touch is the future. The Magic Trackpad therefore is the future, and the Magic Mouse, even having some limited multi touch capabilities, is more a less the past.

Apple rarely make disappointing products (there have been some though), and they, in my opinion, certainly have not disappointed with the Magic Trackpad. which really is the way to go. Needless to say, a 3 year old could have installed it.

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Many of you may know that the Apple.com store was shut down for mantinence yesterday because it received a few updates. The Mac Pro received a much overdue update. In August Apple will be selling a 12 core Mac Pro for a ridiculous price of $4999. But, it is a really fast and powerful machine, that will last you for a long time. Another new update that was very necessary was the 21.5 inch iMacs recieving a spec bump to the intel i3 processors. The Apple LED Cinema Display also received a long overdue update. Come September Apple will be selling a 27 inch LED Cinema Display for $999. A little pricey for a monitor. But, it does feature a built in mic, speakers, 3 usb ports, and other features a standard display would not have. The display also has a gorgeous 16:9 aspect ratio. The last big splash Apple made with their silent updates is with their new Magic Track Pad, which was leaked on MacRumors.com is the Magic Track Pad. It's basically a bigger version of the multi touch Track Pad featured on a MacBook Pro. Now, I'm not really sure why anyone would buy this. But, I will hold back all of the hate before I actually get to experience it for myself.

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