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The Magic Trackpad requires the Magic Trackpad and Multi-Touch Trackpad Update, available via Software Update or direct download, for full functionality. Very clever, and a welcome Apple touch-no pun intended-for those who hate touch-tapping. When you press down on the trackpad surface, the feet "click," giving you the same tactile sensation as you get with Apple's current MacBook trackpads. My favorite Magic Trackpad design feature? While the Magic Trackpad may not appear to support physical "clicking," it indeed does: The two nubby, rubber feet on the bottom, along the front edge, actually have buttons built into them. The actual trackpad surface is roughly 5.2 inches wide by 4.3 inches deep the entire device, including the battery compartment, is 5.2 inches deep.
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The Magic Trackpad also fits well with non-wireless Apple Keyboards: The thicknesses and inclinations are nearly identical, so when you align the front edge of the trackpad with either of Apple's wired keyboards, the top surfaces align almost perfectly (although the trackpad's battery compartment extends beyond the rear edge of the wired keyboard).Īpple claims the Magic Trackpad is nearly 80 percent larger than the largest MacBook Pro trackpad-the largest trackpad the company has ever made-but doesn't provide actual dimensions. Rubber feet on the bottom of the trackpad keep it from sliding around your desk. You'll also find the same power button (on the left-hand side) and screw-shut battery-compartment cover (on the right-hand side).
(The trackpad is ever-so-slightly deeper from front to back.) As with the Wireless Keyboard, the back edge is raised about half an inch to accommodate a cylindrical battery compartment that holds two AA batteries. Slideshow: 12 Years of Big-Time Apple Innovationsĭesigned to complement Apple's Wireless Keyboard, the Magic Trackpad uses the same aluminum-body design-and is almost the exact same height, depth, and inclination-as the Wireless Keyboard. Slideshow: Five Technologies Made Popular by Apple (Sorry, the Magic Trackpad doesn't work with the iPad.) After taking some photos of the Magic Trackpad, we've spent the day using it, and here's our first in-depth look.
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Using the same glass surface as the trackpad on Apple's current laptop line, the Magic Trackpad supports the same Multi-Touch gestures, bringing Apple's Multi-Touch technology to any Mac running Mac OS X 10.6.4 or later.
Early Tuesday, Apple announced the Magic Trackpad, the company's new standalone, Bluetooth trackpad.