“The Magic Trackpad can be set up for use on Mac OS X (10.6.4 or later) on either a portable or desktop machine, though it makes no sense as to why you would want to use it with a notebook,” Cheng reports. “It can also be used under Windows with some, but not all multitouch gesture support. The gestures are the main attraction, though, so the only reason we can see to use it under Windows is if you already have it installed on your Mac and you’re dual-booting into Windows for some other reason.”
“Once you have it all set up to your liking, off you go! If you are already familiar with the multitouch gestures that work on Apple’s notebook line, then using them on the Magic Trackpad works exactly the same way,” Cheng reports. “The two that I’m most addicted to are two-finger scroll and four-finger swipe up and down to expose the desktop. I’m also a huge fan of the two-finger right click… Despite the lack of a traditional button for clicking, you can indeed click on the Magic Trackpad… The bottom of the whole device depresses slightly when you press down on it with your thumb thanks to the feet on the bottom. This is just like the clicking mechanism on the MacBook Pro (there’s no button there either), and it’s difficult to click accidentally.”
Cheng reports, “Nobody needs to spend $70 on this, and to be totally honest, if I was buying it for myself, I probably wouldn’t either. I like it, but I like having $70 more. (I would happily accept one as a gift, though.)”
Read the full review – recommended – here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Brawndo Drinker” for the heads up.]