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“I’ve been using the Magic Trackpad on two different iMacs, one that’s about five years old and another that’s less than a year old,” Boehret reports. “In both cases, I found its glass surface to be cool and smooth, and it worked well as a solution for small work surfaces where a mouse can’t move around much. I was also glad to finally bring the same touch gestures that I use on my MacBook Pro laptop to these desktops. For instance, I placed four fingers down on the Trackpad and pushed up to hide all opened programs and reveal my computer desktop. Then, by swiping four fingers down, I showed all opened windows, a feature Apple calls Exposé. When photos are opened, moving two fingers apart or together will zoom in or out on an image. Turning two fingers clockwise or counterclockwise on the Trackpad rotates the image.”
Boehret reports, “If you can afford it, or if touch gestures simply make you a more productive computer user, the Magic Trackpad is a real asset. It can co-exist with a mouse or totally replace it, if you want. After just minutes of use, I stopped using my mouse altogether.”
There’s much more in the full review – recommended – here.
MacDailyNews Take: Sunday morning will mark the first week that we haven’t used a computer mouse since 1984.
By the way, “Tap to Click” is enabled. We couldn’t imagine using our Magic Trackpads without it.