Eh, I don't know. The Apple-style clickpad made a great deal of since once touchpad quality reached a point where multi-touch was reliable, especially since Mac OS X was designed around a single mouse button in the first place.
But this? It's the evolution of the tappad. Those have always been finicky experiences, and I'm not sure it's the technology to blame there. This strikes me as a scenario where having a button is going to remain superior. Having that level of feedback is very important, not to mention the fact that a pure touch surface opens up some interface ambiguities that don't currently exist with clickpads. Anyone that has had to deal with a tablet confusing taping and dragging knows what I'm talking about.
...we Windows users will be just sitting aside salivating over MacBooks 'cause Apple will always integrate cool stuff faster and better than others due to tight vertical integration of OS and hardware.
MS needs to up the game, Surface is NOT enough. They have to start making their own ultrabook next, full of advanced Win8 stuff like those glass touchpads with multitouch gesture support, retina screens, etc.
MS will fall into oblivion eventually if they won't up the game on hardware front. Crappy cheapshit producing OEMs are NOT enough these days, Apple is pwning MS financially very hard and it hurts to see how MS is slowly sliding into irrelevance.
I hope Ballmer is not a TOTAL IDIOT and that he will start making his own phones and ultrabooks eventually. Non-integrated cheapo bloatware ridden OEM crap IS NOT ENOUGH to compete with Apple.
I've been creaming that to local idiots like motoman and cheesy clown for a VERY LONG time already, glad to see Ballmer is following my line of thought and doesn't listen to his own MS oldfags that troll Apple motoman/cheesy clown-style. But he's not moving in that direction fast enough, we need more highly integrated premium quality MS PC hardware RIGHT NOW!
Apple will keep pwning idiot cheesy clown trolls and motomans with their insane profits that make MS look like an ugly midget financially, until Ballmer wakes up. Or until someone faster and smarter than him appears as MS CEO.
Hurray to MS hardware like Surface! THE NEXT STEP CAN'T COME FAST ENOUGH! Hear that Ballmer? The world is watching ya fat bastard :)))
salivating? Over the overpriced and underspecced hardware of iFruity? hardly.
And btw, iFruity simply uses many of others tech, while they are good optimiser, they are hardly innovative at all.
And given how MS is a software company first and foremost, making hardware is hardly their priorities. But what will be good will be getting quality partners who can produce outstanding laptops that utilised the strength of their OS.
PS ... iFruity does not in fact uses high quality hard ware, going by their bill of materials. And moreover, remember that Aluminium is in fact one of the cheaper, weaker and softer metal available.
My only gripe with this is that over time, being made of a plastic material, it will lose its pressure sensitivity either causing a pressure level to be registered when none is there, or will require re-calibration.
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ViRGE - Monday, August 20, 2012 - link
Eh, I don't know. The Apple-style clickpad made a great deal of since once touchpad quality reached a point where multi-touch was reliable, especially since Mac OS X was designed around a single mouse button in the first place.But this? It's the evolution of the tappad. Those have always been finicky experiences, and I'm not sure it's the technology to blame there. This strikes me as a scenario where having a button is going to remain superior. Having that level of feedback is very important, not to mention the fact that a pure touch surface opens up some interface ambiguities that don't currently exist with clickpads. Anyone that has had to deal with a tablet confusing taping and dragging knows what I'm talking about.
Wizzdo - Monday, August 20, 2012 - link
This excites me more than the keyboard announcement. Some really nice applications for music and drawing as well (with driver support dang it!).gostan - Monday, August 20, 2012 - link
copying apple eh?Pirks - Monday, August 20, 2012 - link
...we Windows users will be just sitting aside salivating over MacBooks 'cause Apple will always integrate cool stuff faster and better than others due to tight vertical integration of OS and hardware.MS needs to up the game, Surface is NOT enough. They have to start making their own ultrabook next, full of advanced Win8 stuff like those glass touchpads with multitouch gesture support, retina screens, etc.
MS will fall into oblivion eventually if they won't up the game on hardware front. Crappy cheapshit producing OEMs are NOT enough these days, Apple is pwning MS financially very hard and it hurts to see how MS is slowly sliding into irrelevance.
I hope Ballmer is not a TOTAL IDIOT and that he will start making his own phones and ultrabooks eventually. Non-integrated cheapo bloatware ridden OEM crap IS NOT ENOUGH to compete with Apple.
I've been creaming that to local idiots like motoman and cheesy clown for a VERY LONG time already, glad to see Ballmer is following my line of thought and doesn't listen to his own MS oldfags that troll Apple motoman/cheesy clown-style. But he's not moving in that direction fast enough, we need more highly integrated premium quality MS PC hardware RIGHT NOW!
Apple will keep pwning idiot cheesy clown trolls and motomans with their insane profits that make MS look like an ugly midget financially, until Ballmer wakes up. Or until someone faster and smarter than him appears as MS CEO.
Hurray to MS hardware like Surface! THE NEXT STEP CAN'T COME FAST ENOUGH! Hear that Ballmer? The world is watching ya fat bastard :)))
funnyhog - Saturday, March 21, 2015 - link
salivating? Over the overpriced and underspecced hardware of iFruity? hardly.And btw, iFruity simply uses many of others tech, while they are good optimiser, they are hardly innovative at all.
And given how MS is a software company first and foremost, making hardware is hardly their priorities. But what will be good will be getting quality partners who can produce outstanding laptops that utilised the strength of their OS.
PS ... iFruity does not in fact uses high quality hard ware, going by their bill of materials. And moreover, remember that Aluminium is in fact one of the cheaper, weaker and softer metal available.
iamkyle - Saturday, August 25, 2012 - link
My only gripe with this is that over time, being made of a plastic material, it will lose its pressure sensitivity either causing a pressure level to be registered when none is there, or will require re-calibration.funnyhog - Saturday, March 21, 2015 - link
.... being made of plastic composites does not mean that it will lose its pressure sensitivity. Where on earth did you get that idea from?