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I don't understand how people can trash so much the keyboard and then say the trackpad is amazing. It's way too big and my palms keep touching/clicking on it while I type, which breaks my flow all the time, especially when I'm coding in like vim and trigger unwanted keys.

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I agree the trackpad is unnecessarily large. It works much better than the competition though.

Exactly. A bit too large but still by far the best trackpad out there.

"Better than other trackpads on the market" and "the trackpad is great" are two different statements.

I have a question to those Macbook users who find its trackpad far superior to the competition, does the trackpad behaves the same way with other OS, like with Ubuntu? The reason why I asked because when I installed Linux on my 2012 Macbook air, it's trackpad turned into the normie trackpad instead of the super awesome Macbook trackpad.

In other words, how much of Macbook's trackpad is in it's software?

> In other words, how much of Macbook's trackpad is in it's software?

A tonne. Compare how the trackpad acts in the restore system, and how it acts in MacOS: Two very different realms of quality.

Regardless, lenovo & dell's (x1 & xps) trackpads are on par with the macbook '15's trackpad. Apple has lost that advantage.

well works great need to include "does not do things when I don't intend". I have normal hands size so I can't see how other people don't face this problem

Ergonomics are a weird thing. There’s a huge variation in human anatomy and preferences. What is amazing for you will be terrible for someone else. You can invest a lot of man hours into trying to come up with a solution that works well for the majority (actually most tech hardware companies invest very little in that), but you’re never going to make everyone happy. Especially highly technical users.

There’s a huge variation in human anatomy and preferences.

There's also long term vs short term effects. Your personal preference might feel great for you right now, but will lead to joint and back pain 5-10 years down the road. While the 'correct' way may feel highly unnatural right now, but may very well save you from much pain and anguish at some point in the future.

Agreed. I had to put electrical tape across the top of mine (and the Touch Bar). https://hackernoon.com/i-tried-to-fix-my-macbook-pros-touch-...

oh good one, maybe I'll try the same!

I had a similar experience when I first bought my Macbook Pro 2017, but eventually I got used to its size and grew to like the larger trackpad.

However, when I switch to my old Macbook Pro 2013, they keyboard feels so much nicer to me that I feel frustrated with my purchase.

I had this problem too back when my work laptop was an MBP.

Just disable the mouse in your vimrc, you'll be better off for it.

didn't know I could do that :facepalm: thanks for the hint

Somehow I don't have a problem with the touchpad while typing, I guess different people hold their hands while typing in different ways.

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