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I simply cannot get over using non-Apple trackpads. The trackpad is such an important part of a laptop's user interface. Obviously I wouldn't drive a car with flat tires, so why would I use a laptop with a crappy trackpad?

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Under appreciated is that macOS is largely a touch-based system now with the magic trackpads. If you configure three-finger drag in accessibility settings you never have to click. Granted it’s not a touch screen, but in my view it’s a touch- and gesture-based system. Using a non-Apple trackpad feels like going back in time and using touch screen devices with keyboards (eg Win 10 laptops) is incredibly annoying.

I have been using double tap to select (and simply drag) on Linux for years, never had to click. And my touchpad is far from magic...

I will say, my Dell Precision 7710's trackpad works very, very well. I was really concerned when I migrated away from a Mac 3 years ago because I kept reading stuff like this but was very pleasantly surprised.

In contrast, I don't understand the Thinkpad hype. Everyone that I've ever tried has just felt low quality to me. I don't understand why people like them so much.

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