How the Magic Trackpad Revolutionised My Desk Setup

Surprisingly a great experience!

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I’ve never been a fan of trackpads, especially on older laptops where they just felt small and extremely uncomfortable to use. Then I got a MacBook and that changed everything.

I got my first MacBook around 7 years ago when I was at university, it was a mid-2012 MacBook Pro which I purchased second-hand to help with my degree.

It was also the device that changed my view of Mac devices forever. A lot has changed since that MacBook had its days. For example, I remember upgrading the memory and mechanical hard drive to a solid-state drive.

But the thing that remains the same, if not better, is the quality of the trackpads.

As someone who was brought up with Windows, especially Windows laptops both at school, university, and work. The one thing that they all had in common was bad trackpads.

I am not saying that all the trackpads found on Windows laptops are bad, the point I am trying to make is that I was used to using poor-quality trackpads which fed my hate for them.

But after using the trackpad on my old MacBook, I always wanted to get one to use alongside my main mouse and keyboard, and I think that it revolutionised my desk setup. Here’s why…