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> no more absurdly large trackpad that has easy false positive when you are typing on it.

What are you doing to get those? I've never had issues with that, and I absolutely love the large trackpad on my MacBook




Yeah, I love it as well. Zero false positives ever. If there's one thing Apple does right, it's a killer trackpad.


I have that issue, I managed to make it a lot better by disabling almost every touchpad gesture on my mac.


I think it is the wrong trade off.

>I’d still prefer a smaller trackpad to avoid accidental input. And it looks like the edges and indentation in front of the trackpad remain sharp, as if you aren’t supposed to put your hands near there [1] .

You are trading absolute best for some people at the expense or annoyance for some people. The older trackpad isn't small either.

Which is exactly the same thing with TouchBar and Keyboard.

Some loves the butterfly keyboard, but they dont hate the old scissors keyboard. There are lots of people who hated the butterfly.

[1] https://mjtsai.com/blog/2019/11/14/the-16-inch-macbook-pro/


How big are your hands ? A significant number of people have issues and have had to change their typing style.


Couldn't disagree more. I've always had false positive issues with Apple's trackpads. The newer ones are slightly better in terms of accuracy, but they're so absurdly large that it still happens more often than it used to - and this is across 4+ macbooks and multiple generations, so it's not just a faulty model, and I'm not the only person I know with this issue.


Hard agree. OP seems a bit pedantic looking for bullet points. Personally the trackpad on this is pure downside.




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