I never particularly had a problem with the touchpad until recently - the current drivers get the location "lost" and needs a reboot about once a week (unloading and reloading with modprobe doesn't work. ![]() I have only very occasionally used a macbook and generally found the touchpad unpleasant due a relatively slow movement (which also might make it more accurate but still doesn't enthrall me). Just to warn I've used Linux on a cheap PC notebook for the last ten years. Could you explain what exactly is better about the MacOS touchpad? Mounted on flexing metal supports, they detect the amount of flex on each-and based on that, the force from above. > we’re pretty sure the magic pressure sensors in the new Force Touch trackpad are tiny strain gauges. A bit like a speaker: speakers are mechanical devices too. Your finger wouldn't feel it as a click if there was no mechanical movement at all. I infer that's because the click works by applying a mechanical kick back close to the point of deflection. What it doesn't do is haptic feedback when it's turned off. You can see it flex and bend by looking across it while deflecting it - it's most easily seen by looking at the gap around the edge of the pad, between the pad and the laptop casing, while deflecting it close to the edge. I can only speak for my mid-2015 15" Retina MacBook Pro, and the whole pad is clearly flexible and very slightly sprung (and yes, it's made of glass - thin glass is quite flexible).
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