EfreetSKWorking outside
kazernielBeing on your laptop outside is a miserable experience
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As a lifelong desktop PC user, laptops just feel claustrophobic š Especially sucks without a mouse, fuck the trackpad.
bridgeenjoyerBro, people today prefer trackpad. Its fucking mindblowing. Ive met several IRL people that love trackpads and donāt own a mouse.
I almost guarantee Iām 10x faster at anything on a PC than them
I have fond memories of my Macbook Proās touchpad. That was over a decade ago, I still havenāt found a comparable experience.
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JackbyDevYouāre assuming these people are doing something useful, they could be dealing with Microslop licensing as their full time job.
Ha, true
I prefer a trackpad while I work, and the reason is simple: Much less movement to switch from trackpad to keyboard than from mouse to keyboard. And much easier to land on the key you want without looking.
And I very much doubt youād be faster than me with a mouse!
Trackpads give me handcramps very fast. Also if Trackpads were faster, gamers would use them.
The point of trackpads (and even more so of trackpoints) is that theyāre faster to get to from typing position - you move your hand back a bit (or even just the index finger) instead of moving across the whole keyboard. Thatās not something that would go high on the checklist when gaming - itās usually one hand planted on WASD, the other on the mouse and hardly any going back and forth.
A gamer does not need to switch from the mouse to the keyboard repeatedly. Plus, a gamer cares about precision, which obviously a trackpad lacks.
āFasterā standalone means nothing. Can you move the pointer faster with a mouse? Of course. But I donāt see most people flicking on their workstation.
In the context of this thread, āfasterā refers to completing your tasks faster. And for that a trackpad beats a mouse if your job requires you to type a lot.
Makes sense!
I donāt own a mouse. I like the trackpad because Iām left handed and a mouse always felt weird to me left handed because schools in the 90s forced me to use it right handed.
So, uhh, are you good and comfortable at using the mouse with your right hand? If so you have no reason to use your left. I have a left-handed friend who has always exclusivity used his right for the mouse. Aināt no law saying your mouse hand must be your writing hand. Not to mention the benefits: itās the default setting on any system, and there are lots of great quality asymmetric mouses that only fit the right hand.
Iām not trying to change you, by all means if you like the trackpad more power to you. Just curious why youād try to mouse with your left if youāve already learned to use it with your right.
I am comfortable with it in my right hand but I have a tendency to click the buttons backwards. Trackpad is easier one finger left click 2 finger right click just seems more intuitive.
grrgyleIāve stopped caring about being fast. In fact Iām certain my current setup is slower, more comfortable, and funner than any Iāve enjoyed before.
If you feel good and youāre enjoying your setup then thatās what matters.
Yes totally . i can see trackpad bring good if you have some wrist issues. I do have wrist issues but a trackpad makes it worse for me