And one huge disadvantage. I'll start with that. It does not work with Jitouch. Jitouch simply does not respond to gestures made on the new Magic Trackpad 2. [EDIT: THIS HAS BEEN FIXED! SEE NEXT POST]
Now for the advantages:
- 1) It has an OFF switch! (yay! The cats can't use it while I'm asleep to order kitty treats from Amazon or Chewy.com)
- 2) Rechargeable batteries! No more changing batteries. Just plug in a USB/Lightning cable. The trackpad end uses the lightning plug, of course. While mine is too new to tell you how long the charge lasts, I'm told it lasts at least a month. Charges fully in 2 hours. Charges enough to use for a while in 2 minutes.
- 3) Robust wireless connection. The old trackpads drifted from their connection pretty regularly if there was a lot of metal around. The result was that they would get hard to control, with the cursor going wildly out of control, overshooting every object. The fix was merely to pick it up and move it, even an inch. Then it worked fine, but it would happen again shortly. The new Magic Trackpad 2 apparently won't do that. In fact, the first thing you notice is how direct the connection feels. It follows your every move, but never overshoots.
- 4) 1.25" wider. The old trackpad's usable surface was square. The new one is a rectangle in landscape mode. It feels a lot freer mousing around, and with the better wireless connection your mousing feels more precise.
- 5) no clicker-feet to wear out. I've been through 3 of the old trackpads, because their clicker-feet (2 per trackpad, on the front corners) wear out. They will no longer raise the trackpad back up and release the click. Also, the little rubber foot can get pulled out, and then you're just screwed. The new one has no clicking feet. The whole device is a "clicker."
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