Apple's touchpad has a very high sensitivity.

The era of “touch” puts more use on the fingers and allows the laptop to further narrow the psychological distance from the user through touch operations. In the wind of the iPad's touchpad, ASUS, Samsung, Sony, Lenovo and other manufacturers have introduced multi-touch pad technology, ASUS "gold finger team" has also rewritten the touchpad drive to make it fluent The ease of use has greatly improved.

The touchpad Ordinary touchpad can only replace the mouse. Some complex multitasking operations must also be implemented with the keyboard, but the multi-touch trackpad can completely replace the mouse. The multi-touch panel is a touch panel with a transparent sensing medium. By clicking, sweeping, and other operations performed by the finger on the touch panel, corresponding functions are achieved with different gestures, thereby improving the control efficiency and use experience. Nowadays, mainstream touchpads have a sense of sensitivity, touch experience, and feature extension.

Touch sense: multi-touch makes operation richer. As the saying goes, “Ten fingers join the heart” and “intelligent hand”, fingers can be regarded as the most sensitive body parts in addition to facial features. The so-called “touch control” is also for the fingers. That's it. Then, "touch" is uncomfortable and the finger has the most say. The touch experience, in addition to the performance of the touchpad, its size, material, temperature and even color, all play a crucial role.

Judging from the trial experience of reporters, the best device for the touch experience is Apple’s Magic Trackpad. The Magic Trackpad is much like the touchpad on the MacBook Pro, but it is more spacious and the area has increased by nearly 80%. It is Apple's largest Multi-Touch trackpad, so there is more space for your finger Scroll, swipe, rotate and open and close. The Magic Trackpad uses a wear-resistant, smooth glass material for excellent feel. Especially when long-distance sweeping, retracting, opening and closing operations are performed, the operation is very easy and very "feeling."

Compared with the Apple Magic Trackpad, the area of ​​the touchpad is not large enough, including the MacBook Pro. However, the current notebook original touchpad is approaching the limit compared to the current state of the notebook. Also in a limited space, the Samsung NP900's touchpad is small and lackluster. The ASUS X401's touchpad is designed to have a large area of ​​the entire tablet. The Sony E14P's touchpad also has a beautiful thin border, which is quite Small fresh style.

In addition, from the point of “click” operation, Apple Mac book can choose “a single tap with a finger” or click the “secondary click” in the lower left corner, lower right corner, etc., and other brands click touch operation It is more limited. "Rolling" is another interesting detail. Apple Mac book scrolling is "inertial scrolling", also called "natural scrolling" mode, when browsing the web can not maintain uniform speed. ASUS Smart Gesture technology has advantages in scrolling through web pages and is more suitable for browsing news.

Sensitivity: The details of each spell are the "sensitivity" is a delicate indicator for touchpad operation, too sensitive or too slow, not good.

The multi-touch pad can detect simultaneous multi-touch or proximity touch at different positions on the touch panel, generate different signals for each touch in the multi-touch, and can provide gesture recognition function for the user to judge each root. Finger touch signal meaning. Therefore, the ability to identify the touch force and area is the key factor in determining its sensitivity.

The Asus X401 has been specifically improved and enhanced in touch applications. Palm Proof's "Hand-to-kick-off prevention technology" can accurately identify whether the signal is a palm touch or a finger command, avoiding accidentally touching the touchpad when typing. The mouse cursor moves and the function is unique. Reporters found out on Apple’s Mac book notebook, ASUS X401 notebook, Samsung NP900 and Sony E14P touch panel. From the sensitivity point of view, Apple and Asus are more satisfactory.

In general, the operation of the touchpad can be divided into a two-finger cursor click, a two-finger scroll zoom, and more finger page pushes. When the two-finger enlargement, reduction, browsing and rotation of icons or photos are performed, the sensitivity of the Apple MacBook is very good, and the effect of zooming in and out is comfortable. The Asus X401 is also sensitive and smooth, and can easily be enlarged or reduced several times. However, the Sony E14P is rather lame in the browsing operation. Even if the salesperson repeatedly operates it many times, it is only the probability of "five in one" and the effect is not very good.

Extensibility: It is possible to connect to a distance of 10 meters. No matter how powerful the performance is, the screen effect will be beautiful. If the touchpad has to be squatted back to the computer for every operation, the experience is still a lot discounted. There are touchpads that can be used remotely. Use the Magic Trackpad with an Apple Mac book computer or laptop with Bluetooth technology. There can be a connection distance of about 10 meters between the two, giving you more flexibility. Activity space.

From the perspective of “remote control”, Acer’s two new laptops, the 8951G and 5951G, which feature top-end audio and video entertainment, also have unique touch capabilities. You can place your notebook on the coffee table, and then easily rest on the couch, easily manage clear.fi software through the "removable touch pad", and easily manage multimedia content. The back of the removable touchpad is made of frosted material, which can effectively prevent it from falling out of the hand. In the lower right corner, there is also a device similar to that of the mobile phone chain, which is connected to the host through a randomly attached metal chain to prevent loss.

In the programmable touchpad, Apple Magic Trackpad also has advantages. If you don't necessarily need to use all of the Magic Trackpad's gestures, you can select your favorite gestures and cancel unwanted gestures in the system preferences. Magic Trackpad can also detect whether the trackpad is in the zero active state and has a switch button, all of which can reduce the power consumption and make the battery more durable.