Overall I like the design.

A few things I find to be so troublesome I'd never buy it:

It's 18 inches. Eighteen!! Add to that the speakers, and you have a monstrosity never to be carried anywhere.

Given the size and propable use, I can't help but wonder why on earth it's got a 1.7GHz processor - albeit an i7.

Another thing: I moved from Apple's laptops to Thinkpads. One of the "heavy" reasons was the trackpoint, and when Apple made their touchpads even bigger, resulting in even more hurt in the long run, I figured a Thinkpad X200s was the way to go (trackpoint only - no touchpad at all)

Aaanyway, they "sell" this with two touchpads so one can play "dj" on them. what use would that be for the rest of us? Seriously?

No, personally I find that product to be all gimmick, no substance. I do like how the speakers look, though (this coming from someone who has a mone speaker at the bottom of his computer and mostly use headphones).

Edit:

I just realised where the touchpads are:

They are to the left and right of the keyboard. Speaking of ergonomics, that is propably the worst place for such things as you will have to use your hand the most to get there as opposed to a trackpad below or a trackpoint in the middle.

All in all, I figure Lewis forgot the golden rule: If it works, keep it, and if it aint' broken, don't fix it.

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Electrified wrote:

Another thing: I moved from Apple's laptops to Thinkpads. One of the "heavy" reasons was the trackpoint, and when Apple made their touchpads even bigger, resulting in even more hurt in the long run...

They are to the left and right of the keyboard. Speaking of ergonomics, that is propably the worst place for such things as you will have to use your hand the most to get there as opposed to a trackpad below or a trackpoint in the middle.

All in all, I figure Lewis forgot the golden rule: If it works, keep it, and if it aint' broken, don't fix it.

Of course, I haven't tried those, but let me disagree here. The problem with touch pads is that you cannot rest your palms anywhere. This is where trackpoint is great. By removing the button, Apple made the pad worse - I agree. They messed with something that wasn't broken (ok, the button was broken, but it should have been split into 2 buttons - now it is usability nightmare.... yes, I have new MBP and I've observed my kids as well as mom try to get the new improved touch pad). However, the position of the pad is broken as you don't get the support and therefore this new position might actually work. Your hand is much closer to where people have their hand when they are using traditional mouse (on the side of the laptop - not front). Maybe the hands stop hurting that much from the unnatural twist that happens in your wrist when you try to use the pad on front without moving your hand as you suggest. So, even you said it yourself that the pad (on Apple) is broken, so therefore it should be fixed! 🙂

Habahaba wrote:

So, even you said it yourself that the pad (on Apple) is broken, so therefore it should be fixed! 🙂

Hehe, good point. Although, touchpads work in general even if it's placed down there. However, I do prefer the trackpoint: Much less strain and fatigue associated with it. 🙂