Editor’s Note: This story is excerpted from Computerworld. For more Mac coverage, visit Computerworld’s Macintosh Knowledge Center. The laptop trackpad has come a long way since Apple Inc. pioneered ...

The laptop trackpad has come a long way since Apple Inc. pioneered it 14 years ago on the PowerBook 500 series as a replacement for the trackball found on earlier models. While almost anyone who has ...

Laptops have shipped with various pointing devices over the decades. Built-in trackball mice were once quite popular, but there's also that weird rubber nub that's now a hallmark of Lenovo ThinkPad ...

Apple’s MacBooks come with a built-in multi-touch trackpad that supports a wide range of gestures to help you perform various operations efficiently. Likewise, its external trackpad, Magic Trackpad, ...

Monday’s Apple event gave people who follow Apple news plenty to talk about. But for Mac users, the biggest news probably has to do with all the ways the new MacBook diverges from what we’ve been used ...

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It's old and battered, but it still works. Even upside-down. Photo: Charlie Sorrel/Cult of Mac If you have a low desk, or you just hate bending your wrists back, then you might consider turning your ...