Many of us are slowly making the transition to Lion (OS X 10.7). One of the first things you’ll notice is the amount of gesture controls that have been built in to the OS.
When you first launch Lion, you’re prompted to a screen that demos all the new features. Now it shows these features with either a Magic Mouse or Magic Trackpad, so what’s best?
It’s a tough decision. Customers with iMacs most likely already have the Magic Mouse and aren’t too anxious to go out and grab another mouse. Customers with new MacBook Pros already have a trackpad, so this decision is mostly for those running a Mac desktop. I just purchased the new Mac Mini and decided to go with the Magic Trackpad.
Why? Simple: the experience Apple was aiming for with Lion (I believe) was to incorporate the touch features from their iOS devices, meaning things like pinch-to-zoom, Launchpad and rotating are only capable on the Magic Trackpad.
Rumors have surfaced that Apple may move strictly to the Magic Trackpad because of this. I would agree that to gain the full experience of Lion a Magic Trackpad is needed.
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