[Ti] AlBook crazy touchpad fixed?

[Rod Duncan]

I will join the chorus too. Also have a 1.67GHz AIBook with 1 GB 
memory and running 10.4.3. I think it is better with this upgrade. I 
have got so used to being vigilant with its jumpy, twitchy behaviour 
it has become second nature to me. I think it might be better but 
still far from perfect.

My last computer (667 DVI TiBook) had a marvelous, by comparison, 
trackpad. Not only in its accuracy but with the general, tactile 
touch, drag etc. The difference is the drag/scroll addition to the 
feature set. Which I love and use but would like the same old 
wonderful trackpad I was used to. Too bad we have to give up to get. 
<grin>

I complained to Apple last April when I purchased the PBook. Even got 
a repair authorization but never could pry the Pbook from my "Cold 
Dead Hands" long enough to get it repaired. I was also concerned that 
tearing it apart could end up being more of a hassle with more 
subsequent issues than it has now. Been down that road.

Now I am watching it more carefully with these comments from you 
both. Nice to know I'm not alone in this. Thanks.

Rod

>At 9:22 AM -0500 on 11/14/05, Matt Gregory wrote:
>
>>  Maybe it was my imagination, but I noticed last night that my 
>>AlBook's touchpad seems to be behaving normally.  By that I mean 
>>when I tap to click the cursor doesn't jump a few pixels causing 
>>the click not to happen or to happen on something else.  Was my Mac 
>>just having a good day or maybe it was my imagination?  Or, by 
>>chance, has this been fixed somehow and I missed the news?  I'm on 
>>10.4.3 and it's a 1.67GHz AlBook w/ 1.5Gig memory.
>
>I have almost the identical configuration as you but with only 1 GB 
>memory. The trackpad clicking does indeed appear to be better since 
>upgrading to 10.4.3, although the cursor still jumps a little on 
>mine -- but usually only one or two pixels if at all, not the 
>five-ten pixels like before. Definitely better. At home I usually 
>use a trackball (the Kensington one with the scroll ring, which I 
>really like), but on the road I just use the trackpad. I did a 
>little searching on Macintouch.com but couldn't find anything new on 
>this issue, so I'm not sure if/when it officially got fixed. Apple's 
>doc on the 10.4.3 update doesn't mention it anywhere that I can see. 
>Of course, Apple never really acknowledged there was a problem (and 
>never replied to my emails to them about it), so I guess they can't 
>admit they fixed (or partially fixed) it, either!
>
>Bob


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