The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    How is the Multitouch Trackpad on the new Z

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by ajaffarali, Mar 30, 2010.

  1. ajaffarali

    ajaffarali Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    46
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    The new Z is probably the only laptop that I would give my 13" MBP for. I'm glad Sony added a backlit keyboard but can anyone comment on the trackpad's multi-touch behavior? Does it have two finger scrolling and browsing? Is it as smooth as MBP?
     
    ajaffarali, Mar 30, 2010
    #1
  2. keisuke28

    keisuke28 Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    2
    Messages:
    129
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    The trackpad on the new Z does support multitouch but you need to download the latest version of the synaptics driver in order to use gestures such as two finger scrolling. I also previously owned a 15" unibody macbook pro and I must admit that not even the Z's trackpad is as good however, the trackpad is still fairly responsive.
     
    keisuke28, Mar 30, 2010
    #2
  3. ajaffarali

    ajaffarali Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    46
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    Ahh- so you've very much been in the same boat as me. Do you miss OSX on your laptop. There are som many subtle things about the MBP such as the light sensor that dims the screen in darkness and the amazing trackpad that I'm not sure if I will be as satisfied with anything else.
     
    ajaffarali, Mar 30, 2010
    #3
  4. keisuke28

    keisuke28 Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    2
    Messages:
    129
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    The new z has the ambient light sensor as well so the display dims in low light conditions. I honestly don't miss os x that much even though i've used it for about 3 years now. Windows 7 is leaps and bounds better than vista and so far I haven't had any problems with it. I really like the z's small form factor while still having a screen that has a higher resolution than the 15" mbp, and i'm sure you'll notice a huge difference coming from a 13" mbp. Performance wise, this laptop blows away my old mbp especially with the ssd's in raid.
     
    keisuke28, Mar 30, 2010
    #4
  5. bryan1988

    bryan1988 Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    191
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    I love the trackpad of the macbook. It really respond very well. let me try out mine when i receive my Z series and let you know :)
     
    bryan1988, Mar 30, 2010
    #5
  6. ajaffarali

    ajaffarali Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    46
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    Awesome- thanks for the responses. I'm not worried much about the performance as I have the Intel SSD on my MBP so its screaming fast. OSX boots up in under 15 seconds
     
    ajaffarali, Mar 30, 2010
    #6