Here's what I think, but this information might be wrong... All macbook aluminum models do have multi touch. The plastic ones don't. Am I wrong? On Jun 12, 2009, at 8:31 PM, Brent Harding wrote:
> > Will the ones from October of 2008 support it? That's what I bought > in March > or so. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ignasi Cambra" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, June 12, 2009 7:29 PM > Subject: Re: Multi finger jestures and desktop Macs > > >> >> It's a hardware issue. I don't know if you already got the answer but >> oh well... I'm behind reading emails! >> On Jun 11, 2009, at 7:38 AM, ben mustill-rose wrote: >> >>> >>> But is it a issue of there drivers not supporting multi touch or an >>> actual hardware one? >>> >>> On 11/06/2009, Ignasi Cambra <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> No, it probably won't work on older macbooks because their >>>> trackpads >>>> don't support multi tuch. >>>> On Jun 11, 2009, at 7:16 AM, ben mustill-rose wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Surely its just a software thing for all the mb's and mbp's >>>>> though. >>>>> >>>>> On 11/06/2009, Justin Harford <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Or for that matter, will older macbook and macbook pro models be >>>>>> left >>>>>> out. I'm pretty sure that the newer notebooks use different >>>>>> touch >>>>>> pad >>>>>> technology. >>>>>> >>>>>> Regards >>>>>> Justin Harford >>>>>> On Jun 10, 2009, at 3:10 PM, Dean Wilcox wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi, >>>>>>> I've been on this list for what feels like a long time, I want a >>>>>>> Mac >>>>>>> but my Windows PC just keeps going so I haven't justified it >>>>>>> yet. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I was reading the accessibility page relating to the up and >>>>>>> coming >>>>>>> Snow Leopard and was interested to read about the different >>>>>>> finger >>>>>>> jestures and ways that Voice Over will make use of the trackpad. >>>>>>> I'm >>>>>>> refering to the two sections "now the trackpad is the screen" >>>>>>> and >>>>>>> "the rotor", both of which are headings. Are desktop Macs >>>>>>> getting >>>>>>> left behind in this respect? Here is the link: >>>>>>> http://www.apple.com/macosx/accessibility/ >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Kind regards, BEN. >>>>> >>>>> email: [email protected] >>>>> msn: [email protected] >>>>> web: http://www.bmr.me.uk (under construction) >>>>> >>>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Kind regards, BEN. >>> >>> email: [email protected] >>> msn: [email protected] >>> web: http://www.bmr.me.uk (under construction) >>> >>>> >> >> >>> >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
