'faulty trackpad'

Software fix for faulty Apple MacBook trackpads coming soon?

By: |Nov 5th, 2008 at 03:26PM
Filed Under: Apple, Laptops
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Over the weekend, we reported on the growing body of circumstantial evidence that pointed to a flaw in the glass trackpad on the new MacBooks. A growing number of MacBook and MacBook Pro users have been reporting an unusual error with their trackpad. According to the forum discussions, the trackpad stops responding for 5-10 clicks after working for about 50 clicks. One MacBook owner took his complaints further than the forums and sent an email directly to Steve Jobs. According to Mac Rumors, Steve-O himself r...

New Apple Macbooks shipping with faulty trackpads?

By: |Nov 2nd, 2008 at 12:43PM
Filed Under: Apple
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If multiple reports across the web are to be believed, the answer might be yes. According to a rather sizeable thread over at the Apple discussion forums, a number of users are experiencing a curious problem that causes the track pad on their new Macbook to freeze up and stop registering clicks after 50 or so successful pushes. The freeze seems to last for 5-10 clicks, after which the button begins functioning again. There has been no official response from Apple, so we can only speculate as to the cause, but...