Rufus T. Firefly Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 I have an old (well as old as in the very last model before the new one) and I wanted to know if there is anyway to update the track pad so to speak probably not eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 No. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rufus T. Firefly Posted March 19, 2008 Author Share Posted March 19, 2008 ah well that sucks thanks for the reply Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munky Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 colonels - we have argued about this before my friend it is widely known that the trackpads on the older MBP's (even my 1st gen Core Duo one) can detect 3 fingers. if you install Ubuntu on your MBP you can configure it to do 1-, 2- and 3-finger clicks. this means that theoretically someone could write a driver for the older mbp (and most likely mb) trackpads to give SOME extra functionality, even if its not the same as the true multitouch trackpad. imagine you could set up something like : 3 finger tap (touch the trackpad with three fingers for a short time) - do equivalent of 'next' (3-finger swipe right) 3 finger tap and hold (touch the trackpad with three fingers for a longer time) - do equivalent of 'back' (3 finger swipe left) 3 finger hold and click - rotate by 90 degrees? maybe if 3 finger drag is possible to detect, it could be used for zoom. (eg up for zoom in, down for zoom out). this kind of thing has been done before - google 'iScroll2' for example - gave me two-finger scrolling on my old 12'' PowerBook. just my tuppence worth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rufus T. Firefly Posted March 20, 2008 Author Share Posted March 20, 2008 Oh so I shouldn't listen to Colonel? I've been seeing a lot of ppl not listening to him Thanks for the information. I'd tackle this myself if I knew how to edit kext's and such or make a driver period I just want tap 2 fingers for a right click Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munky Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 wtf? you can do that on ANY MacBook.. hell, even the later PowerBooks could do that. you crazy man! http://tokerud.typepad.com/blog/2007/02/macbook_pro_2fi.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ongeloof Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 Aww, Colonel, they ganging up on you again... Think Mark :pirate2: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rufus T. Firefly Posted March 21, 2008 Author Share Posted March 21, 2008 wtf? you can do that on ANY MacBook.. hell, even the later PowerBooks could do that. you crazy man! http://tokerud.typepad.com/blog/2007/02/macbook_pro_2fi.html haha, well I'm a bit of Mac noob when it comes to MB's I'm used to running OSX86 on a PC. But hey I still would like to be informed about the multi touch for older MBP's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naruto Uzumaki Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 sure you can do the basic touch combos but forget about the new mac gestures because your MBP is not physically able to use the gestures. I hope that helped clear things up a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i_am...me Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 sure you can do the basic touch combos but forget about the new mac gestures because your MBP is not physically able to use the gestures. I hope that helped clear things up a bit. The trackpad its self is. The only thing thats different on the new trackpads is a Broadcom chip that processes those inputs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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