Editor’s Note: This story is excerpted from Computerworld. For more Mac coverage, visit Computerworld’s Macintosh Knowledge Center. The laptop trackpad has come a long way since Apple Inc. pioneered ...

The laptop trackpad has come a long way since Apple Inc. pioneered it 14 years ago on the PowerBook 500 series as a replacement for the trackball found on earlier models. While almost anyone who has ...

The way to impress somebody with Apple’s new trackpad is to have them try to click it when the computer is off. Nothing happens, it’s just an inert piece of glass with just the tiniest amount of give ...