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Trackpad (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by rtarb93@alien.top to c/framework@hardware.watch

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I'm coming on 2 weeks of daily driving my Framework laptop. 13th Gen Intel 13inch. I absolutely love it! It is light, keyboard feels great, the chassis doesn't feel cheap and flimsy, the screen aspect ratio is something that felt odd at first but I've come to absolutely love it (especially for spreadsheets), the battery life has been pretty good but I about always have a charger and outlet near me.

BUT

This damn trackpad is awful. I mean, for a laptop that costs what these cost it really is the weakest point. (I could say that about the speakers but I always have my AirPods with me and they work surprisingly well with Windows 11)

Clicking near the top of it is almost impossible. I also notice a solid couple millisecond delay when clicking or tapping. When using an external mouse (normally a G305, or M705) that latency is not there.

If Framework ever comes out with a V2 of the trackpad I would happily THROW my money at them! All in all, I'm very happy with this laptop. Just fix the damn trackpad, please!

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[–] matqua@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

With enhance pointer precision on (or whatever it is called in windows now) the trackpad to me was poor (or Adaptive acceleration profile in KDE/Linux).

Once I switched them off (and enabled tap to click since the trackpad is firmer to physically click) I'm OK with it. I also upped the pointer acceleration a bit to compensate for the flat acceleration profile.

Coming from a M1 MacBook Pro which I'd rate the trackpad as a 10, I'd give the Framework an 8 for pointing and two finger scrolling and a 6 for clicking.

If Framework ever comes out with a V2 trackpad that matches the MacBook one I'd throw considerable money at them.

[–] rtarb93@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

The first thing I do on any PC is disable enhance pointer precision. I absolutely hate it!