MacBook Pro leak reveals the world’s largest touchpad

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MacBook Pro leak reveals the world's largest touchpad

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The side by side MacBook Pro could become more similar an iPad than always before. Yeah, Apple's resisted the call of a touchscreen MacBook, only what if the entire infinite below the keyboard was a behemothic touchpad?

That'south the latest MacBook Pro rumor to cantankerous our desks, and it comes from a patent granted to Apple titled, "Dynamic input surface for electronic devices." And the more I think about this, the more it makes sense for the rumored ARM MacBook.

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Getting to the actual fine print of the patent, things sound a piffling hard to imagine. A "partially-flexible metal contact portion" defines the area of touch input, and a "group of indicators" that "may be holes ... may exist selectively illuminated" based on gestures.

And while that is confusing, it makes more sense when the patent notes that the input expanse size — aka the functional touchpad — may change. The patent notes that the "input expanse be dynamically varied."

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That last part calmed me down a bit, as I was wondering how Apple plans on dealing with folks using the area below the keyboard every bit wrist rests, every bit we all do with laptops. Subsequently in the patent, nosotros learn that touch detection modules may exist used to prevent sure kinds of interaction, which audio necessary.

While it sounds crazy, nosotros are still waiting for the MacBook to become a giant makeover, equally its design is e'er so slowly aging, as competitors innovate. Asus, for case, has been experimenting with giant interactive touchscreens higher up the keyboard in its ZenBook Pro laptops. And while putting the touchscreen to a higher place the keyboard makes more than sense to avoid accidental input, it removes the space for a wrist wrest, making things ergonomically abrasive.

Of class, since this is patent news, don't go making major ownership decisions immediately off of this. Tech titans regularly apply for patents that they have no interest in really pursuing, but with the intent to block competitors from running with the same idea in the future.

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Henry is a senior editor at Tom's Guide roofing streaming media, laptops and all things Apple, reviewing devices and services for the past six-plus years. Prior to joining Tom'south Guide, he reviewed software and hardware for TechRadar Pro, and interviewed artists for Patek Philippe International Mag. He's also covered the wild world of professional person wrestling for Cageside Seats, interviewing athletes and other industry veterans.

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