[Hani]

Hello all

Still a newbie, or even more i still havent recieved my new 15" PB. I am readying myself for my first apple and i was wandering whether you can use the trackpad like the ipod wheel to scroll through pages (moving your finger in a circular motion on the trackpad). Also, i once saw a friend using the trackpad to right click by tapping a predefined area of the trackpad, can this be used on the new PBs?

Thank alot

PS: i bought my PB from amazon, and i just saw now that they have $200 and $150 rebates on the 17" and 15" new PBs respectively. I cant apply for the rebate since i bought mine a week ago :-(

[Ruahrc]

If you're getting one of the new Rev. D Powerbooks, then yes- the PB can scroll via the trackpad out-of-the-box, no extras needed. Note that you do need to scroll with 2 fingers and point with just one.

If you're getting an older Rev. C Powerbook- then yes it is possible via iScroll2, a freeware driver that somebody has made. It will work on most older PB's, if you look in this forum you will see a thread relating to this issue. I use this and it works great, although the circular scrolling is not as smooth as the regular up/down/side scrolling.

As for the right click- I don't think the new PB's can do it- only older ones with iScroll2 can do it- perhaps there is another program that your friend is using to do it as well.

Ruahrc

[wuzup101]

My guess is that your friend is using sidetrack, which allows you to scroll using the sides/top/bottom edges of the track pad. It also allows right click and other programable functions on the corners via tapping. It's a $15 shareware program and worth every single penny and then some...