Magic Trackpad X1

I was looking for a portable mouse to slide into my laptop bag—something I could easily use on the go or at my desk at work—and honestly, this one checks all the right boxes.The touchpad is smooth and responsive, making it great for quick navigation, and the battery life is fantastic. I charged it the day I got it and haven’t had to think about it since. It works flawlessly on both Mac and Windows, which is a huge plus.The only downside? It requires a USB dongle. In a world of Bluetooth-everything, I’d love to see a dongle-free version in the future. Still, for what it is, it performs great and travels even better.

This sizeable portable trackpad worked on both my Macbook Pro and Windows laptops.

I hate laptops. Period. More specifically, I hate that trackpad at the center base of the keyboard for 2 reasons. Since 1985, I've been using external mice, drawing pads and yes, other trackpads that sit to the right of the keyboard and even though I am a lefty I'm quite adept at using my right hand to control the cursor. I like it off the keyboard and positioned to its right. Plus, I'm terrible at brushing or accidently tapping the built in trackpad sending the cursor to the nether regions of the screen. So I turn off the built in trackpad and mostly use a Bluetooth mouse but with a Mac you lose out on multi-finger gestures.Then I found the POLARMETA Wireless Magic Trackpad Keyboard with Mac/iPad. It's a large trackpad that connects using a 2.4GHz dongle or USB cable. At first I was disappointed that they didn't include Bluetooth connectivity but I've gotten used to the dongle. The problem is the newer laptops especially Macs have few ports The latest MacBook Air sports only 2 thunderbolt ports besides the MagSafe charging port and a 3.5mm audio port. So it seems like using a dongle wastes one of the ports. However, I have a small hub that connects to one of the Thunderbolt ports and provides 4 more USB 3.2 (10Gbps) ports so I no longer am worried about using the port for the dongle. The dongle lives in the port permanently now.The external trackpad supports one, two and multi-finger gestures as well as taps and clicks. It's quite versatile and I love its large size (about 4x6). It's now my Mac's constant companion and goes wherever the Mac goes. This is an almost ideal solution. The built in trackpad is off and this external trackpad feels like heaven to me.

I upgraded my 1st gen magic trackpad with this. It has similar height, but is about 3cm wider.The top is frosted glass, and has nice rounded edges. The aluminum base has the bead blasted finish, and all beveled edges. Build quality feels pretty decent. It weighs about 210g (7.4oz). The rubber feet do a good job, though they will slide if pushed from an edge.It has a switch on the back with 3 positions (Win, Off/Wired, and Mac). Mac mode only seems to work on Macs, even though the device is recognized on other operating systems it would not do anything. Win mode works everywhere (tried Win 10, ChromeOS, Linux), but on Mac it behaves like an absolute position touchpad (kind of like a touchscreen).The device behaves the same whether you used the USB wireless dongle, or use it wired.Gesture recognition isn't quite as forgiving as Apple's, but it's close enough. Just have to be somewhat intentional about setting multiple fingers down at the same time. I'll get used to it.I like having the wireless dongle. No connection issues like bluetooth, plus there's always wired mode as a backup. The dongle is plain black though. I wish more manufacturer's would label their dongles so I could easily tell them apart.Goes to sleep a little after 10 minutes, requires clicking the pad to wake. The physical click requires an annoying amount of force. Wired mode does not sleep.== Inside ==The frame is opened with 4 screws under the 4 corner rubber feet. A ribbon cable connects the two halves. A sprung metal frame makes the whole pad click a single central button. There is a 1000mAh pouch cell battery. The main touchpad chip is Goodix GT9897T. On the USB/wireless board there is a Wingcool S528F, and a Microne ME4057EN (Lithium battery charger).

Simple installations-literally plug and play.I didn’t experience any lag when moving the cursor.The whole pad depresses to activate the click function.I noticed less hand fatigue when using this, though I can’t tell you why. No burning, which I usually have for carpel tunnel. (I would like to know why, if anyone knows.)The cord is quite short, however. It’s the same as a standard USB-C and USB-A charging cord, so if you have one that measures in feet, swaps out no problem.5 stars, would recommend.