Apple’s advertising refers to it as the Sudden Motion Sensor, so that’s what I’ll use here. The SMS is also called the “Apple Motion Sensor” in some cases, and has yet another name in the Darwin source code. The other major new feature, which has thankfully been entirely problem-free thus far, is the Sudden Motion Sensor.
#APPLE POWERBOOK G4 PRICE MODEL A1104 SKIN#
As usual, individual skin chemistry and ambient humidity play a big role in how serious the problem is. This usually presents itself during window resizing, where the window will “fall off” the cursor, and a click will be issued at the end of the cursor’s path (where the window resize widget would have been dragged had it not “fallen off”). The most annoying problem, which the official fix has thus far failed to remedy, has been occasional loss of “contact” between the trackpad and my finger, causing the cursor to release during drags.
The 15" model reviewed for this article has been largely problem-free, though the button is noticeably stiffer and scrolling is noticeably jerkier than on the TiBook it replaced (or the Wall Street before that). Apple has acknowledged the problem, though a permanent fix has yet to be discovered or disclosed. There are countless reports of people having problems with jumpy cursor movement, overly stiff buttons, trackpad tapping, etc. While scrolling is incredibly improved, basic mousing has taken a step backwards in reliability. Unfortunately, the trackpads have had their share of problems.
#APPLE POWERBOOK G4 PRICE MODEL A1104 DRIVER#
The scrolling features of the new PowerBooks are available for most late-model iBooks and PowerBooks through the use of iScroll2, a free replacement trackpad driver by Daniel Becker based on the Darwin trackpad driver. Forget scroll wheels, scroll buttons, or any other scroll add-ons Apple has once again introduced an amazingly simple, intuitive, and powerful feature to the market. While it may seem trivial to people who have never used it, after spending just one afternoon with it, you’ll be wondering why every laptop in the world doesn’t have this feature. The gotta-have-it new feature is the new scrolling trackpad, letting you use two fingers on the trackpad to scroll and pan about the screen.
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