Brooke Rocks - she gave me a Trackpad for my birthday, so I've been using it today instead of the Mouse. Over the past year, I've been using the trackpad on the macbook, and now I'm using it for the giant screen. I now understand why apple has never had "page up" and "page down" keys.
For me, once I learned its language, the apple trackpad is much more intuitive than any mouse.
I've also been loading software and watching clips on the 27.5 inch screen. Incredible clarity, and the back lit LED doesn't tire out my eyes. It allows me to focus on what I am writing/reading without too much external distraction. The CD/download rate is FAST. Wow.
The keyboard is at first frustrating. I still prefer the macbook's sense of space -- this one is a little cramped. But I am getting the hang of it -- and am slowly increasing my wpm speed. Also, the more that I type on the keyboard, my errors are becoming fewer and my corrections of them are becoming quicker. Editing is a little bit more tricky.
Certainly, the keys spring back to the finger tips like a finely tuned piano; you can feel the intelligence and simplicity of the design. For me, it's just a little cramped for writing anything over five hundred words.
Also, I'm installing all of my Novation Launchpad material to this new machine -- it's like a workstation. I'm also researching several ways to connect all of them onto the same screen. I might video this part later.
Right now, my biggest obstacle is the damn printer. This is already confusing because it's a canon with lots of packaging and instruction. I'll be working through that mess for the next few days.
Here's a video Novation Launchpad:
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