Face it, Apple. You lost. - Sensel Force Haptic Touchpad

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  • @LinusTechTips
    @LinusTechTips  3 роки тому +423

    Personalize your PC and use code LTT to get 10% off on Cablemod at lmg.gg/FWai3​ (expires May 10th)

    • @PoojaYadav-ll8mw
      @PoojaYadav-ll8mw 3 роки тому +3

      Hey linus does windows 10 license key sell in half of the price or only 20$ is this legit or not cuz some websites selling the windows 10 keys.can you make a video about that and sry me bad english username Shreyashyadav

    • @JavoNielsen
      @JavoNielsen 3 роки тому +1

      you kind of lost me on quantum here, I am too stupid to understand this

    • @carbonated_milk9903
      @carbonated_milk9903 3 роки тому

      Jeez

    • @Tuck-Shop
      @Tuck-Shop 3 роки тому

      A segue that made me exclaim a swear word, it was that good.
      When any other channel has a sponsor it doesn't feel as part of the video but on LTT it is a feature to look forward too.

    • @coryquinn376
      @coryquinn376 3 роки тому

      Imagine this on a this Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2

  • @Boroda4Gaming
    @Boroda4Gaming 3 роки тому +9465

    I've never heard words "Quantum tunneling" and "hippityhoping" so close together

    • @Chirrpy
      @Chirrpy 3 роки тому +94

      Hello verified person

    • @nc4125
      @nc4125 3 роки тому +70

      Have you seen doctor who?

    • @smoketinytom
      @smoketinytom 3 роки тому +51

      David Tennant has enter the chat..... In 2006.

    • @medeeps
      @medeeps 3 роки тому +20

      another verified channel I've never heard about

    • @twintailMedia
      @twintailMedia 3 роки тому +22

      He forgot. Big ball of timey wimey... stuff

  • @maval804
    @maval804 3 роки тому +1995

    "We don't know how it works, but it works so we're not changing it." - Sounds like something Aperture Science would say in a commercial.

    • @leDespicable
      @leDespicable 3 роки тому +13

      Aperture was the first thing I thought of

    • @theshanamaster
      @theshanamaster 3 роки тому +43

      i read that in cave johnsons voice LMAO

    • @ShadowLancer128
      @ShadowLancer128 3 роки тому +19

      Welcome to the world of engineering lmao

    • @codertommy6883
      @codertommy6883 3 роки тому +10

      HELLO INVESTORS

    • @kraio-sfu
      @kraio-sfu 3 роки тому +4

      Nah, sounds more like what Wheatley Laboratories would say

  • @WillJackDo
    @WillJackDo 3 роки тому +2109

    Sensel : "We don't know how it works, but it works so we're not changing it."
    Every programmer : "I finally feel validated..."

    • @pH7oslo
      @pH7oslo 3 роки тому +79

      ..until the bug reports and zero days start rolling in..

    • @gamefan6142
      @gamefan6142 3 роки тому +70

      The golden rule of IT: NEVER update software

    •  3 роки тому +3

      @@gamefan6142 hey bro undervolting a vega 64 gives how much difference?I am new in pc tech and I am interested in gpu. fight

    • @gamefan6142
      @gamefan6142 3 роки тому +15

      @ What? Sorry, I don't know anything about AMD GPU undervolting.

    • @vffa
      @vffa 3 роки тому

      @ Lets just say it works. By how much, up to your specific card.

  • @vagabondarcade7633
    @vagabondarcade7633 3 роки тому +379

    Sensel : "We don't know how it works, but it works so we're not changing it."
    Translation: "We don't want to give a 45 minute quantum electrodynamics lesson to UA-cam randos."

    • @peterlin6419
      @peterlin6419 3 роки тому +16

      The real answer.

    • @Ms666slayer
      @Ms666slayer 3 роки тому +56

      I meaan a fuckton of stuff in Quantom Physics is, "We know why it happens we don't know how it happens"

    • @jayspeidell
      @jayspeidell 3 роки тому +3

      PBS Spacetime is the UA-cam channel to watch if you want to go down the rabbit hole of how quantum tunneling works.

    • @vagabondarcade7633
      @vagabondarcade7633 3 роки тому +1

      @@jayspeidell That's how I even know about QED as a thing. Thanks though! See you in another...Space Time.

  • @JoboTheBestEU
    @JoboTheBestEU 3 роки тому +682

    I just realised another huge bonus to this type of trackpad: People with prosthetics can use them!

    • @matocarina
      @matocarina 3 роки тому +82

      true! and you can also use any kind of object, like a pen to draw

    • @SenselInc
      @SenselInc 3 роки тому +38

      Yes!!

    • @estebanhiramramirez9737
      @estebanhiramramirez9737 3 роки тому +18

      holy s**t! you are right

    • @DvDick
      @DvDick 3 роки тому +56

      @@matocarina Looks like graphic tablets are going to get a whole lot better, if the sensors can already measure the amount of force you can probably simulate strokes that look pretty much the same as on paper

    • @zaidlacksalastname4905
      @zaidlacksalastname4905 3 роки тому +7

      I didn't think of that, that's great

  • @SenselInc
    @SenselInc 3 роки тому +1373

    It is great to see Linus's face light up when he tries our haptics, no RGB required.

    • @PixelSheep
      @PixelSheep 3 роки тому +99

      Wait you are a LTT Member on UA-cam :D ? That's awesome! 🎉

    • @soroushjm1011
      @soroushjm1011 3 роки тому +21

      Is it real account of sensel?

    • @whatever739
      @whatever739 3 роки тому +13

      @@soroushjm1011 yes

    • @PixelSheep
      @PixelSheep 3 роки тому +12

      @@soroushjm1011 with 2K subs I guess so :D

    • @JanJanJanJanJanJanJanJanJan2
      @JanJanJanJanJanJanJanJanJan2 3 роки тому +30

      Will there be a touchpad with RGB? Asking for a friend.

  • @ArmiaKhairy
    @ArmiaKhairy 3 роки тому +1937

    Engineers probably: "I have no Idea How this works, but it works!”

    • @jjpark98
      @jjpark98 3 роки тому +134

      Same for developers. "I don't know what I just did that makes this work but it works!"

    • @zlac
      @zlac 3 роки тому +63

      And don't even update windows because it might stop working!

    • @garrukapex6693
      @garrukapex6693 3 роки тому +46

      as an engineer: yup that's about it

    • @xxxxxxxyyyyyyy
      @xxxxxxxyyyyyyy 3 роки тому +6

      @@zlac Mac too.

    • @thegreenxeno9430
      @thegreenxeno9430 3 роки тому +5

      @@zlac I update only after I try a power cycle. If it's not broken, I don't want Windows checking the update server while I'm pwning noobs in CoD2.

  • @TheRipeTomatoFarms
    @TheRipeTomatoFarms 3 роки тому +129

    The LTT logo box look mysteriously like a Surtling Core.....

    • @AEAE-
      @AEAE- 3 роки тому +1

      Yes it does

    • @SirNarax
      @SirNarax 3 роки тому +1

      Sick, 4 more and we got a smelter boys.

  • @tofu43
    @tofu43 3 роки тому +750

    "huh that interesting"
    *takes sip of tea and continues to use mouse*

    • @trumpdrago517
      @trumpdrago517 3 роки тому +13

      Lmao

    • @user-le8ul4nr5t
      @user-le8ul4nr5t 3 роки тому +32

      *takes sip of coffee and continues to use trackpoint*

    • @ccelik97
      @ccelik97 3 роки тому +46

      @@skyshabatura7876 _uses a laptop with a mouse_

    • @mangoshake3837
      @mangoshake3837 3 роки тому +21

      @@skyshabatura7876
      To be fair, I have a laptop and still uses a mouse.

    • @mathisbuilder
      @mathisbuilder 3 роки тому +29

      @@ccelik97 A mouse is just superior to a trackpad

  • @hektonian
    @hektonian 3 роки тому +1467

    "We don't know how it works, but it works so we're not changing it."

  • @kadestark1957
    @kadestark1957 3 роки тому +2605

    Linus: Face it, Apple. You lost.
    Apple: Is this some kind of poor joke that I am too rich to understand?

    • @samanthashoemaker5908
      @samanthashoemaker5908 3 роки тому +174

      Apple built the best trackpad in a laptop

    • @shiskeyoffles
      @shiskeyoffles 3 роки тому +106

      Lmao... Apple is so rich it can not sell a single iPhone for next 10 years and still be one of the biggest companies in the world

    • @Dribbleondo
      @Dribbleondo 3 роки тому +8

      Horrible Histories memes...gotta love em.

    • @ryanhamstra49
      @ryanhamstra49 3 роки тому +131

      I mean, considering Apple has the same trackpad for 10 years and somebody finally built one better, I’m not even mad

    • @trban8r
      @trban8r 3 роки тому +32

      It’ll change to something like “Sensel trackpad review” after all the Apple haters come in droves

  • @AndreiTache
    @AndreiTache 3 роки тому +20

    11:35 "Just like every other sponsor segue feels terible once you've heard mine" I'm normally not that impressed with the segues, but that one was incredible!
    It ties perfectly into the message beforehand and I love hearing Linus' smug smile while reading the rest of the sponsor message!

  • @kitt321
    @kitt321 3 роки тому +798

    3 weeks later: Apple buys Sensel for $100 million.

    • @XalphYT
      @XalphYT 3 роки тому +66

      It happened with the previous touch company. So why not this one too?

    • @catnip202xch.
      @catnip202xch. 3 роки тому +21

      That’s prob gonna happen lol

    • @catnip202xch.
      @catnip202xch. 3 роки тому +15

      @@XalphYT that was multitouch I think

    • @MsHumanOfTheDecade
      @MsHumanOfTheDecade 3 роки тому +31

      @@XalphYT because Sensel has potentially a MUCH higher market cap

    • @dmora2309
      @dmora2309 3 роки тому +28

      That doesn’t make any financial sense, this way is better “3 weeks later: Apple buys Linus Group for less than $10 million (Linus retracts this video and publish a new one explaining how Apple trackpad is the best track device)” for the money it would be more effective, I don’t know how much Linus group actually worth but I am assuming is less than the other company.

  • @notRealCapedBaldy
    @notRealCapedBaldy 3 роки тому +521

    3:43
    I can't stop laughing. I can feel Linus explaining something as passionate as he can but he also barely knows about it.

    • @minecrafter4623
      @minecrafter4623 3 роки тому

      ?

    • @serdarcam99
      @serdarcam99 3 роки тому +32

      stop laughing and give us season 3

    • @manuell.5696
      @manuell.5696 3 роки тому +5

      You still laguhing? Its been 27 minutes now

    • @WayStedYou
      @WayStedYou 3 роки тому +4

      Well when even the experts cant agree on how it works.

    • @Derpuwolf
      @Derpuwolf 3 роки тому +1

      It's funny how it might seem super hard to understand and shit but it really made sense when he explained it XD

  • @FaceFoiled
    @FaceFoiled 3 роки тому +290

    There are times when the sponsor segment comes up, and I'm just sitting there going "Dangit, he nailed it again. So good!"

    • @radiatefromhere
      @radiatefromhere 3 роки тому +10

      I just came back to see if someone commented on that. I let it continue because I felt like skipping it would be ripping him off when he's just trying to get a fraction of a penny from me for providing me something of value.

    • @WolfyRed
      @WolfyRed 3 роки тому

      276 likes
      nice

  • @christiankansichi6622
    @christiankansichi6622 3 роки тому +41

    Why not release a stand alone Magic Trackpad competitor? That is what I thought the video would be about.

  • @enderdude5889
    @enderdude5889 3 роки тому +825

    “They only gave us 3 and a half inches.”
    What’s wrong with 3 and a half inches? >;(

  • @morgan1168
    @morgan1168 3 роки тому +216

    Linus: "That your body is a bit electrically conductive"
    Yeah I'm a bit shocked every time I get on a scale

    • @bharatmadhok6773
      @bharatmadhok6773 3 роки тому

      Let's see how fast this comments gets upvoted

    • @RiadRiad
      @RiadRiad 3 роки тому +2

      Fast
      43mins later: sloooow

    • @zaidlacksalastname4905
      @zaidlacksalastname4905 3 роки тому

      EXPONENTIAL GROOOOWTH

    • @jatoxo
      @jatoxo 3 роки тому

      Literally, because that's how they calculate some of the fat and bone data

    • @blandconstant5548
      @blandconstant5548 3 роки тому

      @@zaidlacksalastname4905 e^x or exp.

  • @DeSinc
    @DeSinc 3 роки тому +931

    I've been hoping for this type of thing to get made ever since I felt the iphone 7 (was it the 7?) fake solid state clicky home button. that thing is amazing to press and I'd love that tech in a laptop trackpad

    • @HariHaran-ee1gh
      @HariHaran-ee1gh 3 роки тому +162

      Macbooks have it

    • @PythonWood
      @PythonWood 3 роки тому +3

      that would be epic

    • @jerma984
      @jerma984 3 роки тому +44

      Using Glitches and Tricks to Beat Other Companies' Trackpads

    • @yndeloos
      @yndeloos 3 роки тому +2

      @Joe exactly

    • @PvtPiotr
      @PvtPiotr 3 роки тому +8

      will you bhop HL2 with this? looking forward to it

  • @docalex1991
    @docalex1991 3 роки тому +8

    As a phycists I was like "WTF" when you talked about quantum tunneling between particles LOL Glad you fixed it in post with an addendum!

  • @umairnazim3298
    @umairnazim3298 3 роки тому +356

    Linus: “This trackpad electrocuted me! This is the kind of technology that puts a smile on my face“

    • @conormurphy4328
      @conormurphy4328 3 роки тому +6

      Linus is a masochist confirmed?

    • @SyntheticFuture
      @SyntheticFuture 3 роки тому +3

      @@conormurphy4328 he's just trying to find the limits of his body.

    • @karulean
      @karulean 3 роки тому +4

      ElectroBOOM

    • @HassanKhan0987
      @HassanKhan0987 3 роки тому +2

      Electroboom would be proud

  • @Graphics_Card
    @Graphics_Card 3 роки тому +457

    Meanwhile, I’m waiting on a mousepad with Linus‘s meme image to come out. It will be the greatest thing I’ve owned in my life.

    • @2KOOLURATOOLGaming
      @2KOOLURATOOLGaming 3 роки тому +1

      lel

    • @mastaw
      @mastaw 3 роки тому +12

      Didn't Dbrand have those meme skins for the Dell XPS touchpad?

    • @CreativityNull
      @CreativityNull 3 роки тому +4

      I'm pretty sure some scammer on Amazon has done that already

    • @TomYourmombadil
      @TomYourmombadil 3 роки тому +2

      You could get a zenbook with the screen in the trackpad

    • @martynaakozikowska4669
      @martynaakozikowska4669 3 роки тому

      ua-cam.com/video/_QXpyNV0bxU/v-deo.html..
      💟

  • @piratebg
    @piratebg 3 роки тому +137

    Alex flipping the table at the start was the best thing ever. He should start flipping more things around the office and this can become one of LTT trademark bits.

    • @Mopsie
      @Mopsie 3 роки тому +1

      Dejavu?

  • @AutoCannonSaysHi
    @AutoCannonSaysHi 3 роки тому +87

    "We are bullish on this-"
    Me *sighs*... Now I gotta go check the numbers ... Again

    • @AutoCannonSaysHi
      @AutoCannonSaysHi 3 роки тому +7

      @DataLover Seriously man, even it makes you money, being this annoying ain't worth it.

    • @andrasbiro3007
      @andrasbiro3007 3 роки тому +1

      @@AutoCannonSaysHi
      Depends on the amount of money.

    • @zephon13
      @zephon13 3 роки тому +1

      @@andrasbiro3007 Yeah who are we kidding this LARP probably only has like $50 into partial GME shares on Robinhood.

  • @thekanad4134
    @thekanad4134 3 роки тому +94

    Maybe it's the script, maybe it's the editing, maybe it's the product. But I'm finally excited for a technology like I've never been in the past few years or so.

    • @MsHumanOfTheDecade
      @MsHumanOfTheDecade 3 роки тому +2

      yeah, it's not just: NOW WITH MORE TERAFARTS THAN OUR COMPETITORS! it's actually something that is noticable on a normal basis.

  • @ekiMPhD
    @ekiMPhD 3 роки тому +49

    Big Quanta is the funniest bit of writing I've heard from you guys in quite some time, great work

    • @silverstreak8958
      @silverstreak8958 3 роки тому +7

      Quite the oxymoron that is, and very neat.

    • @Syuvinya
      @Syuvinya 3 роки тому +1

      @@silverstreak8958 I didn't even realize it's an oxymoron lmaooo

  • @monkeyrebellion117
    @monkeyrebellion117 3 роки тому +207

    Tableflips: The reason why I'm not allowed a desk at work.

    • @robertt9342
      @robertt9342 3 роки тому +7

      Your work just needs to give you a concrete desk.

    • @WolfyRed
      @WolfyRed 3 роки тому

      57 likes
      nice

    • @ankoftheA
      @ankoftheA 3 роки тому

      The ultimate DropTip

  • @beanrust8820
    @beanrust8820 3 роки тому +27

    Sensels winform gui caught me off guard, thought I was looking at my 6th grade cs intro to c# project at first

  • @tipoomaster
    @tipoomaster 3 роки тому +115

    Asteroid destroys earth
    LTT headline: "Face it, Apple. You lost."

    • @christianchan9947
      @christianchan9947 3 роки тому +12

      Linus rises from the fucking ashes and craters, with burn marks all over him, just to shit on apple one final time. He starts insulting the dead corpses of Tim Cook and various blueshirts.

    • @HenreRossouw
      @HenreRossouw 3 роки тому +9

      @@imtheboss976 And every other track pad that is not Apple's. Clickbait for sure. Great content though.

    • @nobeltackful1
      @nobeltackful1 3 роки тому +1

      @@imtheboss976 The reference model trackpad yes. The only trackpad on an actual laptop (X1) is smaller, has worse haptic feedbacks + the cheapest X1 titanium is 1700 USD vs 1000 USD Macbook Air. As a windows PC user Im still waiting for a Force touch trackpad alternative since 2015 :)

    • @Caroban
      @Caroban 3 роки тому

      @@HenreRossouw but bot the x1

    • @mz00956
      @mz00956 3 роки тому +1

      Android eats an Apple.
      Face it, Apple. You lost

  • @brayoungful
    @brayoungful 3 роки тому +48

    With that level of precision, combined with some interesting beamforming from the speaker, you could theoretically generate synthetic feeling, i.e., the feeling of brushing your finger against fur, or a rock. Disney Research has a few papers.on it (they spend lots of money on R&D for their theme parks).

    • @kevinyu9645
      @kevinyu9645 3 роки тому +2

      iremember a few years ago sharp made a phone with this kind of tech

    • @SunnySzetoSz2000
      @SunnySzetoSz2000 3 роки тому

      wait, so can they make VR gloves?

    • @brayoungful
      @brayoungful 3 роки тому +3

      @@SunnySzetoSz2000 I don't know if you could make gloves thin enough with all the vibration motors it'd require, but theoretically you can simulate feeling by vibrating your fingertips at different frequencies and with different patterns

  • @Sooyush
    @Sooyush 3 роки тому +51

    Speaking of electroboom, he needs storage management. He showed so in live stream

    • @amirkavousi4530
      @amirkavousi4530 3 роки тому +4

      yes you are right
      like this comment so they see this

    • @fireram360
      @fireram360 3 роки тому +3

      Let's get this to the top. Linus needs to collab with electroboom again.

    • @Yuzuki1337
      @Yuzuki1337 3 роки тому +2

      Replying for visibility

    • @sumperson6246
      @sumperson6246 3 роки тому

      @@Yuzuki1337 Same

  • @AnAmiC
    @AnAmiC 3 роки тому +8

    I'm loving the Apple trackpads and even bought a Magic Trackpad to use with other devices. But more power to Sensel! Their tech seems amazing. I can't wait to feel this sometime in the future. Especially since I have to work a lot with other laptops and would look forward for their trackpads to NOT suck for once.

  • @xvxvcaspervxvx
    @xvxvcaspervxvx 3 роки тому +359

    I love how Linus is self aware that his segues to sponsors is something we undoubtedly tap right twice for.

    • @alexdavis9324
      @alexdavis9324 3 роки тому +27

      He has mentioned on the wan show that he expects people to skid the adds.

    • @pointerish
      @pointerish 3 роки тому +8

      Segues*

    • @cadenyang3058
      @cadenyang3058 3 роки тому +8

      @@pointerish lmao segway

    • @gerardomorales151
      @gerardomorales151 3 роки тому

      Lol. Why do you say that? What I miss?

    • @cadenyang3058
      @cadenyang3058 3 роки тому +2

      @@gerardomorales151 I think he corrected the guy above from "segway" to segue, idk if that's right.

  • @kage9638
    @kage9638 3 роки тому +134

    *Me pretending to understand what he's saying* : "hmm yes, interesting"

  • @tylerhanley1409
    @tylerhanley1409 3 роки тому +105

    "face it apple, you lost."..."its not likely we'll see this on many laptops"

    • @robertt9342
      @robertt9342 3 роки тому +6

      Didn't know Apple was competing for being the pinnacle of trackpads.

    • @RobbyBobbyBoy
      @RobbyBobbyBoy 3 роки тому +30

      @@robertt9342 I mean they definitely are but this is by no means an "Apple killer". It's just another case of Linus trying to undeservedly dunk on Apple

    • @robertt9342
      @robertt9342 3 роки тому +3

      @@RobbyBobbyBoy . Pretty sure the trackpad just a feature of selling someone on an Apple laptop which itself is just a product to entice users to buy in on the Apple ecosystem. Not really competing to be the best at trackpads or computers. They are just selling points.

    • @TSMC123
      @TSMC123 3 роки тому +2

      @@robertt9342 they dont have to sell the trackpad itself, as u said it is a selling point so they want to be the best at it.

    • @andmicbro1
      @andmicbro1 3 роки тому

      I mean the M1 is only on a couple of laptops. Just sayin'.

  • @rubiksfaq9214
    @rubiksfaq9214 3 роки тому +4

    You know what also works great with a glove? That little nubbin up there, the red "Trackpoint" found on most Thinkpads since forever. I've always used that thing since my first Thinkpad and never looked at another trackpad ever again.

    • @jamo8896
      @jamo8896 2 роки тому

      Once you get used to it, you never go hack.

    • @jamo8896
      @jamo8896 2 роки тому

      back*

  • @ahadmrauf
    @ahadmrauf 3 роки тому +40

    I like to believe that table flip was Alex's first attempt at a Short Circuit on the new setup, prior to any setup adjustments

    • @jansmejkal8088
      @jansmejkal8088 3 роки тому +2

      He also is having a bloody hard time surpressing the laugh there

  • @diskinetic
    @diskinetic 3 роки тому +73

    Linus' childlike awe and enthusiasm is the lifeblood of this channel.

  • @F2_CPB
    @F2_CPB 3 роки тому +61

    2 Years Later: Lenovo gets rid of FSR from their trackpad
    4 Years Later: Apple's new force touch pro max ultra is revolutionary!
    In memories of Lenovo Adaptive Keys

    • @MaxCaud
      @MaxCaud 3 роки тому +1

      cry more

    • @John7No
      @John7No 3 роки тому +1

      you mean Sensel.
      Lenovo is the first OEM to use it, and it seems they went on the cheap side to not use the whole thing and used a different haptics solution.
      so when apple implements it properly or better after 4 years, you will be mad at them because they will market it as a new thing.
      adaptive keys same thing. Idea behind it is the same, implementation is way different. like many other products.

  • @heytoffy
    @heytoffy 3 роки тому +44

    Something cool gets invented.
    LTT on every title: £?&K you Apple!

  • @Antphoneigh
    @Antphoneigh 3 роки тому +15

    Apple: Interesting
    * buys Sensel *

    • @AtMichuhl
      @AtMichuhl 3 роки тому +1

      Was going to say, this screams Apple acquisition potential to me.

    • @drumbum7999
      @drumbum7999 3 роки тому

      they'll.

  • @commandertaco1762
    @commandertaco1762 3 роки тому +76

    4:10: experts trying to explain how this tech works: "If you do the thing, and you do it right, and you DON'T fuck it up. It works, it just works"

  • @thecianinator
    @thecianinator 3 роки тому +6

    I always skip the ads, but the Microcenter ad at the end of this video is legit. Microcenter is every bit as good as they say they are.

    • @tid418
      @tid418 3 роки тому +1

      I'd love to buy from them, but they won't ship most of the stuff they sell. I would have bought my last laptop from them, but they won't ship it, so I went with another model from someone else.

  • @whatever_12
    @whatever_12 3 роки тому +58

    Am I the only one that no matter how good a trackpad is, I always prefer a mouse ? I only use the trackpad when on a couch or when no additional surface is available.

    • @treetopjones737
      @treetopjones737 3 роки тому

      I use my wireless mouse on the space to the right of the trackpad.

    • @TheDeathmail
      @TheDeathmail 3 роки тому +1

      Many people are that way too... but sometimes, having a trackpad could be nice too...

    • @AshLordCurry
      @AshLordCurry 3 роки тому

      yeah that's the point 😂😂 but a trackpad is sometime more precise, for example the scroll wheel on a mouse is not precise enough sometime :/ but man I need to try that sensel stuff.

    • @TheDeathmail
      @TheDeathmail 3 роки тому

      @@AshLordCurry Well, on my bed, I use my trackpad. And before Covid, I used track pad at school and coffee shops. Most people I know use trackpads like that as well. I only use a mouse when I connect my laptops to my monitors and am on my desk.

  • @dreamthyf
    @dreamthyf 3 роки тому +53

    "Where it gets really complicated"... It was at this moment that I realized that I was already completely lost.

  • @andersonpostingher119
    @andersonpostingher119 3 роки тому +64

    Comes with a super fancy trackpad.... Still has that red joystick on the keyboard! Classic

    • @matekovacs2696
      @matekovacs2696 3 роки тому +18

      However awesome it is, the trackpad is still a trackpad. Some people prefer the red "nipple mouse". Especially for scrolling, it is truly awesome. And if you are typing, it is conveniently right under your fingers, no need to adjust your hand to the south where your trackpad is. The versatility of having both is a good thing. Gestures and accurate tracking on the trackpad, scrolling and gaming on the nipple. Yes, gaming. It is essentially a miniature analog stick. Speaking from experience.

    • @killer10098
      @killer10098 3 роки тому

      @@matekovacs2696 Most people I spoke to that don't like it only tried it once or twice. Yeah there's a small learning curve, but when I got used to it I almost never used the trackpad because I was just as fast if not faster on the nipple.

    • @andmicbro1
      @andmicbro1 3 роки тому

      Don't knock the nipple, it comes in handy sometimes.

  • @browncoatz
    @browncoatz 3 роки тому +63

    I love how the writing for LTT just keeps improving to the extent that you get a physics lesson when they showcase a touchpad. It’s like this channel was made for my inner nerd 😀

  • @lucun_
    @lucun_ 3 роки тому +3

    I love it when people use a coil in PCB design when they can. PCBs have good tolerances for consistent coil construction and normally a lot cheaper to manufacture than traditional coils.

  • @bitzer8722
    @bitzer8722 3 роки тому +5

    “They’re paid off by big-quantum”
    Love that

  • @danielladwein2570
    @danielladwein2570 3 роки тому +16

    Linus: Face it. Apple. You lost.
    Apple: starts putting Linus's face on their products

  • @igorgrodzki
    @igorgrodzki 3 роки тому +46

    “Apple, you lost”
    *shows an i5 laptop*

  • @JC-11111
    @JC-11111 3 роки тому +2

    What I find funny is that the screen on my Blackberry Storm that I had like 10 years ago clicked like an actual button when you pressed it. They were the only company using that technology back then.
    Fast forward to 2018/19 and Samsung implements it into the Galaxy line of phones to get the tactile feedback of an actual button press when you press the home button. It was pretty slick how they figured out how to use it on just that part of the screen instead of the entire screen being a button like Blackberry did.

  • @pomchan4704
    @pomchan4704 3 роки тому +14

    I think this is probably one of the most educational video's you have every produced! lol. Great job Linus! you and You're team have grown.

  • @amistt
    @amistt 3 роки тому +72

    I dont know if its just me but seeing them upload videos brightens up my day

  • @3isr3g3n
    @3isr3g3n 3 роки тому +13

    The engineering behind this is absolutely brilliant.

  • @maxm745
    @maxm745 3 роки тому +15

    "It's almost like getting zapped by ElectroBoom."
    Ah yes, we all can relate to that

  • @mransom94
    @mransom94 3 роки тому +5

    "Face it Apple, you lost"
    Me: *continues to use trackpoint anyway*

  • @mini-_
    @mini-_ 3 роки тому +179

    At first I read the product name as "Sensei Touchpad", which made the title remind me of " _teleports behind you_ Nothing personal kid."

    • @fast_and_curious8445
      @fast_and_curious8445 3 роки тому

      uncle dane fucking love that

    • @AYgameZ
      @AYgameZ 3 роки тому +1

      lmao

    • @watema3381
      @watema3381 3 роки тому +1

      nani?

    • @medeeps
      @medeeps 3 роки тому

      i see you on every ltt video

    • @CreativityNull
      @CreativityNull 3 роки тому

      Teleports behind you teleporting behind me teleporting behind you teleporting behind me teleporting behind you teleporting behind me teleporting behind you teleporting...

  • @65Drums
    @65Drums 3 роки тому +7

    FSR sensors are also used in certain types of electronic drums. It's incredibly useful

    • @SenselInc
      @SenselInc 3 роки тому +3

      That's exactly right. In fact, we actually make electronic drums as well. Check out the Sensel Morph

    • @cybercery5271
      @cybercery5271 3 роки тому

      @@SenselInc are you really advertising your products in the reply sections lol?

  • @michalhozzank9664
    @michalhozzank9664 3 роки тому +6

    Gotta love the "big winter glove" *shows a super small mitten*

  • @mistirion4929
    @mistirion4929 3 роки тому +9

    4:00 the moment when you invent something so awesome that you don't even know for sure how your creation works

    • @pitekargos6880
      @pitekargos6880 3 роки тому +1

      That's just what happens when you touch quantum physics. It's just magic to us for now.

  • @Dinie09
    @Dinie09 3 роки тому +33

    "Winter glove" - yeah, that was definitely a western/Vancouver BC 'winter glove' where it doesn't actually get cold!

    • @snesmocha
      @snesmocha 3 роки тому +3

      winter glove my ass lmao, mine is like half an inch thick lol

    • @Jadiaz-ev9hm
      @Jadiaz-ev9hm 3 роки тому

      That was a small cloth mitten. No where near a glove

  • @BPrez94
    @BPrez94 3 роки тому +12

    I would love a stand-alone trackpad like that sample.

  • @XIMCentral
    @XIMCentral 3 роки тому +2

    That was really interesting, and the possiilities of this tech are insane! Thanks for the video and covering interesting tech like that!

  • @mrbigblackboots1788
    @mrbigblackboots1788 3 роки тому +77

    5:05 That's the sound of a million photographers grinding their teeth in to calcium dust.

    • @iz723
      @iz723 3 роки тому

      That focus tho

  • @shottingham
    @shottingham 3 роки тому +51

    Reminds me of a certain IT Crowd episode where Moss modifies Roy's phone vibration settings...

    • @MichaelPohoreski
      @MichaelPohoreski 3 роки тому

      Series 2, Episode 2, _Return of the Golden Child_
      The IT Crowd is hilarious.

  • @ryanmartinage
    @ryanmartinage 3 роки тому +63

    Anyone else ignore the touchpad completely and instantly gravitated toward that glorious little joystick there? Love it

    • @amberselectronics
      @amberselectronics 3 роки тому +10

      That’s why I still own a thinkpad all these years later :)

    • @danieljensen2626
      @danieljensen2626 3 роки тому

      I played skyrim on a thinkpad and I found the track point to be a lot easier to use than a trackpad, although not nearly as good as a mouse.

    • @NevG27
      @NevG27 3 роки тому +1

      I used to, but I've done a complete 180 and now can't use that little knob anymore

    • @ryanmartinage
      @ryanmartinage 3 роки тому

      @@enterthenuttmeister I’ve used one since my first computer, a Micron laptop with a 166mhz pentium in. A few decades of muscle memory has me locked in. Always interested in a good laptop having one.

    • @ryanmartinage
      @ryanmartinage 3 роки тому

      @@enterthenuttmeister lol I’m not inept. I have newer machines. For general laptop use, I prefer the joystick unless I’m in something where gestures are needed.

  • @Sn0wman_308
    @Sn0wman_308 2 роки тому +1

    Oh wow, that’s really cool! I wish the machines at my job had touchscreens that used this technology. I work in a rubber injection molding facility and I mainly run two styles of machine. Interestingly, the older style had a touchscreen that can be used with work gloves on, but the newer ones require the operator to either use a stylus or remove their glove.

  • @bigsmoke6414
    @bigsmoke6414 3 роки тому +89

    i am already here, because i am smart
    Edit: i wrote this before the Video wenn Public, because SOMEONE decided to already make a Forum Post about it

  • @gramostv_official
    @gramostv_official 3 роки тому +21

    Linus: Apple you lost!
    Apple: Oh no! :O
    Apple: Anyways

    • @youxunliu5904
      @youxunliu5904 3 роки тому +2

      Anyways: back to you Tim. We are proud to announce our acquisition of Sensel and our integration of FSR based Trackpads.

  • @majesticzak2390
    @majesticzak2390 3 роки тому +32

    “Get the best prices at micro center”
    Micro center: Increases the price of Ryzen 9 5900x to 699. Nice!

  • @neeeeeeeeeeeeen
    @neeeeeeeeeeeeen 3 роки тому +1

    1:47 Finally after all these years a reasonable explanation as to why my computer screen looks so cloudy. All along it was my lousy resistive touch-pad.

  • @TheoWerewolf
    @TheoWerewolf 3 роки тому +4

    I've had a Sensel Morph for a few years now and yeah, it's honestly amazing.

    • @SenselInc
      @SenselInc 3 роки тому +1

      We love to hear it!

  • @zachcrawford5
    @zachcrawford5 3 роки тому +4

    I wonder if this could be used to help the blind navigate screens. Have that pad "click" a certain way when the user's cursor passes over the border of an on screen button or a different "click' for menus or window borders. Then the user could use a specific gesture to have the pad tell the user audibly what is there (since it is a speaker) or if the user wants more discretion, the pad could tap the information out in morse code back to the user's fingers.

  • @Seraph.G
    @Seraph.G 3 роки тому +46

    11:18 oh boy, I can't wait for pop-ups to start vibrating my touchpad

    • @TheMelonFarmers123
      @TheMelonFarmers123 3 роки тому +6

      For real. Or it having its own bloatware on your system you can’t remove.
      *gives unfavorable glare to Samsung and HP*

    • @sushi_776
      @sushi_776 3 роки тому +2

      @@TheMelonFarmers123 wdym? It's Windows, if you just spend sometime digging around the settings you can uninstall all of the bloatware that came with it.
      Or better yet just reinstall the OS.

    • @princessluna2698
      @princessluna2698 3 роки тому +4

      @@TheMelonFarmers123 HP doesn't get enough credit in the laptop industry...
      For being by far the worst laptop manufacturer of all time. Between the bloatware, pathetic thermal designs, garbage customer service, mediocre build quality for the price, and their abysmal marketing, they've earned their nickname "Heaping Piles."

    • @hikkamorii
      @hikkamorii 3 роки тому +1

      @@princessluna2698 I don't get why people hate on HP so much, their business class laptops are among the best, and all consumer laptops are pretty crap. I've had way more problems with Asus and Acer laptops then my HP.

    • @randomaccount4382
      @randomaccount4382 3 роки тому +1

      @@princessluna2698 I find Asus and Acer way worse with the amount of bloatware.

  • @saeedbaig4249
    @saeedbaig4249 3 роки тому +1

    10:53 - This sounds amazing, the idea of swappable keyboards/interfaces for a computer; like I could be typing text one minute, then swap it out with a music mixer the next, or maybe a sketch pad to draw art.
    Ofc I don't expect this anytime soon; I'd think it'd take decades before this thing is cheap enough to be popular commercially. But I feel like I just glimpsed the next step in the evolution of general-purpose computers.

    • @Roxor128
      @Roxor128 3 роки тому +1

      I don't see any real improvement over just having a few specialised input devices and just picking up the one you want to use. I mean, you need to pick up a different overlay, anyway, so you need space to keep it, just like you do for a dedicated input device.

  • @gabeshepherd5516
    @gabeshepherd5516 3 роки тому +17

    This is the first time that I've used my physics degree... to watch a youtube video

  •  3 роки тому +17

    I low key hoped for an X1 Titanium review

  • @liamerickson7281
    @liamerickson7281 3 роки тому +3

    6:16 You missed the part where apple uses four force sensors to differ between dragging your finger, clicking an application, and force clicking an image. Then using the haptic feedback to simulate a 'click'.

  • @SkepticalCaveman
    @SkepticalCaveman Рік тому +2

    No matter how good the trackpad is, it's still a trackpad. A Trackpoint is far more ergonomic and faster to use than any trackpad.

  • @7napoleon
    @7napoleon 3 роки тому +38

    When you say "Quantum tunneling", I was like "Am I watching scishow?"

  • @anb1142
    @anb1142 3 роки тому +10

    1:46 "Resistive trackpads makes screen look cloudy"
    What is he talking about

    • @johnsoncam
      @johnsoncam 3 роки тому +9

      I think he meant to say touch screens, like what’s on a DS for example.

  • @olimpather
    @olimpather 3 роки тому +10

    4:48 Laptop: Oh no, his about to pick me up, OH NO I'M PANICKING!

  • @danieleckert3508
    @danieleckert3508 3 роки тому +2

    I agree with the video: The thinkpad x1 titanium has the best mouse input device a laptop can possibly have.
    Oh, and it also has a fancy trackpad.

  • @QuichardBitzgerald
    @QuichardBitzgerald 3 роки тому +4

    Amazing, the trackpad and keyboard matter so much to the UX and it's been ages since there was any meaningful development.

  • @GhostSlayerYT
    @GhostSlayerYT 3 роки тому +4

    we guys never HEARD of a touchpad,
    all we use is a red ball
    - thinkpad users

  • @MonolithStudiosMelbourne
    @MonolithStudiosMelbourne 3 роки тому +8

    If that thing was any more force sensitive Qui Gon Jin would be recruiting it!

  • @100hundert
    @100hundert 3 роки тому +6

    1:27 That 70s animation style looks so gorgeous!

  • @alexixeno4223
    @alexixeno4223 3 роки тому +4

    Can I just say, Love the physics girl callout.

    • @riothero313
      @riothero313 3 роки тому

      Find me the bikini physics girl so I can multitask.

  • @alolanstarboy
    @alolanstarboy 3 роки тому +17

    The fact that windows laptops are finally getting to a level of MacBook trackpads is pretty damn nice

    • @sadatnafis2032
      @sadatnafis2032 3 роки тому +2

      a bit better than that actually

    • @ImaginarySpace
      @ImaginarySpace 3 роки тому +3

      Many OEMs are still gonna fug it up in the software...

    • @XalphYT
      @XalphYT 3 роки тому

      20 years later is better than nothing.

    • @alolanstarboy
      @alolanstarboy 3 роки тому +2

      @@ImaginarySpace well as they said in the video a lot of the responsibility is taken off of the software since the tracking data is already pretty accurate. And also almost every OEM uses windows precision drivers now so there’s really only source for drivers

    • @alolanstarboy
      @alolanstarboy 3 роки тому +1

      @@RandomUser2401 yea because no other laptop will ever use this technology after this, right. UA-cam comments really are geniuses

  • @Schm1tty
    @Schm1tty 3 роки тому +13

    FINALLY - a sponsor where I don't feel compelled to press L twice to skip

  • @labibrahman09
    @labibrahman09 3 роки тому +4

    This is amazing! Macbooks have no doubt some of the best trackpads in the business and I've been waiting for a long time for Windows laptops to catch up. This will not only put them on par with Apple but take it a step above.

  • @Shaihan
    @Shaihan 3 роки тому +100

    "don't you hate it when this happens"
    My browser instantly froze and I hate it when that happens

  • @natbarmore
    @natbarmore 3 роки тому +3

    1: I agree that force sensitivity is game-changing. It's why I'm still hoping that Apple's recent trend of reversing decisions includes bringing back 3D Touch
    2: I understand how the tech between 3D Touch and Sensel is different-but how is the experience different? What can you do with this that you couldn't do with 3D Touch? Or is it just an alternative (better?) route to basically the same UX? Or is that not a valid comparison, since 3D Touch was never a non-phone tech?

  • @annurissimo1082
    @annurissimo1082 3 роки тому +41

    3:40
    People who have been watching Kurzgesagt for over 7 years:
    I am 4 parallel universes ahead of you

    • @ordinaryperson-my7qr
      @ordinaryperson-my7qr 3 роки тому +2

      WE ARE TEACHED BY OUR GREAT SENSEI............ DUCKS

    • @salty_cucumber
      @salty_cucumber 3 роки тому +2

      There are Sixty Symbols and Numberphile fellas modelling your universe

    • @ark_knight
      @ark_knight 3 роки тому +1

      Except when you realize that you are just parallel to them just in different universe, not ahead ;)

    • @annurissimo1082
      @annurissimo1082 3 роки тому +2

      @@ark_knight But if time is relative to space, perhaps the different mass of the parallel universes disrupted the passage of time in the speed we percieve? Maybe there are parallel universes than can be traversed in higher dimensions, where ability to traverse them would inherently prove superiority of our space-duck overlords. Only God towers above, questioning wth is this discussion...

    • @pitekargos6880
      @pitekargos6880 3 роки тому

      People who read about those on Wikipedia, other sources and watched every episode from Vsauce, Minutephysics and other physics episodes: *I AM 10 MULTIVERSES AHEAD OF YOU*

  • @Fubbel42
    @Fubbel42 3 роки тому

    11:18 wow, that was probably the smoothest integration of a shoutout to ltt store in the history of the channel

  • @dvdemon187
    @dvdemon187 3 роки тому +4

    Either Synaptics or Apple: "Huh, interesting... How much for the company?"

  • @joshuaross8471
    @joshuaross8471 3 роки тому +7

    The electric linus video is still my all time favorite. Hilarious as freak.

  • @Jenghiss
    @Jenghiss 3 роки тому +1

    I was just looking at their morph midi controller the other day, didn't expect to see them here but makes perfect sense