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    Universal Trackpad Drivers?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by hopelessX, Feb 27, 2008.

  1. hopelessX

    hopelessX Notebook Enthusiast

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    On New Years I broke my Macbook screen and recently sold it and bought an HP laptop (because I'm poor and needed a laptop. its temporary).
    In the mean time, am I able to load the drivers for the trackpad from the Macbook (I have the drivers from Bootcamp when it was still a beta) and retain the two finger scrolling? I don't know drivers too too well but I assume its probably firmware specific so it won't work. Is that correct? The laptop has a little scroll bar on the right side of the track pad but its not as useful as I'm used to.
    Hopefully I can scrounge up some cash before next year and get a new Macbook. Or used. Something anyway haha.

    Thanks in advance for the clarification.
     
    hopelessX, Feb 27, 2008
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  2. Modly

    Modly Warranty Voider

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    I doubt it will work. It's partially hardware based, not just software.
     
    Modly, Feb 27, 2008
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  3. 00fez

    00fez Notebook Deity

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    Like modly said, multi finger action (lol) is hardware based.
     
    00fez, Feb 27, 2008
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  4. stealthsniper96

    stealthsniper96 What Was I Thinkin'?

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    ;) :D
    Doubt you can get it goin on an HP, sorry.
     
    stealthsniper96, Feb 27, 2008
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    imar3l Notebook Evangelist

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    imar3l, Feb 28, 2008
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