Scrolling TrackPad

Scrolling TrackPad is the name for one of Apple Inc.'s patent-pending trackpads, used in their MacBook and MacBook Pro laptop computers. They were previously used in the PowerBook and iBook lines, prior to Apple's switch to Intel processors. It lets users scroll in an arbitrary direction by touching the pad with two fingers instead of one, and then moving their fingers across the pad in the direction they wish to scroll. For comparison, many laptop touchpads instead set aside an area along the right edge and bottom edge of the pad, and moving a single finger in these areas performs a vertical or horizontal scroll operation, respectively. Current MacBook Pros and MacBook Airs have a Multi-Touch pad.