For around two weeks I was left without my Magic Mouse and only had my MacBook Pro's trackpad to console me. That was the time I found out what other people meant each time they horned at me about how Apple makes the best trackpad around.
Multi-touch gestures makes my interaction with a non-touch screen laptop feel natural and over time my exclusive trackpad usage relieved me of my wrist strains. I think it's the best way to navigate around macOS. I love the trackpad so much I purchased a Magic Trackpad 2 for my iMac at home.
When I used Windows I never thought I'd find the trackpad superior to a mouse. So, very shortly after getting my first MacBook I went straight for a mouse and ignored the trackpad because of my awful experiences with laptop touchpads.
Beginning with the 2015 MBPs they've even added
force touch functionality into the then-new non-mechanical?just vibrations which feels like a genuine click?trackpad and it got even better. I can do a deep press on any word and it'll bring up definitions, or deep press on any icon in the dock and it'll show any opened windows but that's only two of the available shortcuts force touch introduced with it. To add to that, in the 2016/17 models
the trackpad has gotten bigger which is amazing for people like me who use gestures so much. It's the best partner to apps like BetterTouchTool and JiTouch.
I got myself a new Magic Mouse after those two weeks and couldn't get back into using a mouse. It suddenly felt unnatural to use the mouse when there's overall less movement involved while using the trackpad that's just right under my keyboard and the gestures are a godsend. Maybe if Apple introduces a new Magic Mouse 3 with more gestures and force touch I'll give it another shot, but as it is now my mouse is reserved solely for graphic design work, very minor gaming, and a degree of film editing. For everything outside those, the trackpad is my go-to.
Speaking of film editing, I'm beginning to incorporate my trackpad usage while playing around in Final Cut Pro which is proving to be more precise along with powerful keyboard shortcuts.