The touchpad on my work laptop, an HP 6930p, is a piece of junk. I can monkey with the settings all day and it still isn't usable. On my m11x for home/school, the texture of it matches the rest of the laptop casing so much that I have to constantly look down when I go to use it (otherwise I just look silly dragging my fingers all over feeling for it!). The Macbook Pro pad is definitely where it's at!!