Dang really? Maybe I'm a weird one who likes it. One thing that it works for me is the gestures actually. Like scrolling is much ergonomically sound than the mouse wheel. Apple Trackpads are fire tho

I've checked it but still not good enough for me (I guess) tho one can argue that buy a split ortho board then put a trackpad on the middle might work. But I guess the next issue would be the portability next.

Yes. But no pinch / scroll or other trckpad gestures might not be available on the trackball.

Yes. Preach on that. I like how Macbooks are designed. The typing experience for (personally) is really nice. But as a fickle person, I'd like to make it pristine as much as possible and use an external keyboard and mouse. But the trackpad is reeeeeally nice though. Very convenient