Kubukeka sengathi i-Apple ifuna ukulayisha amaphilisi wezithombe ngesifo sohlangothi esisodwa, sonke siyazazi izinzuzo zePensela ye-Apple, ebizwe ngepensela enhle kakhulu edijithali emakethe, kodwa hhayi lokho kuphela, sizithola ngasikhathi sinye Ama-TrackPads akwa-Apple Kokubili iMagnetic TrackPad 2 iyatholakala njengesisekeli, kanye neTrackPad efakwe kumamodeli wakamuva we-Mac anobuchwepheshe be-Force Touch, obekuyisandulela se-3D Touch, kamuva efakwe kumadivayisi eselula. Umphumela uma ubahlanganisa bobabili ungaba mkhulu futhi ube muhle, mhlawumbe yingakho, I-Apple isivele icabanga ukuhlanganisa i-Apple Pencil ne-TrackPad yamadivayisi ukufaka amaphilisi wezithombe.
Ithebhulethi ecacile ingumshini esivumela ukuthi sidwebe sisebenzisa amapensela edijithali, ukuze sikwazi ukubona ngokuzenzekelayo lokho esikudwebayo esikrinini sekhompyutha yethu futhi sisebenzise konke ukuthuthuka kwesoftware. Lolu hlobo lwehardware lusetshenziswa ngabaqambi abaningi ukuze bakwazi ukusebenza ngokushesha nangokunethezeka, noma kunjalo, abaningi abaqiniseki ngomehluko ngokubhala kwangempela. Noma kunjalo, sithola ukuthi i-Apple Pencil ichazwe njengeyona ndlela "yangempela" yokubhala ngokwamanani, Kulokhu kufanele sengeze, ukuthi ama-trackpads akwa-Apple anembe kakhulu futhi anamandla emakethe, ngakho-ke sizosala nethebhulethi enhle kakhulu yemidwebo.
Uhlelo seluvele selunelungelo lobunikazi yi-Apple, empeleni balwenza ngo-2014, yize bekulokhu manje seluvele. Ngeke kusimangaze nakancane ukuyibona itholakala ngokuphelele kuzinguqulo ezilandelayo, zombili i-Apple laptops kanye nezinga lesoftware kuwo wonke amadivayisi ahambisanayo ne-hardware. Akungabazeki ukuthi kungenye indlela eya kwezinye izinhlobo zezinto, ezingagcina zisongele imali, ngaphandle kwentengo yezinsiza ze-Apple.