My wife, who is very computer illiterate, uses her iPad almost exclusively. iOS safari has problems with some complex web sites, so I opened up the site on my laptop. She then proceeded to start smearing her fingers over the screen to drag the map and press buttons...

The MacBook touchpad is a dream to use. My suspicion is that to keep the costs down, PC manufacturers really cut corners, there. They are getting better, though, but are still clunky.