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I'm afraid touchpads are a deal-killer for me. Are there any manufacturers other than Lenovo that do the nub-mouse or something similar?

• Symmetry 11y ago
  There are some critical patents that Thinkpads use in their trackpoints that ought to be expiring soon: http://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/biblio?CC=US&NR=5570111&KC=&FT=E&locale=en_EP http://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/biblio?CC=... http://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/biblio?CC=US&NR=5521596&KC=&FT=E&locale=en_EP http://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/biblio?CC=... http://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/biblio?CC=US&NR=5489900&KC=&FT=E&locale=en_EP http://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/biblio?CC=...
  • coldpie 11y ago
    Fuck patents. Edit: But, thank you for the information.
    • Symmetry 11y ago
      I prefer to think that this means we'll be getting good pointers on not-Thinkpads in 2016 or 2017.
• ShinyCyril 11y ago
  Some Dell business laptops and HP's older EliteBooks have touch pointers - though I seem to remember they're concave instead of convex (perhaps due to patents?).
  • pareidolia 11y ago
    I have an E6510 with a blue concave nub. The older D620 (pentium M) had a blue convex nub though.