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I know, and stand by what I said.
by caskance 11y ago
I know, and stand by what I said.
- arm 11y agoWait, really? So the things mentioned in the comment thread on this¹ post mean less to you than getting a trackpoint? In any case, Lenovo isn’t the only manufacturer that includes a pointing stick in their laptops. HP’s EliteBook series, for example, has one. There’s a full list of manufacturers here². ―――――― ¹ — https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10039306 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10039306 ² — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pointing_stick#Naming_and_brands https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pointing_stick#Naming_and_bran...
- caskance 11y agoYes, far worse. A laptop without a nub-style pointer is effectively keyboard-only. Worse than keyboard-only if there is no way to disable the touchpad. I know that elitebooks, latitudes, etc used to have these too. None of them do anymore.
- superuser2 11y agoHave you tried a Macbook Pro in the last few years? I agree most (if not all) Windows laptops' trackpads are unusable, but I've always liked Apple's. Many Windows OEMs maintain their cheaper-than-Apple status by optimizing the things people compare (gigahertz, RAM capacity, HDD capacity) and putting in the cheapest shit possible on the rest (pixel density, keyboards, cases, hinges, and especially trackpads).
- caskance 11y agoMacbooks don't have them, never have, and probably never will. The quality of the touchpad is not the issue. You are trying to sell a blind man a book by saying "no seriously, this one has REALLY BIG print" because you don't believe he's truly blind.