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Definitely the worst part of most laptops. I often have to tap my touchpad 3 or 4 times to get it to register one click, and that's pretty normal from what I've
by ewzimm 10y ago
Definitely the worst part of most laptops. I often have to tap my touchpad 3 or 4 times to get it to register one click, and that's pretty normal from what I've used. I'm surprised that nobody except Apple makes much of an effort to improve the situation. Maybe it pushes people to replace their computers more often because of how painful it is to use them. I'm sure there's some reason. Probably just inertia and lack of direct influence on sales.
- smacktoward 10y agoLenovo has the TrackPoint pointer nub, which is a big part of why I love and buy ThinkPads. I'm constantly amazed nobody else ever picked that idea up...
- kobeya 10y agoYou think Lenovo would let them?
- helb 10y agoThere are (were?) similar devices in other laptops, mostly the ones from "professional" lines. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pointing_stick#Naming_and_brands https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pointing_stick#Naming_and_bran...
- justinsaccount 10y agoMost dell business laptops have one.
- wibr 10y agoHP had some laptops with a blue trackpoint in the past, e.g. the tc4400 convertible.
- intrasight 10y agoAgreed. And that's why lousy trackpads never bothered me.But even then, I only use the nub if I'm not working on a surface where I can use my mouse.
- pritambaral 10y agoI've used laptops from Dell and HP with pointing sticks in their keyboards. None worked as well as the ThinkPad ones. Apparently, some of IBM's patents on the TrackPoint are still in vogue. I wonder how much of the poor quality of Dell and HP stick points has to do with that.
- maggit 10y agoAs I recall, Apple has made sure to patent all of its touchpad technologies, making sure only Macs have those excellent touchpads. It seems like any competition would have to make good touchpads some other way :/