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No TrackPoint, which makes it unusable for me.
by dorfsmay 10y ago
No TrackPoint, which makes it unusable for me.
- Freak_NL 10y agoAlso no serial RS232 port, no SCSI port, not even a floppy drive. /s
- jethro_tell 10y agoTo be fair, a track point has to go right in the middle of the keyboard to be of any value. A USB serial is functional as a dongle for the subset of people that need that. Same for floppy and scsi for that matter.
- abeyer 10y agoGiven that almost everyone has gone to chiclet keys with space between keycaps, I'm almost surprised that no one has tried to market a glue-on bluetooth track point for those who demand them.
- dorfsmay 10y agoAlthough some people think of the trackpad as an evolution and the next, better, version of the trackpoint, this is not a universal opinion. This is really a matter of preference / workflow.
- reirob 10y agoFully agree. I am looking now for more than ten years for an alternative to ThinkPads because of the Trackpoint. Tried many many options, always send them back (including the TinkPad x40 series, which removed the physical trackpoint buttons) - but so far I did not find and forced to pay premium money to ThinkPad. Have the T450s now for 1.5 years. Very very happy with. But if there would be something Linux friendly I with a perfect Trackpoint and keyboard and the "pro" options, I would give them my money. Imitating Apple will never attract me.