That's exactly my concern as well. With current laptops, the touchpad is always the touchpad. When you touch it, the cursor moves, end of story. I don't want t

That's exactly my concern as well. With current laptops, the touchpad is always the touchpad. When you touch it, the cursor moves, end of story. I don't want to look down to make sure I'm not opening menus or whatever. On the other hand, I can see a use for modal controls. Sliders, knobs and so on. But then I would also like a dedicated pointing device as well, like a trackpoint.