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And an eraser stick with the option to disable the trackpad in the BIOS. This is what keeps me coming back to Lenovo. EDIT: This is not intended as a shameles
by drewg123 6y ago
And an eraser stick with the option to disable the trackpad in the BIOS. This is what keeps me coming back to Lenovo.
EDIT: This is not intended as a shameless plug for Lenovo, I just have so many false touches with trackpads, and I wish eraser sticks were more common, outside of a diminishing percent of Lenovo and a small percent of Dells.
- hojjat12000 6y agoI think you are using the phrase "shameless plug" incorrectly. "shameless plug" is normally used to advertise _your own_ merchandize. For example, a Youtuber talking about his/her other Youtube channel shamelessly. However, in your comment I think you meant to say "a dig" instead of "shameless plug". "This is not intended as a dig on Lenovo...", or "I'm not trying to pick on Lenovo..." cheers
- lonelappde 6y agoYou've got it backwards.
- drewg123 6y agoWhat I'm saying is that, because I need an eraser stick, I can only consider Lenovo (and some Dells). And I wish I had more options.
- smacktoward 6y agoI’m in exactly the same boat. TrackPoint 4 life, yo. What’s extra weird is that the first TrackPoint laptops appeared more than 20 years ago, so any IBM/Lenovo patents on the technology must have expired by now...
- numpad0 6y agoA square trackpad being required for laptops by Microsoft or something. Also third party TrackPoints don’t have that magical touch, they’re hard or slippery or drifting more often or combinations of them. Some UMPC models from Sony, Fujitsu, OQO, Palm ARM laptop prototype had it I think, recently GPD had it.
- silon42 6y agoSome HPs (Elitebook) also have (had?) one.
- frxx 6y agoZBooks usually feature them. I've got two of them now, they both have it. Personally I still prefer the feel of the Thinkpad ones.
- nmstoker 6y agoWell spotted. However technically they are correct, it is not a shameless plug!
- numpad0 6y agoI think I've read or heard Panasonic rep say a rectangular trackpad is Windows 8 requirement from Microsoft, Lenovo also added trackpad and Windows Logo Key(ﾐ田) right when they inherited ThinkPad from IBM. So I'm sure there are more design requirements to Windows than publicly discussed, and IBM was exempt from some of it for historical reasons that Lenovo isn't. With trackpad being a requirement, rationale for having redundant pointing device is weak I imagine.
- xur17 6y ago> And an eraser stick with the option to disable the trackpad in the BIOS. I used to love these, but with my last 2 X1 Carbons from Lenovo, I could not get the mouse to move fast enough in Ubuntu, even with all settings maxed out. I've since moved back to using trackpads.