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Now that IBM's patents have expired why aren't other vendors making laptops with trackpoints? It would be nice to be able to comparison shop and consider open
by Symmetry 6y ago
Now that IBM's patents have expired why aren't other vendors making laptops with trackpoints? It would be nice to be able to comparison shop and consider open source systems like this but for now I feel like I'm stuck.
- adamc 6y agoMaybe because many of us hate trackpoints?
- mjhagen 6y agoIt could still be an option.
- spijdar 6y agoMany do, just not the white-label manufacturers like Clevo that actually make these boutique Linux laptop brand designs. They're called different names, but same concept. HP has "PointStick", Dell has "TrackStick", etc.
- Symmetry 6y agoI've seen HPs and Dells with these but not in recent generations of laptops.
- spijdar 6y agoSeveral current Dell Precisions like the 7740 at least have the trackpoint nubs still. Almost all of the HP EliteBooks do as well -- the exceptions in both lines are the "thin and light" workstations. To your point, it looks like some Dell laptops have ditched the nubs in the 10th gen Intel ones, but up to at least the 9th gen Intel based ones still do, and HP doesn't seem to be giving up.
- jordache 6y agotrackpoints are horrible, even the thinkpad implementations suffer drift issues. Non-Apple manufactures need to really catch up and implement trackpads that are on-par with Apple
- 1MachineElf 6y agoAgreed. If a TrackPoint was offered, then from my wallet money would ejaculate.