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From the Penguin Sales email I received this morning... I believe you inquired about our laptops some time back as we literally had nothing the laptop section
by dxs 3y ago
From the Penguin Sales email I received this morning...
I believe you inquired about our laptops some time back as we literally had nothing the laptop section and were told that we were working on replacing an older generation when you reached out.
We probably told you industry norms were working against us. Basically the industry has migrated to design choices that are pretty terrible and while we could get around them it would take more energy and capital to do deviate from those bad choices.
For instance the wireless antenna on most newer laptops is placed under the laptop rather than in the screen. This interferes with the reception so using the laptop at a distance from the access point can be problematic.
Touchpads that are designed to look good, but don't function well. Well, we've got a model with physical buttons now alongside multi-touch support so you can get the best of both worlds. At least in terms of functionality and usability. Though I'll admit it might not look quite as pretty- at least the laptop is still a very thin portable awesome looking unit.
There will probably be a video coming out this week demonstrating the new model.
- creshal 3y ago> Well, we've got a model with physical buttons now alongside multi-touch support so you can get the best of both worlds. At least in terms of functionality and usability. A third mouse button like we had back in the late 1980s would be a nice improvement over a simple two-button design.
- fsflover 3y agoThree-finger tap works fine for me on xfce.
- creshal 3y agoOnly on a high quality touchpad, if they're poorly calibrated it's not reliable enough. I don't trust these guys.
- scrlk 3y agoUntil recently, most mobile workstations had three button touchpads. The HP ZBook Fury 16 is the only model left from a major vendor that has a three button touchpad.
- tredre3 3y agoMost Thinkpads still have three buttons (admittedly part of the trackpoint, so above the touchpad).