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The main reason to buy a ThinkPad is to use the TrackPoint!
by pkamb 14y ago
The main reason to buy a ThinkPad is to use the TrackPoint!
- nadahalli 14y agoPrecisely. But controlling the trackpoint's responsiveness on the X1 (Ubuntu 12.04) is a little tricky.
- w1ntermute 14y agoWhat's wrong with it? I haven't used an X1, but I have a T400 and T410, both running Linux, and there are no issues with TrackPoint responsiveness.
- Zak 14y agoThe GUI tools provided only allow a small amount of adjustment for sensitivity and acceleration. To make large adjustments requires writing to something in a non-obvious part of /sys. It's not really tricky, but it's not very discoverable.
- cgag 14y agoAfter using a T410 for a couple of years, I don't know if I would ever buy another laptop without a trackpoint.
- njharman 14y agoIn fact I can't (don't wanna) use desktop without pointing nipple. I have two (home/work) of these http://shop.lenovo.com/us/itemdetails/55Y9003/460/60AC6A0372B14F5BA7B12F1FF88E33C7 http://shop.lenovo.com/us/itemdetails/55Y9003/460/60AC6A0372...
- incision 14y agoHow on earth did I go so long without knowing of that beauty? Between that and this [1] I might be done until the brain scanners arrive. 1: http://www.logitech.com/en-us/mice-pointers/trackballs/wireless-trackball-m570 http://www.logitech.com/en-us/mice-pointers/trackballs/wirel...
- njharman 14y agoDude, we must have been separated at birth. I have that exact trackball on my desk. It's upside down (trying to unlearn muscle memory of going to track ball vs using nipple) but for some extended "mousing" it's the bees knees.
- __mharrison__ 14y agoBeen using a unicomp (buckling spring) keyboard with trackpoint for a while... Sadly (and obviously) the bs keys outlast the trackpoint keys...
- w1ntermute 14y agoThe Unicomp EnduraPro, I'm guessing? Can you compare its pointing stick to the Lenovo TrackPoint? I heard that it wasn't nearly as good.