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Hah, I'm curious if this is legally possible. I've never seen that on any non-ThinkPad laptop.
by christiangenco 1y ago
Hah, I'm curious if this is legally possible. I've never seen that on any non-ThinkPad laptop.
- beAbU 1y agoMany dells and HPs come with track points
- yjftsjthsd-h 1y agoI have multiple Dell laptops that have a mouse nub in the middle of the keyboard
- jerlam 1y agoI've used it on a Dell laptop too, but it was far inferior to the Trackpoint. I think IBM/Lenovo had a patent on the specific technology but it might be expired now.
- bluGill 1y agoThe track point dates to the 1990's at least so at least the main patents have expired. I have no clue about advances they might have made
- noooooooph 1y agoI recall Dell had laptops in the past at some point that had blue trackpoint-like nubs
- codr7 1y agoAnd they were complete trash in comparison to the ones on ThinkPads imo.
- tracker1 1y agoI don't think more modern ThinkPads are much better... they have a shorter keyboard depth than the earlier models and the feel overall is significantly reduced... I understand as most people don't generally want a "thick" notebook.
- codr7 1y agoI agree, they used to be a lot better. The beefier business line models are still decent though.
- soperj 1y agoI used a toshiba that only had the nub and no trackpad previously.
- jfvinueza 1y agothe HHKB studio has a trackpoint as well
- neilv 1y agoA TrackPoint-like "pointy stick" has been on some other major brands: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pointing_stick#Naming_and_brands https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pointing_stick#Naming_and_bran...