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does anybody do built-in trackballs anymore? I really like those.

• mnkv 5mo ago
  you mean like the thinkpad trackpoint?
  • blacksmith_tb 5mo ago
    Not the OP, but some older laptop designs had a small trackball where modern machines have a touchpad, e.g. the early PowerBooks[1] 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowerBook_180 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowerBook_180
  • tempest_ 5mo ago
    I assume they mean an actual roller ball (like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compaq_Contura https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compaq_Contura ) It is still a crazy question though because if you seen most laptops in the last 15 years there is basically no room for them except on the large workstation thinkpads or large gaming laptops.
• miek 5mo ago
  Ive always wished for a UHK-style trackball in a laptop: https://uhk.io/product/trackball https://uhk.io/product/trackball
  • analog8374 5mo ago
    https://shop.mntre.com/products/mnt-reform https://shop.mntre.com/products/mnt-reform
  • aidenn0 5mo ago
    Do you know what kind of bearings that has? I must also mention that I'm happy to see the UHK has a ball-retention ring; this used to be normal for trackballs but companies moved away for it for some reason.
• hellcow 5mo ago
  The MNT Reform has a trackball option. https://shop.mntre.com/products/mnt-reform https://shop.mntre.com/products/mnt-reform
• seabass-labrax 5mo ago
  Yes, the MNT Reform and Pocket Reform both have trackballs[1]. They're very different products from the StarFighter laptop though, in that they sacrifice a lot of potential processing power in exchange for a platform which is much more amenable to customization. [1]: https://shop.mntre.com/ https://shop.mntre.com/