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The Thinkpad nipple mouse on my x220 is glorious to use

by yclept 12y ago

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ams6110 12y ago
I agree, I much prefer this style of pointer to a trackpad because I don't need to move my hands.
- serf 12y ago
  I love it, too. I hate that Lenovo no longer makes a ThinkPad with only that style pointer any longer. I always felt the trackpad was a big waste of space since I never use them.
  - ibrahima 12y ago
    Eh, as a T440s owner (granted, my first Thinkpad) I was a bit apprehensive about the lack of buttons but I actually exclusively use the Trackpoint now. The clickpad does click down like a button which is a little weird at first but you quickly get used to where the "buttons" are and then it just feels like normal. I use the middle click scroll a lot too. At least in Linux you can adjust the precise locations of the buttons yourself, I think in Windows you also get some options for configuring the button locations if the defaults don't feel right. Right now I feel like this is the best input system I've had on a laptop.
    - BostonEnginerd 12y ago
      I've tried the new big button T440s and really don't like the amount of force the big touchpad takes to click.
  - listic 12y ago
    I like the following logic: you could always disable it, and only switch on for the time someone else is using your laptop, so win-win. But getting rid of 7-row keyboard and clicky mouse buttons, so that a huge trackpad would fit? Not worth it.
tacoman 12y ago
It is, however I find that sometimes I get a sore and after a couple hours of use and I have to switch to a mouse.
nerderloo 12y ago
You'll be disappointed in X240. The buttons for trackpoint are removed in X240. Instead, they made the trackpad clickable. It's a miserable experience. It is simply impossible to use trackpoint with trackpad enabled because you inevitably slide finger over trackpad to register a click. That moves the cursor. Disabling trackpad made trackpoint somewhat usable but clicking the whole trackpad is much harder than just a button.

The Thinkpad nipple mouse on my x220 is glorious to use

by yclept 12y ago

The Thinkpad nipple mouse on my x220 is glorious to use

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ams6110 12y ago

I agree, I much prefer this style of pointer to a trackpad because I don't need to move my hands.

serf 12y ago
I love it, too. I hate that Lenovo no longer makes a ThinkPad with only that style pointer any longer. I always felt the trackpad was a big waste of space since I never use them.
- ibrahima 12y ago
  Eh, as a T440s owner (granted, my first Thinkpad) I was a bit apprehensive about the lack of buttons but I actually exclusively use the Trackpoint now. The clickpad does click down like a button which is a little weird at first but you quickly get used to where the "buttons" are and then it just feels like normal. I use the middle click scroll a lot too. At least in Linux you can adjust the precise locations of the buttons yourself, I think in Windows you also get some options for configuring the button locations if the defaults don't feel right. Right now I feel like this is the best input system I've had on a laptop.
  - BostonEnginerd 12y ago
    I've tried the new big button T440s and really don't like the amount of force the big touchpad takes to click.
- listic 12y ago
  I like the following logic: you could always disable it, and only switch on for the time someone else is using your laptop, so win-win. But getting rid of 7-row keyboard and clicky mouse buttons, so that a huge trackpad would fit? Not worth it.

tacoman 12y ago

It is, however I find that sometimes I get a sore and after a couple hours of use and I have to switch to a mouse.

nerderloo 12y ago

You'll be disappointed in X240. The buttons for trackpoint are removed in X240. Instead, they made the trackpad clickable. It's a miserable experience. It is simply impossible to use trackpoint with trackpad enabled because you inevitably slide finger over trackpad to register a click. That moves the cursor. Disabling trackpad made trackpoint somewhat usable but clicking the whole trackpad is much harder than just a button.