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I'm the same, can't work without the track point, trackpads are inefficient if you type a lot. One of my colleague in the same situation ended up buying a Tosh

• joshuapants 12y ago
  Unfortunately, Lenovo makes the best trackpoint hands down. Dell and Toshiba both offer models with one (I believe HP used to, but not anymore). Dell doesn't offer a middle mouse button on the models I've seen, which makes the trackpoint hideously inconvenient for scrolling. Toshiba does, but the trackpoint just doesn't feel as good as on Lenovo models. Lenovo won't get any of my money anymore after Superfish, though. The answer for me is to use the keyboard as much as possible. This is already possible in a large number of text editors, and there are a good number of browser add-ons that will allow you to control everything completely mouse-free. edit: corrected some spelling
• r00fus 12y ago
  > I'm the same, can't work without the track point, trackpads are inefficient if you type a lot This is only true if your trackpad driver/software sucks. Good trackpads (like on Macs) are great at palm rejection and other heuristics to prevent these issues. Really good hardware has great software to complete it.
  • andrewfong 12y ago
    It's not a software issue; it's physiology. The inefficiency is that using a trackpad, even one with very good software, requires me to take one hand off the home row on the keyboard. With a trackpoint, I just move my finger about an inch.
    • dorfsmay 12y ago
      Correct, this is what I meant. Additionally, I find it more efficient to apply pressure to move the cursor accross the screen rather than the "put fingers down, rub, fingers up, move through the air" loop!