I love the nipple mouse. I find it much less irritating on my wrists than a trackpad. Plus, it allows for a rapid transition between keyboard and mouse.
I agree and I have disabled the trackpads in the bios settings for both of my Lenovo laptops. I just wish they could solve the slight movement drift you experience sometimes when using the ThinkPoint.
Yeah, it'll do that because it's used to your finger being on the stick and thinks that's the neutral position. It's supposed to stop and recalibrate itself eventually, especially when it reaches the edge of the screen. I've never had that take more than a dozen seconds on my Thinkpads (X31, T60) but of course YMMV, yours might be actually buggy.
They never stopped making laptops with the trackpoint and frankly, I don't know why they would ever consider stopping. I have never met somebody who had a thinkpad and did not like it; the only people it seems to annoy are people who have not had one.
I'd be glad to pay extra to get rid of it.unfortunately they don't offer that. The only time when I use it is when I push it by accident along with one of the keys.
Interestingly though, on some thinkpads you have the option to pay less and only have the trackpoint. I've seen a few cheaper R-model thinkpads without trackpads. You are right though, the opposite doesn't seem to be an option. My guess is they think it is too much of a signature touch to be excluded.
Ouch. They still make notebooks with the "nipple" mouse? I actually thought it was a Thinkpad from the 90's on the first pic.
I don't get it - I quite like the "nipple" mouse - I find it much quicker to use than the touchpad, both in the "I don't need to reach away from the home row" sense and the fact that its pretty sensitive so I can move the mouse really quickly.
Well, setting aside that laser discs actually were optical disks read by a laser, "Ultrabook" is an Intel coinage for parts assembling OEMs to use so that they don't have to fess up to the existence of the Macbook Air.
BTW, who invented the term "ultrabook"? It's cheesy as hell. Reminds me of the "laser disc" days.