[ltp] Contacting IBM with design feedback

[Nate Bargmann]

* Bjorn Knutsson <bjorn@docs.uu.se> [2003 May 24 19:54 -0500]:
 
> Ah, but the touchpad is *evil*. It's been one of the things I've
> always loved about Thinkpads - no touchpad! (And three mousebuttons.)

I absolutely agree!

My company provided machine is a Compaq Armada with a touchpad and I
can't stand it.  At one time another coworker bought a glide point that
was an external touchpad.  Having it external is something I could live
with, but not in the middle of the wrist rest where a clumsy non-touch
typist like me is constantly dragging my thumb over the accursed thing.

I have used older two-button Thinkpads for several years and found the
Trackpoint to be very workable and that experience figured heavily into
my purchase of a TP-390E earlier this year.  Running a Trackpoint is
easily a on handed operation while the #$%#$#!! touchpad on that Armada
usually requires two hands for drag and drop and like operations.

- Nate >>

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