[ltp] IBM to sell its PC business

[linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org]

i've had this stinkpad for 5 years and i absolutely despise the
trackball -- i guess diff strokes for diff folks...

out
~piranha



<quote who="Vivek Dasmohapatra">
> On Fri, 3 Dec 2004, Eben King wrote:
>> On Fri, 3 Dec 2004, Satish Balay wrote:
>>> On Fri, 3 Dec 2004, Eben King wrote:
>>>
>>>>> I think Dell/HP do offer the trackpoint (or equivalents). But does
>>>>> anyone else offer a useable 3 button mouse?
>>>>
>>>> You mean, a trackball?  Haven't seen one on a laptop for years.
>>>
>>> No - 3 button mouse - (the one thats on your thinkpad with the
>>> trackpoint)
>>
>> Oh -- a trackpad, similar to this:
>
> What? No! Trackpoint -> the rubber nipple thing in the middle of the
> keyboard. The _good_ laptop pointing device. IBM provide(d) a trackpoint
> and 3 mouse buttons: I'm not sure anyone else does. Well, there was one
> half height vaio that used to, some Toshibas might... but mostly only
> thinkpads.
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