@[email protected] to TechnologyEnglish • 12 days agoLenovo has removed its iconic TrackPoint nub from new ThinkPad laptops | PCWorldwww.pcworld.commessage-square92fedilinkarrow-up1282arrow-down156cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•10 days agoFewer parts means cheaper to manufacture. Don’t be fooled; they’re only doing it to increase profits because our standards aren’t higher.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•10 days agoYou mean the nub, or buttons on the trackpad? I, personally, made use of both back when I had a thinkpad.
minus-square@LordCromlinkEnglish2•10 days agoI used both. But the track pad buttons are so much easier to use for click and drag operations, left click right click is a button not an Interpreted 2 finger gesture that doesn’t always work.
Fewer parts means cheaper to manufacture.
Don’t be fooled; they’re only doing it to increase profits because our standards aren’t higher.
Nobody was using that thing
You mean the nub, or buttons on the trackpad?
I, personally, made use of both back when I had a thinkpad.
I used both. But the track pad buttons are so much easier to use for click and drag operations, left click right click is a button not an Interpreted 2 finger gesture that doesn’t always work.