On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 10:02:46PM +0100, Wayne Stallwood wrote:
On 12/09/10 19:45, Adam Bower wrote:
On Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 10:29:41AM +0100, Brett Parker wrote:
Is this a being convinced by never using one?
To be fair, trackpads are shit. The one on my laptop is now disabled in the bios :)
But never the less, the current "alternatives" to a trackpad are: * Touchscreen * Nipple
There are a number of Lenovo laptops that are available with nipples.
There are also some HP models with nippes if you can work out the bizarre numbering of the models and Dell offer them too in non-consumer models.
Adam
As do Toshiba, so in fact pretty much any of the mainstream laptop manufacturers that you *should* be looking at offer models with nipples/trackpoint.
In summary Lenovo,HP,Toshiba,Fujitsu,Dell all offer them if you steer away from the consumer orientated rubbish and look towards the more businesslike ranges.
I have just bought a Genius/Kye 350 Traveller which is a tiny little trackball intended for use with laptops, it looks good so far, I need to configure the buttons a bit but the trackball works perfectly out-of-the-box on my EEEpc. Xubuntu recognises it as a Kye 350 Traveller.
They're discontinued so if anyone else wants one you need to buy it quick.
I can see my wife and daughter wanting the same as they're often complaining about their trackpads.