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The main reason to buy a ThinkPad is to use the TrackPoint!


After using a T410 for a couple of years, I don't know if I would ever buy another laptop without a trackpoint.


In fact I can't (don't wanna) use desktop without pointing nipple. I have two (home/work) of these

http://shop.lenovo.com/us/itemdetails/55Y9003/460/60AC6A0372...


How on earth did I go so long without knowing of that beauty?

Between that and this [1] I might be done until the brain scanners arrive.

1: http://www.logitech.com/en-us/mice-pointers/trackballs/wirel...


Dude, we must have been separated at birth. I have that exact trackball on my desk. It's upside down (trying to unlearn muscle memory of going to track ball vs using nipple) but for some extended "mousing" it's the bees knees.


Been using a unicomp (buckling spring) keyboard with trackpoint for a while... Sadly (and obviously) the bs keys outlast the trackpoint keys...


The Unicomp EnduraPro, I'm guessing? Can you compare its pointing stick to the Lenovo TrackPoint? I heard that it wasn't nearly as good.


Precisely. But controlling the trackpoint's responsiveness on the X1 (Ubuntu 12.04) is a little tricky.


What's wrong with it? I haven't used an X1, but I have a T400 and T410, both running Linux, and there are no issues with TrackPoint responsiveness.


The GUI tools provided only allow a small amount of adjustment for sensitivity and acceleration. To make large adjustments requires writing to something in a non-obvious part of /sys. It's not really tricky, but it's not very discoverable.




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