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Lenovo has removed its iconic TrackPoint nub from new ThinkPad laptops | PCWorld (www.pcworld.com)
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It’s fine. Takes some time to get used to. Some people really love it, but I don’t think it’s that great.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

I can never get mine to go where I want first try, and sometimes the pointer drifts on its own after I take my finger off.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

The best I can do, is to steer it slowly. For me, it’s always been the inferior option when compared to a regular touchpad.

Although, I do se the benefit of the central positioning when you need to type more and you don’t want to move your fingers from the home row just to click something quickly.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 hours ago

Maybe the IBM touch points were better. I could see the Lenovo ones being mostly for show / plausible deniability.