[Thinkpad] Thinkpad Digest, Vol 47, Issue 2

[Rosen, Robert (NIH/NIAMS) [E]]

Keith Schawel wrote:

> Speaking of trackpoints on other brands: is it just me or do no other
> brand's trackpoints compare to IBMs?  On other brands of computers (I
have
> an old Dell CSx at home) I use the touchpad exclusively.  On IBMs, I
> definitely prefer the trackpoint.  I feel like I can control it
better.
> Slightly off topic... sorry.
> 
> Keith


There are pointing sticks and Trackpoints(r).   IBM has some patented
technology in their Trackpoints that most other vendors who offer
pointing sticks don't license.  The general consensus is that those
patented technologies are what makes the IBM/Lenovo Trackpoints work so
well and other vendors' products not work so well.

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Robert Rosen
Chief Information Officer
National Institute of Arthritis and
   Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
National Institutes of Health
Department of Health and Human Services
Tel:  301-451-6525
E-Mail:  rosenr at mail.nih.gov
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