[Thinkpad] "Re: trackpoints" on other brands

[Jon Kelly]

On 2/27/07, Andrew <andrewaa at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> On Feb 26, 2007, at 13:00, thinkpad-request at stderr.org wrote:
> > I worked on a Dell Latitude recently, which has a trackpoint of sorts,
> > but
> > it was hyperactive (XP) and hard to manage. The owner allowed as how he
> > had never used it.
>
> My wife has a Lattitude and I have had similar experience with the
> trackpoint.
> There's a rumor that it's because D**l doesn't want to license the
> firmware from IBM their trackpoint doesn't work as well.
>
>
Not only that (ok, I can't really vouch for the veracity of the rumor), but
the nicer current Thinkpad nubs don't fit the Dell's b/c the size of their
little peg dates back to 1200i era Thinkpads.