• MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml
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    7 days ago

    I prefer it over trackpad, honestly. Just adjust the acceleration.

    Edit: looks like they remove it only from Aura line. Please stub your toe somewhere, author.

  • LordCrom@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    This, and why do they take away the 2 buttons below the track pad. PC track pads are barely tolerable as it is.

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      5 days ago

      Fewer parts means cheaper to manufacture.

      Don’t be fooled; they’re only doing it to increase profits because our standards aren’t higher.

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          5 days ago

          You mean the nub, or buttons on the trackpad?

          I, personally, made use of both back when I had a thinkpad.

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            5 days ago

            I used both. But the track pad buttons are so much easier to use for click and drag operations, left click right click is a button not an Interpreted 2 finger gesture that doesn’t always work.

  • StarlightDust@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    5 days ago

    Oh its one of those Thinkpads that isn’t actually a Thinkpad like the Thinkpad Yogas. My ideal Thinkpad would be a proper release of the T480 25th Anniversary Edition with newer components.

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    7 days ago

    I actually stopped using mine a long time ago, and every time I get a new laptop, I remove it. Not because I hate it, but because I like it. Even after modifying the acceleration settings to where I like them though, the repeated stress of pushing on the nub eventually start to develop dendonitis in my finger.

    After I’ve trained myself to only use the trackpad I put the nub back on. Partly because it’s so iconic it just looks wrong without it, and partly because I want to avoid conversations with guest about my growing clit graveyard (although I guess I could just not leave them in a cup on the coffee table where everyone can see)

  • humble peat digger@lemm.ee
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    5 days ago

    Never used trackpoints.
    And all my laptops are ThinkPads.
    I Always disable both trackpoint and touchpad.

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    7 days ago

    It’s super handy on my X1c 6thgen when my trackpad randomly freezes about once a month and I need to shut everything down and reboot. Bah.

    Open to tips for fixing the trackpad if anyone has that on their radar!

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    7 days ago

    Fucking stupid ass dumb cunt editor with ragebait article titles making me mad in the morning

    Does that mean the TrackPoint is dead? No, thankfully. It will still appear in the other ThinkPads made by Lenovo, said a company spokesman. But for the 14- and 15-inch ThinkPad X9 Aura Editions launched at CES 2025 in Las Vegas, the TrackPoint has been removed entirely.

    Senior Editor Mark Hachman I hope you have a terrible day and stub your toe today