From: Bill Morrow - http://thinkpads.com (penzance_at_icanect.net)
Date: Tue Sep 29 1998 - 03:18:07 EDT
Randy..
i don't tend to agree re. thee real estate and trackpoint sensitivity..
i have no OTHER ideas, but i use a trackpoint II keyboard with an IBM
SXGA display..
the only problem i DO have is the merest wobble as i depress a mouse
button and i get an error message regarding "you can't copy a directory
to itself, OK?" (when trying to double click into a directory)..
or several similar errors generated by very slightly moving the mouse as
i double click..
Randal Whittle wrote:
>
> At 10:39 PM 9/28/98 +0000, you wrote:
> >I've had my TP 600 (my first notebook) for a couple of months. I'm
> >inclined to think the trackpoint is harder to use than some others
> >I've seen. Specifically, it is recessed lower into the keyboard, and
> >seems to have lower sensitivity than some others. (The first factor
> >might aggravate the second, and yes, I've got the sensitivity
> >adjustment cranked.) Does anybody else have similar problems? I
> >don't have easy access to another trackpoint version 3 machine to
> >confirm "normal" operation, and am wondering whether to send mine in
> >for service.
>
> Your call, but per my experience with this and 3 previous ThinkPads, the
> 600's trackpoint is a little "stiff". I too have the sensitivity cranked.
>
> I think what the problem boils down to is the higher resolution of the
> screen. 1024x768 is a lot more real estate than 640x480, and certainly a
> good jump on even the 800x600 I had with my 560. That means more pixels to
> travel across for your trackpoint pointer.
>
> I'm inclined to believe they've reached a practical limit on the
> trackpoint's usefulness for laptops with high-resolution screens. If you
> make it more sensitive (maybe--don't know for certain), it will be too hard
> to control. If you leave it as is, that's an awful lot of real estate for
> the point to cross, meaning either a longer wait or more pressure on the
> stick. Its a catch-22.
>
> Still, I think they should go ahead and make it that much more sensitive,
> and just allow us to tune it down in software.
>
> -------
> Randy Whittle rwhittle_at_usa.net
>
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