From: David Ross (ross_at_math.hawaii.edu)
Date: Tue Nov 20 2001 - 16:43:46 EST
The incessant bickering over touchpad v. trackpoint is one reason I stopped looking at comp.sys.laptops.
The assertion you quote reminds me of the conviction of a friend of mine (I'm not making this up) that
the touchpad on her Compaq interfered with her aura.
- David R.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dominique Pivard" <domi_at_kenavo.fi>
To: <THINKPAD_at_cs.utk.edu>
Sent: Monday, November 19, 2001 11:55 PM
Subject: static load from trackpoint?
> Hi,
>
> There was a thread on trackpoint vs. touchpad in comp.sys.laptops recently
> and Robert Monfera (who is also, I believe, a contributor to this list)
> made the following statement:
>
> "The fact stays that the trackpoint is the ultimate device for putting
> heavy static load on your fingers, and thus trackpads are healthier."
>
> (I think "trackpads" may be a lapsus and he may have meant "touchpads")
>
> Now, I'd be interested to hear more of the subject of static load
> (allegedly) put on our fingers by the trackpoint. Any knowledgeable
> takers?
>
> Thanks, Dominique
>
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