Re: [Thinkpad] "Re: trackpoints" on other brands

OK, you are forgiven, buy more.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ellis Weiner" <eweiner@nni.com>
Cc: <thinkpad@stderr.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2007 11:55 AM
Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] "Re: trackpoints" on other brands

> A year and a half ago I gave my daughter the nice A-31 (I think) I
> bought from Bruce M.., and took possession of her Latitude (which,
> admittedly, I had bought used). I was
> pleased to see the "trackpoint," but not pleased to see that the cursor
> often loses its mind, and kamikazes down to the START button and stays
> there. Dragging it up via
> trackpoint, or by literally clawing at the touch pad, is like trying to
> pull someone out of quicksand (not that I've ever actually, etc.). This
> discussion is making me think that's a result of the Dell software.
>
> IBM/Lenovo: can you ever forgive me for straying?
>
> Jon Etkins wrote:
> > Yep, my wife just started at Dell, and they gave her a Latitude as her
work machine. The Track Stick - "Trackpoint" is an IBM trademark - is
horrible, to the extent that I find myself actually preferring the
touchpad - something that I *never* do on a Thinkpad.
> >
> > The difference is a patented IBM invention called "Negative Inertia",
which other laptop makers appear unwilling to license (or perhaps IBM
refuses to do so, preferring to retain a competitive advantage). See
http://www.almaden.ibm.com/cs/user/tp/ninertia.html for an overview, or
google "trackpoint negative inertia" for more than you probably wanted to
know.
> >
> >
> > Andrew wrote:
> >
> >> On Feb 26, 2007, at 13:00, thinkpad-request@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.
> >>
> >> Andrew in Ann Arbor
> >> technology is the answer, what was the question?
> >>
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