moe90@feddit.nl to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoLenovo has removed its iconic TrackPoint nub from new ThinkPad laptops | PCWorldwww.pcworld.comexternal-linkmessage-square93fedilinkarrow-up1280arrow-down156
arrow-up1224arrow-down1external-linkLenovo has removed its iconic TrackPoint nub from new ThinkPad laptops | PCWorldwww.pcworld.commoe90@feddit.nl to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square93fedilink
minus-squarejohn89@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoFewer parts means cheaper to manufacture. Don’t be fooled; they’re only doing it to increase profits because our standards aren’t higher.
minus-squarehumble peat digger@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 day agoNobody was using that thing
minus-squarejohn89@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoYou mean the nub, or buttons on the trackpad? I, personally, made use of both back when I had a thinkpad.
minus-squareLordCrom@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·23 hours agoI 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.
Fewer parts means cheaper to manufacture.
Don’t be fooled; they’re only doing it to increase profits because our standards aren’t higher.
Nobody was using that thing
You mean the nub, or buttons on the trackpad?
I, personally, made use of both back when I had a thinkpad.
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.