• hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    13 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

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    13 days ago

    Those who don’t use it are only mildly annoyed by it, but those who use it will raise holy hell now that it’s gone.

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      13 days ago

      i don’t care about the nub on mine, but i do care a lot about the left/right click buttons that take up so much of the trackpad area. just gimme a bigass trackpad.

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        11 days ago

        ThinkPad isn’t for you then. There are plenty of laptops with huge track pads, there aren’t many with a nub.

        If Framework offered a nub, I’d switch. Until then, I’m sticking with whichever 14" Thinkpad has a nub.

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        13 days ago

        Used one for a few years and I loved it:

        • it’s precise, you can really aim small UI elements
        • It is paired with actual buttons, index on the nub and thumb on the buttons, so no weird gestures to right click
        • It is very quick to switch from keyboard to mouse, your hands nearly don’t move

        But, there’s no mouse wheel or scroll gesture and maintaining pressure on the nub is maybe more tiring than a trackpad.

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    13 days ago

    removing the nub from ThinkPad is like removing cheese from a cheeseburger.

    it’ll still be a laptop, but a nubless ThinkPad will always look wrong.

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    13 days ago

    My work laptop is not Lenovo but has a nub. It’s works great when I have work gloves on, since the touchpad doesn’t respond well with those.