• @hamfandango
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    2 years ago

    On a side note, is the trackpoint (the thinkpad’s red nipple) pattented? I know some dell’s have it, so I imagine they aren’t.

    I would love to have third party keyboards with this type of integrated pointer device. That or some sort of tracball, which, by the way, are a great alternative to a mouse. Have been using them for 4 years now and never looked back.

    • @americanwaste@lemmy.ml
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      22 years ago

      It is, I believe Lenovo has the patent on it, and Dell/Toshiba either license the patent or have their own implementation to get around it. Unicomp used to ship a track-point like pointer on some of their keyboards but it’s not as smooth or accurate compared to the Thinkpad ones.