"Pete C." fired this volley in news:4bdddb47$0$5672
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Second. I absolutely hate the touchpads and I don't know why the public
doesn't just rebel and demand joybuttons like they have on all the
business laptops be standard on the consumer laptops as well.

A lot of us feel just the opposite. If we had to use the damned eraser
instead of a "real" pointing device, we'd give up on the machines.

(BTW... all the DELL laptops I've owned came with both)

LLoyd