On Sun, 02 May 2010 18:53:16 -0400, the infamous Spehro Pefhany
scrawled the following:

On Sun, 02 May 2010 15:04:11 -0500, the renowned "Lloyd E.
Sponenburgh" lloydspinsidemindspring.com wrote:

"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

I often drag a Trackman along with my 2.5lb netbook. ;-) Gets rid of
RSI, and practical even in an airliner seat in economy.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-156-_-Product

Those are pretty nice, $28 at Wally World, but my all-time fave
trackball is the Logitech Trackman Portable. It stands up like a
rounded monolith with the ball (and 2 buttons) on the left side and
the left button on top. The little tabs on the ball retainer ring
keep breaking on mine. I've gone through 4 cords and 8 retainers over
the past decade and a half. I may try one of the finger trackballs
they're importing from ChiKongWan these days. $11/free ship on eBay.

Or maybe I'll just go down to Harbor Fright and buy a mill, then make
my own ring retainer towers, damnit. Then I could fix all my old
trackballs. 'Bout time, huh?


The touchpads are okay for very occasional use, but not more.

Ayup. J-mice are the same.

--
Courage is the power to let go of the familiar.
-- Raymond Lindquist