New Lenovo ThinkPad Range with Ryzen 4000 and 4000 Pro Mobile

Re:New Lenovo ThinkPad Range with Ryzen 4000 and 4000 Pro Mo... by 1MachineElf on Thursday May 07, 2020 @02:29PM (#23106390)

If system76 would put a TrackPoint onto a laptop keyboard, then I'd never need Lenovo again.

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Re:New Lenovo ThinkPad Range with Ryzen 4000 and 4000 Pro Mo... by esaym on Thursday May 07, 2020 @03:28PM (#23107149)

I've thought the same thing. Doesn't IBM hold some patent/royalties on the use of a "trackpoint" though?

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Re:New Lenovo ThinkPad Range with Ryzen 4000 and 4000 Pro Mo... by 1MachineElf on Saturday May 09, 2020 @03:14PM (#23127529)

Probably. Dell/HP/Panasonic have equivelants that are nearly as good, but named differently. I don't know if those involve royalties to IBM or Lenovo. TEX Keyboards in Taiwan also makes a TrackPoint-enabled keyboard too.

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Re:New Lenovo ThinkPad Range with Ryzen 4000 and 4000 Pro Mo... by toast0 on Thursday May 07, 2020 @04:13PM (#23107705)

So, make it a extra cost option and have the buyer pay for the license?

Or, copy trackpoints from outside of the patent window. A 20 year old trackpoint won't be as good as a modern one (probably, I'm not a trackpoint user), but it's better than no trackpoint?

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