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Re:New Lenovo ThinkPad Range with Ryzen 4000 and 4000 Pro Mo... by oefrha on Thursday May 07, 2020 @02:30PM (#23106403)
I grew up a fan of the track point, back when trackpads were either nonexistent or hot garbage (at least on PC laptops). Which is to say I definitely “learned how to use it”. Then I switched to Mac laptops a decade ago. Since then I’ve got to touch the track point a few more times and it felt so dated. People still tout the precision, but I can get the same level of precision on a quality trackpad, plus much needed fluidity in general, not to mention multitouch gestures.
Re:New Lenovo ThinkPad Range with Ryzen 4000 and 4000 Pro Mo... by jaifraic on Thursday May 07, 2020 @02:48PM (#23106659)
For me, it's not about precision. With the Trackpoint I can rest my hands on the Keyboard/Homerow and I can use the pointer without having to move my hands at all.
Re:New Lenovo ThinkPad Range with Ryzen 4000 and 4000 Pro Mo... by oefrha on Thursday May 07, 2020 @02:54PM (#23106736)
That’s fair. I personally don’t mix typing and trackpad usage very much so that advantage is pretty minimal for me.
Re:New Lenovo ThinkPad Range with Ryzen 4000 and 4000 Pro Mo... by dgzl on Thursday May 07, 2020 @03:04PM (#23106878)
I think the advantage is bigger than you believe, and I would bet you mix typing/trackpad more than you believe also.
Re:New Lenovo ThinkPad Range with Ryzen 4000 and 4000 Pro Mo... by oefrha on Thursday May 07, 2020 @03:09PM (#23106945)
Could be, but I’m positive that I use gestures more than I mix typing/trackpad, so there’s that.
Re:New Lenovo ThinkPad Range with Ryzen 4000 and 4000 Pro Mo... by dgzl on Thursday May 07, 2020 @03:32PM (#23107186)
Overall I think you'd still be faster in keyboard, but gestures and such offer a lot in terms of simplicity which is a fair trade a lot of the time. If your workflow revolves around typing however, I would still put trackpoint above.
Re:New Lenovo ThinkPad Range with Ryzen 4000 and 4000 Pro Mo... by dgzl on Thursday May 07, 2020 @02:53PM (#23106723)
As the other commenter said, the benefit comes from keeping your fingers on home-row, not precision.