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Re:New KDE Slimbook launched with Ryzan-4000 series processor by fk6aaa545c on Wednesday July 22, 2020 @07:38AM (#23915906)
That sounds great and good to see AMD cpu as intel has been very problematic in last few years (especially on linux, but windows as well), 32gigs ram for that money is great when thinkpad t495s comes with 8gig ram soldered on the board.

But where is the trackpoint?

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Re:New KDE Slimbook launched with Ryzan-4000 series processor by toyg on Wednesday July 22, 2020 @08:16AM (#23916131)
The trackpoint is a patented IBM/Lenovo thing, isn't it...?
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Re:New KDE Slimbook launched with Ryzan-4000 series processor by diffeomorphism on Wednesday July 22, 2020 @08:29AM (#23916213)
For the most part, but for example HP Elitebooks and some Dell models have copies of them.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pointing_stick

However, the non-Lenovo/IBM models seem to be somewhat worse (probably for patent reasons).

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Re:New KDE Slimbook launched with Ryzan-4000 series processor by acomjean on Wednesday July 22, 2020 @09:16AM (#23916608)
It’s got to be expired now. It’s been over 20 years.
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