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Re:The Framework is the most exciting laptop I've used by renke1 on Tuesday September 21, 2021 @04:13PM (#28609378)
I don't really know, but since there are no manufacturers that built good TrackPoints I think its either hard or there really is no demand (sadly more likely).

I don't need a touchpad though. Actually, one of the best laptops I've owned was one without a touchpad [1].

[1]: https://thinkwiki.de/Datei:TP_X60_2.jpg

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Re:The Framework is the most exciting laptop I've used by lufte on Tuesday September 21, 2021 @04:36PM (#28609601)
> I don't really know, but since there are no manufacturers that built good TrackPoints I think its either hard or there really is no demand (sadly more likely).

Those are good points. I'm thinking there could be patents involved too.

> I don't need a touchpad though. Actually, one of the best laptops I've owned was one without a touchpad [1].

That's true! I don't really use the touchpad on my X230, even though it's there.

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Re:The Framework is the most exciting laptop I've used by sz4kerto on Wednesday September 22, 2021 @06:16AM (#28614717)
My Tex Shinobi keyboard has perfect IBM-like trackpoint.
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