I have a Thinkpad T440s with the new trackpoint/lack of buttons, and while I am admittedly a new Thinkpad user, I find the Trackpoint excellent and completely natural to use. It was a little awkward for a day but I got used to it really fast. In comparison, I think the fact that the touchpad depresses makes using the touchpad part more awkward, but it seems perfect for the Trackpoint to me. You do lose the benefit of being able to feel the button boundaries but like I said I got used to it pretty fast (I had been playing with my roommates' Thinkpads before this which is why at first I was confused about the middle button). Actually, the funny thing is that since the action is pretty close to the keyboard, the main issue I had at first was that I kept hitting spacebar instead of the clickpad but over time my thumbs began resting over the right spot.