who even needs this fucking thing anyway???

>>61071329
young people, with strong middle finger.

>>61071329
Women, they really enjoy it

>>61071329
They're actually really useful once you get used to them

>>61071329
>having your hands leave the keyboard
People who want to be efficient.

>>61071354
I don't think I ever will
inertial movement < 1:1 mouse

>tfw you accidentally refer to one as a clit mouse in public
Thanks, 4chan.

that's a dell latitude D series. 630?

>>61071377
620
wow, you're good

In the Netherlands, you get a few exams on the computer if you are dyslexic. We get a laptop with one of these things and they are really nice if you need to use them on a tiny table which also has the test on it*(in paper form)

>>61071367
Get one of those thinkpad x series without the trackpad so you're forced to use it and you'll get kinda pissy when you realize how much room is wasted on trackpads

>>61071411
I'm confused
is it IBM or Lenovo now?

>>61071409
any tips on how to adjust to this clit mouse?

>>61071387
the D series were comfy as fuck. I had 2 D600s, a 610, and 630 10-15 years ago. everything but the 630 was lost to time :( but I still use the 630 cuz it has a serial port.
Nothing more vaporwave than jacking in to a switch with a Win2k laptop to configure it...

>>61071453
Keep using it

>>61071453
IBM just makes servers now, Lenovo makes the laptops that used to be made by IBM. So you'll find IBM (older) and Lenovo (newer) laptops.

>>61071329
I certainly don't ever since I bought my 2011 256gb MacBook Air - superior feel of feel of glass / metal multitouch touchpad - how are you even arguing about this bullshit 6 years later - and shut up I just run Devuan on my superior hardware

Hey I am former thinkpad and lattitude owner here and unless you are trying to save extreme real-estate with clits onlylike the GPD WIN get the fuck over it and even they didn't get t right

>>61071614
>how are you even arguing about this bullshit 6 years later
I just got it from my uncle
specs suck but it's bigger than my other laptop so at least I can work comfortably now

>>61071548
do ThinkPads suck these days?

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>>61071329
Trackpoint is pretty good with it's good balance speed/acceleration without tapping place to place. As for me, TP is my only love. My first laptop, an old Portege 4010, has an two scrolling buttons in addition to it, and was good entry point to trackpoint world. Now, with Compaq 2510p, i simple remapped an touchpad buttons to work as scroll wheel. Also, the classic dome is the best cap, meow.

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>who even needs this fucking thing anyway???
People who use a keyboard more than a mouse.

It's perfectly placed to be manipulated while keeping your hands still on the home row. The accuracy is low but this isn't a fucking gaming mouse, it's there so you can move the cursor and interact with GUI elements.

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>>61071899
Rim style says GO FUCK YOURSELF

>>61072492
>accuracy is low
It's way more accurate than a trackpad, though.

Doing CAD work with a trackpad is suffering, with a trackpoint it's downright comfy.

>>61072553
Rim is shit clit. Nub clit is best.

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>>61071455
Booted up my D820 10 minutes ago. Still works after 10 years of abuse. The laptop that never dies.

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>>61072615
http://blog.lenovo.com/en/blog/retro-thinkpad-time-to-think

Rough: classic
Golf Tee: rim
Rubber dome: studded

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>>61072730
I file down the studs about 3/4 through because they;re simply too rough on my dainty fingertips

>>61071329
>t. Underage
Post boy pucci

>>61072492
but it's so clumsy
why would you need anything less?
even the trackpad's better than this

>>61072923
I'm 20

>>61071329

Fedora tippers who need to be different

>>61072955
post boipucci anyway

>>61072955
Post legs anyway

>>61072708
Any luck finding ATG/XTC frames? I've been trying to convert my 630 for maximum cool factor.

>>61072955
>it's so clumsy
Explain? You move your finger from the F or J key onto the nib and you push it in the direction you want to move the cursor. Gentle push for slow pixel-accurate movement, medium push for faster GUI-element-accurate movement, hard push to fly over to the other side of the display.

You can't get the pixel-perfect-50ms-response-time you might get with a well-calibrated mouse, but this is not a gaming device, it's an office device.

>>61072963
>need to be different
literally nobody is aware I even use a clit mouse except people who complain about them on /g/

This isn't a haircut or clothes or a car or even a laptop that everybody around you can see. It's a small nib at the center of your keyboard that nobody would notice unless you explicitly point it out. Mine is even colored black to be more unassuming.

It's superior to both trackpads no matter the brand and especially having to carry a separate mouse for your mobile device.

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>>61071899
>not using dragon powers to move the cursor
simple-gon.

>>61073126
Tell me more about these "dragon powers"

>>61073132
You wouldn't understand, human.

Where the fuck can you even find cheap classic trackpoint caps these days? I searched ebay and amazon and everything was expensive.

>>61073170
While 10 pieces for $4 is nominally expensive for tiny pieces of rubber, the lot will last you for years. And if you want you can buy by the 1000 instead...

>>61073062
I'd imagine office devices would use something less unwieldy...
I don't know, I just never grew up with laptops with clit mice so I don't see the need for one now

>>61073196
>1,000 piece lot
Of the classic domes? Sign me the heck up; where can I find em?

>>61073221
>unwieldy
I guess you missed the "explain" part. I didn't ask for another synonym for "clumsy" (though "unwieldy" would get you a higher mark in a middle-school pop quiz, so congrats.)

- If you've used one, what are the difficulties you've experienced?
- If you haven't used one, what do you imagine are the difficulties you'd experience?

I -explained- to you why it's easy to use: placement, fine control. If you find it too hard to push around, you can set the sensitivity higher.

Use the questions I've provided to -explain- why it's "clumsy" or "unwieldy".

Or don't, it's not like anybody is going to take your shitty unsubstantiated opinion seriously.

>>61071329
As someone who now does 90% of work on the keyboard, this is a lovely way to keep my hands on the keyboard at all times. Buying a T420 just for this and a small hardware upgrade.

>mfw I thought mouse buttons on top of the trackpad were retarded
>mfw now I understand
>mfw I can already finger my GF well but want to get better

>>61071329
GHB is pretty good duge, some of the best highs I've ever had

>>61071362
This, desu.

My work revolves around having two windows side by side, reading from one, typing into the other.

Why should I remove my hands from the keyboard just to move the page down?

>>61073229
Fake ones, obviously. The originals sell at smaller lots - 3, 10, 20, 50.

A quick eBay search turns up lot of 100 fakes for $6. I bought 10 originals for $4. You can tell the difference in quality, but if you're so eager to get 1000 then you probably don't care.

>>61073308
Found 100 originals for $12.

>>61072708

dude. hi five ! i have macbooks but !

i have 2 lattitude D830's both with good batteries and one with an 480gb SSD and atheros mini pci wifi card

those are my hidden in a safe doomsday / arrested for subversion machines ... they will never die

>>61073308
>fakes
>with noticeable lower quality
Shit, I should go for quality; but the 1,000 piece lots is so alluring...

>>61073385
If it's for your employer why the fuck do you care? Get 10 lots of 100 originals for $120.

If it's for you, why the fuck do you need 1000? You'll lose more of them than you'll get to use.

>>61073259
I don't know what else I have to explain to you. you already know how inaccurate it is compared to a mouse or even a trackpad
and it surely doesn't help how small it is

so what if you have your hands on the keyboard all day
would it kill you to switch your hand to the mouse for a split second?
it's an unnecessary thing in my opinion

>>61071329
I thought people were trolling or memeing when they said a trackpoint is better than a mouse, but when I bought a Thinkpad I found it way more comfortable than the touchpad, and then I realised not having to move your hands away from the keyboard is the best thing ever
people who hate it probably just never used it, or used some crippled version on a Dell or HP with no middle button, which makes it pretty much useless

>>61073413
Listen I'm a huge fucking faggot and I'll more than likely make a post about it here so everyone can laugh at me for buying 1,000 trackpoint caps. But you're right, I should go for quality.

>>61073416
>how inaccurate it is compared to a mouse or even a trackpad
Slightly less accurate. You'll note that "slightly less accurate" is not the same as "unwieldy" or "clumsy". For the sake of argument let's say it takes TWO SECONDS to click a button with a trackpoint and ONE SECOND with a mouse. If you spend all your day mousing, then this is a significant difference. If you spend all your day typing, then this difference is negligible and in fact the time and effort (and focus) you save by not having to take your hands off the keyboard increases your productivity. This is the opposite of "clumsy" or "unwieldy", it actually increases your productivity.

If you're a mouse-pusher and all you do is vidya, then yes, trackpoints suck for you.

>>61073416
>you already know how inaccurate it is compared to a mouse or even a trackpad
and it surely doesn't help how small it is

Not him but I find Trackpoint's much more comfortable and accurate then any trackpad. Granted my first laptop was a 600E and all it had was the clit so maybe it is just what I am accustomed too.

>>61073482
>You'll note that "slightly less accurate" is not the same as "unwieldy" or "clumsy"
lol okay stop you made your point 2 posts ago

>in fact the time and effort (and focus) you save by not having to take your hands off the keyboard increases your productivity
well I'm still testing this myself
it is nice having a mouse implement so close by

>>61073032
>>61073043
I'm shy

when you are forced to use xorg and manipulate a gui ergo mouse > trackball > thinkpad nub > touchscreen > trackpad

when you are mobile sometimes you dont always have a mouse

therefore its the next best choice
(just use keyboard if possible )

t. dat cli guy :^)

>>61071455
>>61072708
very sturdy beasts
how much longer can these things go, I wonder...

>>61071718
Yes thinkpads haven't been good or even held up to their own memes for many years now
They're riding off of the business Thinkpad name which only became special because of IBMs manufacturing in the first place, it's the same kind of build quality and cooling you'd expect from any consumer laptop

>>61074707
they do look a brick still though...

>>61074238
i plan on using mine as a serial terminal(or securebox) long in to the future. no ME, decent hardware, cheap batteries, 802.11 ABGN, a TPM, and smartcard support.

For a while i also ran Slackware on it, and the driver support was great. if anyone's looking for an enterprise tier laptop that doesnt mind using a 32bit core2duo, this is your laptop.

>>61071347
/thread

>>61071376
>he thinks 4chinks coined the term

>>61071329
If you don't use it for anything else.

Just for scrolling it's absolutely amazing - much better than a scroll wheel or lol swiping your fingers up and down on a track pad.

>>61071718
>do ThinkPads suck these days?

Old Thinkpads:
- Terrible screens.
- Poor battery life.
- Heavy as fuck.
- Durable.

New Thinkpads:
- Fantastic screens.
- Awesome battery life.
- Not as light as consumer crap, but certainly not heavy.
- Just as durable as old Thinkpads.

But of course /g/ will hate on the new "Chinkpads" because it doesn't have the right brand name.

>>61071329
Nobody, except tryhards like >>61071362 who try to justify their shit motor skills and posture themselves as "efficient" and productive despite wasting hours at a time in this shithole getting nothing done.

They're nice to have, though.

I hate touchpads, those buttons are much nicer. Though I rather just use the keyboard if possible.

>>61076646
>just as durable as old thinkpads

kek

>>61071329
I feel dumb... what is this and what does it do? Ive never had a keyboard with one of these on it

>>61072730
>dad had an old IBM thinkpad from 1998
>battery was dead, still worked plugged in
>retarded movers killed it 3 years ago by putting the whole load on the box that the laptop was in marked with fragile all over
I miss that thing. Dad also had a T420 from work, they didn't let him buy it when the company closed.

>>61076646
New thinkpads:
>shitty keyboard
>full of chink spyware
>not as sturdy as an old thinkpad

>>61077687
It twitches if you hold a vibrator against it.

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>>61077850
>shitty keyboard
Okay let's give you this one because the keyboard mechanism is difference and hence could be subjectively worse
>full of chink spyware
This is objectively true but unless it's ring -1 shit (like Intel AMT) it's manageable. If you're SERIOUSLY worried about ring -1 exploits you should use an open-hardware laptop.
>not as sturdy as an old thinkpad
Since this can be verified or falsified through objective measurements, I'd like to see some. Otherwise it's just unsubstantiated. I've seen IBM ThinkPads break down after a few months and I've seen Dells last for decades. Anecdotal evidence doesn't matter.

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>>61074707
This is completely incorrect. I'be been using a T420 for the last 2 years and it has been extremely dependable. I'm ordering one of the new P51 models this week, as well.

Lenovo makes Thinkpads just as well as IBM did.

>>61079328
e s t h é t i q u e

>>61071329
HELLO I'M A GEN Z FAGGOT AND I DON'T LIKE A THING

-The Thread

>>61079404
so why do you like it

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>>61079328
How the fuck do I remove these sticker stains on my thinkpad

>>61079404
i'm gen Z and I love my x220
99' is gen Z right

>>61079511
they're battle scars
wear them with pride
:)

>>61079511
Gasoline

>>61079511
wd40

>>61079511
Rubbing alcohol and a cotton swab.

>Uses the cuckpad all the time

>>61071329
If you have that on your laptop and don't use it instead of the trackpad, then you're retarded. I love that shit.

I used it at almost the same precision as a mouse.

trackpoints are nice

except for the drifting
and except that scrolling is painful as fuck

id take a macbook trackpad over it any day of the fucking week

>>61071339
You use your middle finger?

>>61081468
>cuck
as versatile a word as fuck
here on 4chan at least
congratulations

>>61082496
I use a mouse
only thing it's good for is playing with the inertial force lol
haven't yet downloaded the drivers to make it work properly though

>>61082986
>only thing it's good for is playing with the inertial force lol
wat

What the fuck do you do with it exactly?

>>61083825
not much
still adjusting to it
but I still use a mouse more
meanwhile I make the cursor fly with the clit

>>61071329
>his nipple isn't red

>>61071453
play dirtbike 3d on it. Im serious.

>>61084459
how about flight or racing sims
I see where you're getting at

>>61071329
Trackpad on my laptop is small as fuck, the TrackPoint was a godsend. I don't even want a bigger trackpad now.

>>61072553
This. So much.