Why don't modern laptops have these?

Because they were shit.

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>>61382749
What is that exactly?

>>61382801
it's a mouse

based LGR

>>61382749
>not showing how it works

>>61383042
that strip it's attatched to is basically the control arm, you just push the mouse around in the air and it moves the mouse. its retrded as fuck

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>>61382749
Aw LGR is properly mentioned here! Good for him. :)
I have an omnibook and until it stopped powering on this was actually pretty neat!

>>61382749
Looks fucking stupid, kys

>>61383610
Where have you been? every time he makes a video on something unusual there is a thread about it on here.

>>61382749
>Why don't modern laptops have these?

Because the average modern laptop user would destroy it in less than 5 nanoseconds.

>>61382749
Because we got wireless hi dpi optical pickups and asics to do the dsp or a clit

Before that a few potentiometers attached to a stick was s pretty elegant low tech solution....