Re: NTLK Newton comparisons (Why doesn't everyone like their viso rs/palms)

From: Grant [Wide Lip Flange] Hutchinson (grant@splorp.com)
Date: Wed Jul 05 2000 - 23:55:11 CDT


Ben Doughney wrote;

>I personally like the "TrackPoint" that IBM have on all of their ThinkPads.
>I like this style of pointing device over the TrackPad found on PowerBook

I've always referred to the TrackPoint as a "mouse nipple". I never could
get the hang of that particular method of input. Maybe it has more to do
with the jumpy way Windows handles cursor tracking.

Grant

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