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sketcha Offline
#1 Posted: Sat, Mar 27 2004, 10:49 AM EST
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Thanks again for everyone that threw some advice my way on my other thread. Now I've got another question.

Is anyone aware of a laptop/s with the old eraser-type, trackpointer mouse? After trying Sony, Toshiba, HP and Compaq's touchpads, I now feel I could never deal with them. Some of the Thinkpads have them, but if I can keep my budget down that would be great.

Thanks again,
Kendall
Lowman Offline
#2 Posted: Sat, Mar 27 2004, 10:55 AM EST
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I have an IBM thinkpad T20. It has a trackpointer mouse. I use an external mouse instead.

Dell has both the touchpad and the trackpointer mouse.

Don't know how they are priced, but we used them where I used to work..

Low
sketcha Offline
#3 Posted: Sat, Mar 27 2004, 11:10 AM EST
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Thanks Low, but I don't think the Dells have 'em anymore.
sketcha Offline
#4 Posted: Sat, Mar 27 2004, 11:11 AM EST
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P.S.

Hey Low,

How do you like your T20?
Thom Offline
#5 Posted: Sat, Mar 27 2004, 1:14 PM EST
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It depends on which Dell you buy. Many of their lines have both touch pad and trackpoint.
I saw your post about laptop questions, and I have purchased, configured, and worked on many laptops, I would have posted on that thread but I didn't want to offend anyone's computer. Drop me a line and I'll be happy to help you find the right laptop.
thomkokenge at hotmail.com
sketcha Offline
#6 Posted: Sat, Mar 27 2004, 2:26 PM EST
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It looks like the "business" Latitude line has a few with trackpoint. Of course the one I would be interested in does not and the others are in the Thinkpad price range so what's the "point."
Bedumpdump, pshhhh. Take my wife please.
Lowman Offline
#7 Posted: Sat, Mar 27 2004, 4:25 PM EST
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Not bad...

I don't do anything major on it (ie: gaming, etc)...

Just surf and misc things...

Can't complain.

Low
Sylance Offline
#8 Posted: Mon, Mar 29 2004, 9:45 AM EST
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My work Dell Latitude D640 has both the touchpad and the pointer. After getting used to the pointer I can use it almost as good as a mouse.

Here is a link to an updated model that has both options:

http://www1.us.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/latit_d600?c=us&cs=04&l=en&s=bsd
sketcha Offline
#9 Posted: Mon, Mar 29 2004, 11:49 AM EST
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Yeah, that one's on my list.
Da-Glyde Offline
#10 Posted: Tue, Mar 30 2004, 1:13 AM EST
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I have had worked on or had just about every laptop under the sun and let me say while dell has the best bang for your buck they pulled a fast one on me with a laptop i got from them. With many years of computer work under my belt trust me when i say stay away from dell, just remember "you get what you pay for"

GIG'EM,

Dan
Lowman Offline
#11 Posted: Tue, Mar 30 2004, 4:29 AM EST
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Where I worked, we had Dell Lat 600 and 610...

A problem is that the point stick would "break" from time to time , which would cause the mouse to drift w/o being touched. Had to have Dell tech come to replace. Dell is good on service...

Low
sketcha Offline
#12 Posted: Tue, Mar 30 2004, 8:36 AM EST
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From what I've read, Dell's service has slipped considerably in the last year.
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