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The new ones were garbage anyways. Mine is stuck at a polling rate of 10hz, and the acceleration is god awful
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My work laptop is not Lenovo but has a nub. It's works great when I have work gloves on, since the touchpad doesn't respond well with those.
me too my Thinkpad E14 gen 2 is very tough and that trackpoint helps me a lot.
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Fucking stupid ass dumb cunt editor with ragebait article titles making me mad in the morning
Does that mean the TrackPoint is dead? No, thankfully. It will still appear in the other ThinkPads made by Lenovo, said a company spokesman. But for the 14- and 15-inch ThinkPad X9 Aura Editions launched at CES 2025 in Las Vegas, the TrackPoint has been removed entirely.
Senior Editor Mark Hachman I hope you have a terrible day and stub your toe today
"Ragebait"? Really?
Yes! They're threatening to take away my clit mouse
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A fine addition to my collection 
I do miss AdAway, favorite part of rooting. I might be due for a trip down memory lane.
Make sure to read the Magisk installation instructions carefully (in case you choose Magisk).
Some things have changed, I messed up once thinking "I already know how this works" :D
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DEEP BREATHS
pls rub your nub too kay thanks
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Is nothing sacred anymore‽
Those who don't use it are only mildly annoyed by it, but those who use it will raise holy hell now that it's gone.
i don’t care about the nub on mine, but i do care a lot about the left/right click buttons that take up so much of the trackpad area. just gimme a bigass trackpad.
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Is it actually usable? I never owned one
Oh yeah.
It isn't a dealbreaker for me, but it really is nice. It takes getting used to, but it cuts down on the need to move to the touchpad or mouse. If you're working in tight quarters, or have mobility issues, or hand issues, it can end up being a major improvement. It's a ymmv thing of course, but I end up using it more than I thought I would when writing.
Dunno. I have one on my semifake E580 and I just used it to check if it works. It's a bit awkward for me.
It feels a lot like using a game controller to control your mouse, if you've ever used Joy2Key or similar programs.
Used one for a few years and I loved it:
- it's precise, you can really aim small UI elements
- It is paired with actual buttons, index on the nub and thumb on the buttons, so no weird gestures to right click
- It is very quick to switch from keyboard to mouse, your hands nearly don't move
But, there's no mouse wheel or scroll gesture and maintaining pressure on the nub is maybe more tiring than a trackpad.
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Some people prefer it over trackpad, or use both. Personally I like to disable trackpad because I tend to always hit it with palm or thumb by accident
I think it works fantastically well. I personally like it much better than a touchpad. It lets me move the pointer without taking my hands away from typing home position.
I use a mechanical keyboard with one on my desktop, I actually use it quite a lot.
That sounds awesome! Is it a Unicomp EnduraPro or is there some other option?
It’s fine. Takes some time to get used to. Some people really love it, but I don’t think it’s that great.
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It's not just for decoration. You can use it as a legitimate pointing device. Nudging it will move the mouse cursor and tapping it with your fingernail is clicking.
It takes some getting used to but you can definitely use it for normal office tasks if you wanted to. That being said, I still personally prefer a mouse. But I have known some people who like using the nipple.
removing the nub from ThinkPad is like removing cheese from a cheeseburger.
it'll still be a laptop, but a nubless ThinkPad will always look wrong.
Next thing you know they'll put the Ctrl back in the right place.
Thankfully it can be swapped in bios
Just learning this now, I’m not sure if I should cry.
I almost didn't buy a ThinkPad back in the day before I leaned that you can swap it. Such a stupid design
I also randomly saw today that framework has the opposite option in BIOS. For the people that migrate over
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Now put the clit mouse into a framework chassis (the relevant patents are now expired)
Put it on a handheld PC plz
about a million years ago I had an HTC phone that had a trackball mouse thingy. that was cool. i think it was HTC desire, not sure.
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No more laptop clit