You have got to be kidding. Those nubbins have vanished from most products for a reason. They are useless. 90% of everyone hates them. They are the single most difficult to use cursor control ever invented. Every single IBM Thinkpad at the company I used to work for had those and every single user chose to take a corded mouse (300+ users) with them rather than use those stupid nubbins.
Now I can't say that a track-pad is that much of an improvement. Especially if you do graphic design like I do. What I would like to try out is a track ball similar to what is used on some cell phones now. My G1's trackball is great. If they created one for laptops and netbooks and made it say about 50% bigger and put it where one of the nubbins goes that may be a great alternative. Don't know as I've never tried one configured like that. Although I do remember when most notebooks had trackballs where a trackpad goes now. Those were much bigger and skipped like a $2 mechanical mouse with dirt in it.
this is a netbook, i don't expect the mouse to be use for fine tuned control. the nub mouse would allow for a larger keyboard for a more natural feel. the mouse just has to click links. I guess i'm just one of the 10% who like them, but for this form factor i feel it is appropriate. I like Sony VAIO P-Series for this reason (sans the price), but would not nessisarily place the nub in the middle of the keyboard. perhaps just on the edge.
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I still do not understand why most netbooks don't use a tracking stick ( nub mouse )
I hated that on a Dell that i used for work. It would jump around too much.
Dale
The preferred term is 'clit mouse', thank you.
I find those nubs to be quite a hassle to handle
You have got to be kidding. Those nubbins have vanished from most products for a reason. They are useless. 90% of everyone hates them. They are the single most difficult to use cursor control ever invented. Every single IBM Thinkpad at the company I used to work for had those and every single user chose to take a corded mouse (300+ users) with them rather than use those stupid nubbins.
Now I can't say that a track-pad is that much of an improvement. Especially if you do graphic design like I do. What I would like to try out is a track ball similar to what is used on some cell phones now. My G1's trackball is great. If they created one for laptops and netbooks and made it say about 50% bigger and put it where one of the nubbins goes that may be a great alternative. Don't know as I've never tried one configured like that. Although I do remember when most notebooks had trackballs where a trackpad goes now. Those were much bigger and skipped like a $2 mechanical mouse with dirt in it.
this is a netbook, i don't expect the mouse to be use for fine tuned control. the nub mouse would allow for a larger keyboard for a more natural feel. the mouse just has to click links. I guess i'm just one of the 10% who like them, but for this form factor i feel it is appropriate. I like Sony VAIO P-Series for this reason (sans the price), but would not nessisarily place the nub in the middle of the keyboard. perhaps just on the edge.