ThinkPad Owners Swoon? Clearly you are not a ThinkPad owner. Not all trackpoints are created equal, look at the buttons, as with most dell models, they are unpressable from a comfortable hand position which makes the system very unusable for me in notebook mode.
Also, am I missing something, I cannot see a scroll wheel, I can see a 2-way rocker switch (the X61T has a 4-way pad)?
I agree that Dell are doing a much better job of the looks of the latitudes lately and are emulating the ThinkPad look quite well (as are HP) and the design/quality has improved dramatically over the last couple of years but they are still not as good as ThinkPads
Agree. I think this business Dell (and new HP business lines) looks lovely, but the ThinkPad surpasses them in terms of quality. The keyboard alone is a reason to get a TP.
Why have laptop makers not realized they need to place the buttons for the touch at a 45 degree angle on the bottom corners of the touch pad (on both sides for left/right hand functionality)
do the touch pad buttons really matter, unless your using tap to select, the touch pad is completely useless, its the track point buttons that need to be correctly positioned so you can press them easily while operating the track point
Why have some people not realised that what they would like in their gadgets, such as angle for buttons wrt to the touchpad (WTF!?), is not what other people want or care about?
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ThinkPad Owners Swoon? Clearly you are not a ThinkPad owner. Not all trackpoints are created equal, look at the buttons, as with most dell models, they are unpressable from a comfortable hand position which makes the system very unusable for me in notebook mode.
Also, am I missing something, I cannot see a scroll wheel, I can see a 2-way rocker switch (the X61T has a 4-way pad)?
I agree that Dell are doing a much better job of the looks of the latitudes lately and are emulating the ThinkPad look quite well (as are HP) and the design/quality has improved dramatically over the last couple of years but they are still not as good as ThinkPads
Agree. I think this business Dell (and new HP business lines) looks lovely, but the ThinkPad surpasses them in terms of quality. The keyboard alone is a reason to get a TP.
Why have laptop makers not realized they need to place the buttons for the touch at a 45 degree angle on the bottom corners of the touch pad (on both sides for left/right hand functionality)
do the touch pad buttons really matter, unless your using tap to select, the touch pad is completely useless, its the track point buttons that need to be correctly positioned so you can press them easily while operating the track point
Why have some people not realised that what they would like in their gadgets, such as angle for buttons wrt to the touchpad (WTF!?), is not what other people want or care about?
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