On: Adding a Trackpoint to an Inexpensive Mechanical K...

[lathiat]

On the flip side if you use a Mac track pad for a week you’ll never need a track point.

[eykanspelgud → lathiat]

I disagree. I have both a MBP and ThinkPad. I'm probably in the minority, but I prefer the trackpoint.

[rjplatte → eykanspelgud]

I also have both, and I love both. I'm about as fast with both, although gaming with a trackpoint is a positively joyful experience.

[craigsmansion → lathiat]

I doubt that.

Even though a Mac track pad might be the best trackpad out there, a trackpad has always been less than optimal substitute for a separate mouse, but being build in the device and always available made up for that gap in convenience.

For laptops, if the principle agrees with you, a trackpoint is a far superior device to even a separate mouse for almost all uses.

[tapland → craigsmansion]

Yes, and it saves my joints to not have to stretch and move a mouse.

[shittyadmin → lathiat]

I found the Mac trackpad worse than those on other laptops actually - seems to somehow get in my way more and it's push down thing seemed far more annoying than the tap gestures common on other devices. Fortunately that switch is possible on them I believe, just seems like you're giving up a "feature" to change it...

[jen20 → shittyadmin]

Both work simultaneously with default settings, at least on the latest OS.