Lenovo promises: TrackPoint will always be present on ThinkPads

[Redaktion]

One could think that the TrackPoint is dying out. Dell and HP have buried their pointing stick variants, leaving only Lenovo with its ThinkPads. Now, Lenovo has promised: The TrackPoint will never die, as long as ThinkPads exist.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Lenovo-promises-TrackPoint-will-always-be-present-on-ThinkPads.676589.0.html

[mattC]

Trackpoint or bust!

[AllahuAkbar]

Dear Lenovo, please focus more on:
- a true Asus G14 + M16 with ThinkPad keyboard and DNA
- Legion Slim 7 with with max 1.7kg chassis weight like the Schenker Vision 16 Pro. 2.2kg is too heavy.
- More weight and size efficient GaN chargers and PSUs
- Thermal Grizzly liquid metal on GPU & CPU
- all USB ports to support the same USB standard, PD and 240W charging
- allow 135W+ charging via 3rd party chargers like Anker, Apple, Aukey, Baseus, Ugreen without artificially bottle necking then to 100W

May Allah punish all who voted for Brexit

[RobertJasiek]

May Allah punish all who voted for Brexit

Allah? Economics is punishment enough. No need to abuse God for cursing.

Merry Xmas,

[JSofSydney]

Dell and HP had to get rid of their tracking sticks because they had poor implementations of it. The mouse buttons were located below the touchpads, which is not conducive to single-handed mouse operation in conjunction with the tracking stick.

Lenovo/IBM's TrackPoint, however, is a thing of beauty. Perfect placement of the tracking stick in relation to the buttons mean I could seamlessly use the mouse singlehandedly, and switch between typing and mousing without needing to lift my hands off the keyboard. It's simply the perfect productivity machine!

[Ruotian]

ThinkPad did produce a model without trackpad though - ThinkPad 11e ;)

[Anonym]

Me laughing at all those Youtubers who loudly say "please kill the trackpoint, it's obsolete." Have fun using your trackpad while wearing gloves. "Smartphone" gloves don't cover all use cases, many professional environments require latex gloves and have a plastic protector over the keyboard/trackpad.

[David Lo]

The problem now is they put the trackpoint on chassises look like gigabite/msi or even clevo, but still call them ThinkPad.

[NikoB]

I have never used this manipulator in 12 years, except for a few rare cases when there was no mouse at hand. Even the touchpad is much better. Really - useless garbage, moreover, if you vacuum the keyboard with a powerful vacuum cleaner, this garbage is easily torn off and stuffed inside the vacuum cleaner - and then it either gets lost or hemorrhoids pick it out of the dirt ...)

[Trav]

Love the trackpoint!

[zamroni]

Dell and HP had to get rid of their tracking sticks because they had poor implementations of it. The mouse buttons were located below the touchpads, which is not conducive to single-handed mouse operation in conjunction with the tracking stick.

Lenovo/IBM's TrackPoint, however, is a thing of beauty. Perfect placement of the tracking stick in relation to the buttons mean I could seamlessly use the mouse singlehandedly, and switch between typing and mousing without needing to lift my hands off the keyboard. It's simply the perfect productivity machine!

I'm track point fan too.
Hp and Dell track point rubber is too small and hard, not wide and soft like ThinkPad has.
Hp also doesn't put middle/scroll button.

[NikoB]

In 12 years of using a Thinkpad, I have never used it. Tried it, but it's wildly inconvenient. The touchpad is much more convenient, and the radio mouse is even more convenient ...

R.I.P.

[207905]

I use Thinkpad daily since 2009. The biggest reason sticking to Thinkpad brand is the Trackpoint! Second goes to the keyboard.

[jackie]

I love my trackpoint. I will not buy any laptop that doesn't have one, so I am sticking with Lenovo Thinkpad forever. Sure some people don't use it, but some of us cannot live without it. When you are traveling and don't want to break out a wireless mouse, the trackpoint is far superior than the pad for scrolling. I applaud Lenovo for keeping the trackpoint forever and I will be a loyal customer forever. It is essential for my daily use as a business laptop. For those people who don't like it, there are plenty of laptop out there you can buy. I was livid when I read the article from WindowsCentral to kill off the trackpoint.