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craftyguy@freeradical.zone

Clayton

Raise your hand if the trackpoint is basically the only reason you would buy a these days. 🙋‍♂️

When does the patent expire on this thing? 🤔

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fossdd@chaos.social

fossdd @ 38c3

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@craftyguy never seriously used the trackpoint. I buying thinkpads for every reason but the trackpoint.

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craftyguy@freeradical.zone

Clayton

Reply to @fossdd@chaos.social

@fossdd yeah I used to have other reasons too, but they've been slowly killed off by Lenovo 😥

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elly@donotsta.re

elly (neocat_phone 3559@38C3)

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@craftyguy I wouldn't. If I knew how many issues I would have with T14s Gen4, I would've just used one of my chromebooks neocat_facepalm

I guess I should've known since hinges in T440s decided to obliterate themselves, T495/T14 Gen1 randomly died on me and that last year someone on C3 grabbed me to help them troubleshoot USB-C in the middle of the floor...
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nemobis@mamot.fr

Nemo_bis 🌈

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@craftyguy Same but the first Dell I got (4 years ago) also had a trackpoint. Did they need a license from Lenovo?

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craftyguy@freeradical.zone

Clayton

Reply to @nemobis@mamot.fr

@nemobis woah, hmmm maybe, but I just kinda assumed it was patented. What model Dell was it?

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pavel

Pavel Machek

Reply to @craftyguy@freeradical.zone
@craftyguy Dells have them, too. I'm pretty sure those patents are already expired.
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linmob@fosstodon.org

LINux on MOBile

Reply to @pavel

@pavel @craftyguy HP's also. My 2007 HP Compaq nc6400 first got me "trackpoint curios" in 2009 after I managed to be able to move the cursor with it with some accuracy. It only had two mouse buttons though, which made scrolling less convenient.

There are also a few non-Lenovo mechanical keyboards with a trackpoint. I believe that it's the comparatively steep learning curve compared to touchpads or mice that hinders widespread Trackpoint adoption, not patents.

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lxo@gnusocial.net

Alexandre Oliva (moved to @lxo@gnusocial.jp)

Reply to @pavel
yeah, I owned a Dell Inspiron 8000 built before 2003 that had a trackpoint
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