One of my clients has a Thinkpad and I've occasionally been called to
do something with it. I find the red pointer thingus, whatever they
call it, to be incredibly irritating to use. It is nearly impossible
for me to do something with it that doesn't need to be redone a
couple of times to get it right.
I'm far far faster when I can use the track pad ... I only attach a
mouse or graphics tablet to my laptop when I am doing image
processing, and I do a lot of report writing and such on the laptops.
I usually navigate with the trackpad without even moving my hands
from the keys, using my thumbs. Of course, I also know my word
processing software very well and rarely need to use a trackpad or
mouse when typing anyway ... I just configure the keyboard to have
all my favorite shortcuts embedded in keystrokes.
Godfrey
Adam Maas wrote:
As someone who uses Thinkpads daily, the nipple is better than a
trackpad, but significantly inferior to a mouse. The mouse is
simply more accurate and faster.
Both my Thinkpads have USB mice attached.
My Mac has a 4 button mouse. Right-clicking is faster than ctrl-
clicking.
-Adam
graywolf wrote:
I still think the little red eraser in the middle of Thinkpad
keyboards is the quickest and easiest pointer device to use in
conjuction with the keyboard, no need to move your hand back and
forth between them.
