On Wed, Nov 23, 2005 at 03:36:07PM -0500, Parv wrote: > in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, wrote Gary Kline > thusly... > > > > I'm looking for a newer laptop (a newer, faster ThinkPad, > > probably). There are ' some seriously cheap laptops "on-sale", > > but they would probably be a bad choice because they have those > > touch/scratch mouse-pad things that I can't use. So:: does > > anybody know of a ThinkPad clone? Or, can the touch pads be > > disabled in the bios? > > Yes, yes the touch pad can be disabled in BIOS, at least on IBM > ThinkPad T41 (my sister dislikes touchpad) & T42 (i noticed the > option in BIOS to disable touchpad) .
I've got a ThinkPad T42. The trackpad can be turned off in the bios. As a truely added bonus, the stick mouse has three buttons; if you turn the trackpad off in the bios, the stick works like a plain old-fashioned three-buttoned ps/2 mouse. I like the sticks, a whole lot. I hate mice, as I can type, thanks, muchly. Using a mouse means that I have to take my hand away from the keyboard. With the stick, while I have to displace my hand from the keys, it's only about half an inch, so it's not much loss of time. I really would like one for the desktop, but they're expensive, and I don't know of one with three buttons. Incidently, there are a whole buncy of T41/42/43 models, which have different features. The T42s and T43s are available in versions that will do 1400X1050, with either screen size. David _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
