Yeah - I think my HP had both, with the option to turn off the touchpad so that it wasn't triggered by errant thumbs/palms of your hand resting on it as you typed. I'd have been happier to pay less and not have the touchpad, but I can understand their trying to appeal to a wider market.
Apple's arrogance is a little frustrating, but they are the leader of the pack at the moment. From: Wally McClure [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, June 18, 2012 16:37 To: Dean Cleaver Cc: [email protected] Subject: RE: [MonoTouch] New Macbook 2012 range and development Nic and I completely agree that options are important. I've always hated the the big tech company viewpoint of "we'll never license anyone else's cool idea." If Apple did, then we'd have the option of a pointing stick on macs. I find many of their viewpoints very short sighted and arrogant. Admittedly, its hard to argue with their viewpoints when they are the big dog for the moment. Wally PS. If you hate the pointing stick, I completely understand. ________________________________ From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> CC: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: RE: [MonoTouch] New Macbook 2012 range and development Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2012 20:57:03 +0000 I'm with you there. I hate touchpads with a passion. I also grew up with the pointing stick and was one of my main reasons for getting a certain HP a few years ago. Dino From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]]<mailto:[mailto:[email protected]]> On Behalf Of Wally McClure Sent: Monday, June 18, 2012 15:38 Cc: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: [MonoTouch] New Macbook 2012 range and development Not silly at all. I use Bootcamp on my MBP for Windows development. I'm just a pointing stick snob. For me, that's a major issue. I don't like laptops that don't have the pointing stick. I use the MBP for iOS development, but am not the biggest fan. I realize for others, its not a big deal, but I grew up in the IBM world, and think that the pointing stick is a big deal. cough...chough........I'd go for hackintosh, but I don't think its fully supported....cough cough..... Wally > Subject: Re: [MonoTouch] New Macbook 2012 range and development > From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2012 16:32:16 -0400 > CC: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > > On Jun 17, 2012, at 7:35 PM, Wally McClure wrote: > > I wish I had a need for new MBP, but my 2011 MBP is running just fine. I > > think my next buy is a Thinkpad running Win8 for my main windows > > development. It will be a while until I can justify a new Mac dev system. > > Silly question, but why the Thinkpad and not BootCamp on your MBP for Windows > development? Or do you have both running concurrently? > > - Jon >
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