Re: are there any notebooks with mouse-sticks?

2009-09-10 Thread Gary Kline
On Wed, Sep 09, 2009 at 05:27:12PM -1000, Al Plant wrote: Gary Kline wrote: Aloha, I dont use the keypad at all. Keys and Mouse only. The HP Mini touchpad is centered below the keyboard, but the keyboard had regular sized keys which is good. I think if you have a wireless mouse on any

Re: are there any notebooks with mouse-sticks?

2009-09-10 Thread Polytropon
On Wed, 9 Sep 2009 14:08:36 -0700, Gary Kline kl...@thought.org wrote: I'm looking for a small computer, 7-10 screen that has a ThinkPad-like stick to act as the mouse. This stick is called a TrackPoint, as far as I remember. It has been common in portable computers built by IB and Toshiba.

Re: are there any notebooks with mouse-sticks?

2009-09-10 Thread Chad Perrin
On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 10:29:25AM +0200, Polytropon wrote: On Wed, 9 Sep 2009 14:08:36 -0700, Gary Kline kl...@thought.org wrote: I'm looking for a small computer, 7-10 screen that has a ThinkPad-like stick to act as the mouse. This stick is called a TrackPoint, as far as I

Re: are there any notebooks with mouse-sticks?

2009-09-10 Thread Gary Kline
On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 10:29:25AM +0200, Polytropon wrote: On Wed, 9 Sep 2009 14:08:36 -0700, Gary Kline kl...@thought.org wrote: I'm looking for a small computer, 7-10 screen that has a ThinkPad-like stick to act as the mouse. This stick is called a TrackPoint, as far as I

Re: are there any notebooks with mouse-sticks?

2009-09-10 Thread Gary Kline
On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 10:51:29AM -0600, Chad Perrin wrote: On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 10:29:25AM +0200, Polytropon wrote: On Wed, 9 Sep 2009 14:08:36 -0700, Gary Kline kl...@thought.org wrote: I'm looking for a small computer, 7-10 screen that has a ThinkPad-like stick to act as

Re: are there any notebooks with mouse-sticks?

2009-09-10 Thread Chad Perrin
On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 04:07:04PM -0700, Gary Kline wrote: On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 10:51:29AM -0600, Chad Perrin wrote: I just turn off the touchpad in my ThinkPad's BIOS/CMOS settings. That's pretty much the *first* thing I do with a new ThinkPad, before I even install a halfway

are there any notebooks with mouse-sticks?

2009-09-09 Thread Gary Kline
I'm looking for a small computer, 7-10 screen that has a ThinkPad-like stick to act as the mouse. Pref'ly, no touch-pad. The ASUS and just about every other notebook-size device has this kind of scratch-n-sniff pad; unfortunately, it looks as tho my palm would go there. (I *did* see a

Re: are there any notebooks with mouse-sticks?

2009-09-09 Thread Chad Perrin
On Wed, Sep 09, 2009 at 02:08:36PM -0700, Gary Kline wrote: I'm looking for a small computer, 7-10 screen that has a ThinkPad-like stick to act as the mouse. Pref'ly, no touch-pad. The ASUS and just about every other notebook-size device has this kind of scratch-n-sniff pad;

Re: are there any notebooks with mouse-sticks?

2009-09-09 Thread Al Plant
Chad Perrin wrote: On Wed, Sep 09, 2009 at 02:08:36PM -0700, Gary Kline wrote: I'm looking for a small computer, 7-10 screen that has a ThinkPad-like stick to act as the mouse. Pref'ly, no touch-pad. The ASUS and just about every other notebook-size device has this kind of scratch-n-sniff

Re: are there any notebooks with mouse-sticks?

2009-09-09 Thread Gary Kline
On Wed, Sep 09, 2009 at 02:50:01PM -1000, Al Plant wrote: Chad Perrin wrote: On Wed, Sep 09, 2009 at 02:08:36PM -0700, Gary Kline wrote: I'm looking for a small computer, 7-10 screen that has a ThinkPad-like stick to act as the mouse. Pref'ly, no touch-pad. The ASUS and just about every

Re: are there any notebooks with mouse-sticks?

2009-09-09 Thread Al Plant
Gary Kline wrote: On Wed, Sep 09, 2009 at 02:50:01PM -1000, Al Plant wrote: Chad Perrin wrote: On Wed, Sep 09, 2009 at 02:08:36PM -0700, Gary Kline wrote: I'm looking for a small computer, 7-10 screen that has a ThinkPad-like stick to act as the mouse. Pref'ly, no touch-pad. The ASUS and