You may want to try their "On The Ball" keyboard. It has a trackball in the
top right corner instead of a pointing stick and still uses buckling spring
keyswitches.

The other option would be to check clickeykeyboards.com to see if there are
any used or NOS model-M14 trackpoint keyboards available.
On Apr 28, 2011 4:32 AM, "A. Kellerbauer" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thanks Jerome, Alex, Aryeh and David for your input. Based on your
> experiences, I have decided not to give the "Endurapro" a try. I'm also
> not sure if I will make an attempt at the Lenovo keyboard with
> Trackpoint, considering that I generally prefer desktop keyboards over
> laptop keyboards. I might try it out if I find one in a store.
>
> The input devices currently connected to my desktop computer (not an
> IBM/Thinkcentre) are
>
> - Microsoft Bleutooth Mobile Keyboard 6000
> - Microsoft Bluetooth Notebook Mouse 5000
>
> I am actually quite satisfied with this setup. There is a slight delay
> in keyboard response after a pause in activity which can sometimes lead
> to unexpected behavior due to a lack of mouse--keyboard coordination
> (such as Shift-Select), but one gets used to these things. Also the
> battery life of the keyboard is phenomenal. The mouse uses laser
> technology and is very precise, but it sometimes jumps when it
> encounters light-colored dust on my black desk.
>
> My reason for looking into the Endurapro was to get a keyboard with a
> more desktop-like feel combined with a smaller footprint thanks to the
> trackpoint pointing device.
>
> Cheers, Alban
>
>> Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2011 23:53:25 -0700
>> From: "Aryeh Goretsky (home)" <[email protected]>
>> Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Ext kbd oddity
>> To: [email protected]
>> Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I bought one of these many years ago. It felt like a non-ThinkPad
>> pointing stick.
>> No negative inertia and scrolled at a different speed than my ThinkPad
770X's
>> built-in TrackPoint. The keyboard part worked as expected.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Aryeh Goretsky
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