[christiangenco]

Hah, I'm curious if this is legally possible. I've never seen that on any non-ThinkPad laptop.

[neilv]

A TrackPoint-like "pointy stick" has been on some other major brands:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pointing_stick#Naming_and_bran...

[yjftsjthsd-h]

I have multiple Dell laptops that have a mouse nub in the middle of the keyboard

[jerlam]

I've used it on a Dell laptop too, but it was far inferior to the Trackpoint. I think IBM/Lenovo had a patent on the specific technology but it might be expired now.

[bluGill]

The track point dates to the 1990's at least so at least the main patents have expired. I have no clue about advances they might have made

[noooooooph]

I recall Dell had laptops in the past at some point that had blue trackpoint-like nubs

[codr7]

And they were complete trash in comparison to the ones on ThinkPads imo.

[tracker1]

I don't think more modern ThinkPads are much better... they have a shorter keyboard depth than the earlier models and the feel overall is significantly reduced... I understand as most people don't generally want a "thick" notebook.

[codr7]

I agree, they used to be a lot better.

The beefier business line models are still decent though.

[soperj]

I used a toshiba that only had the nub and no trackpad previously.

[beAbU]

Many dells and HPs come with track points

[jfvinueza]

the HHKB studio has a trackpoint as well