Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 18:59:15 -0800 From: Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org> To: Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Laptop choices Message-ID: <20051124025915.GB19327@thought.org> In-Reply-To: <20051123203607.GA36235@holestein.holy.cow> References: <4383C20E.20509@shaw.ca> <200511231238.06590.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> <20051123105730.GA29369@laverenz.de> <20051123185909.GA17696@thought.org> <20051123203607.GA36235@holestein.holy.cow>
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On Wed, Nov 23, 2005 at 03:36:07PM -0500, Parv wrote: > in message <20051123185909.GA17696@thought.org>, 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 do not know of a ThinkPad clone; if/when you do, i would like to > hear about them too. > I destest those scracth 'n' sniff pad; hard to move cursor by rubbing; harder by scrtching. Gotta be a better way. Till then, the tiny mouse-stick works. (I do plug in a real mouse if I'm "mousing" seriously. Google has a few hit on "thinkpad clone" but not in English. (*mumble*) gary PS to everyone:: Happy Thanksgiving; including folk not in the States! -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org www.thought.org Public service Unix
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