Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2009 16:57:11 -0600 From: Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> To: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: are there any notebooks with mouse-sticks? Message-ID: <20090909225711.GA16843@kokopelli.hydra> In-Reply-To: <20090909210833.GA23467@thought.org> References: <20090909210833.GA23467@thought.org>
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--EeQfGwPcQSOJBaQU Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Sep 09, 2009 at 02:08:36PM -0700, Gary Kline wrote: >=20 > I'm looking for a small computer, 7-10" screen that has a ThinkPad-like s= tick > to act as the mouse. Pref'ly, no touch-pad. The ASUS and just about eve= ry 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 separate mouse [and other = add-ons] > for the EEE; that might be a work around.) I sympathize with your desire for a trackpoint (instead of a touchpad), and this is one reason I keep getting ThinkPads for my laptops. Unfortunately, I don't know of any "netbooks" that come with trackpoints. I hope you get an answer on this list so I'll get one as well (with the obvious preference for FreeBSD, or at least *some* BSD Unix, compatibility). --=20 Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] Quoth Philip Machanick: "caution: if you write code like this, immediately after you are fired the person assigned to maintaining your code after you leave will resign" --EeQfGwPcQSOJBaQU Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.10 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkqoMscACgkQ9mn/Pj01uKUjFgCgploe5zSdN0P3HCgerQOXTLWl dBMAoM7fj9yLPV0LT3zvIuzKe9JRIFfu =5ACJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --EeQfGwPcQSOJBaQU--
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