From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 9 22:57:14 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0C93C106566C for ; Wed, 9 Sep 2009 22:57:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: from outbound-mail-30.bluehost.com (outbound-mail-30.bluehost.com [69.89.17.212]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id CEFE38FC3C for ; Wed, 9 Sep 2009 22:57:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 16188 invoked by uid 0); 9 Sep 2009 22:57:13 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO box543.bluehost.com) (74.220.219.143) by outboundproxy2.bluehost.com with SMTP; 9 Sep 2009 22:57:13 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=default; d=apotheon.com; h=Date:From:To:Subject:Message-ID:Mail-Followup-To:References:Mime-Version:Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To:User-Agent:X-Identified-User; b=UPpgAfFrXqysP/56IQPIvyc22Gqw7NyWqzHEW/MBqJU510QLrmD4hm/QyDjNXJXOI9eBfLDEtplVEDMnmNUi8mmR1ZLQ3rLlKxVWYSg/+OI7YHOlRrmCE09bYkeBMnCq; Received: from c-24-8-180-234.hsd1.co.comcast.net ([24.8.180.234] helo=kokopelli.hydra) by box543.bluehost.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MlW6C-0000AO-CX for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Wed, 09 Sep 2009 16:57:13 -0600 Received: by kokopelli.hydra (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Wed, 9 Sep 2009 16:57:11 -0600 Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2009 16:57:11 -0600 From: Chad Perrin To: FreeBSD Mailing List Message-ID: <20090909225711.GA16843@kokopelli.hydra> Mail-Followup-To: FreeBSD Mailing List References: <20090909210833.GA23467@thought.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="EeQfGwPcQSOJBaQU" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20090909210833.GA23467@thought.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Identified-User: {2737:box543.bluehost.com:apotheon:apotheon.org} {sentby:smtp auth 24.8.180.234 authed with ren@apotheon.org} Cc: Subject: Re: are there any notebooks with mouse-sticks? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 09 Sep 2009 22:57:14 -0000 --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--