Date: Wed, 09 Sep 2009 14:50:01 -1000 From: Al Plant <noc@hdk5.net> To: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: are there any notebooks with mouse-sticks? Message-ID: <4AA84D39.9020105@hdk5.net> In-Reply-To: <20090909225711.GA16843@kokopelli.hydra> References: <20090909210833.GA23467@thought.org> <20090909225711.GA16843@kokopelli.hydra>
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Chad Perrin wrote: > On Wed, Sep 09, 2009 at 02:08:36PM -0700, Gary Kline wrote: >> I'm looking for a small computer, 7-10" screen that has a ThinkPad-like stick >> to act as the mouse. Pref'ly, no touch-pad. The ASUS and just about every 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). > Aloha Gary, The HP Mini 1000 has a pad and it is not good. If I accidentally brush it with a finger it acts as a click same as the mouse buttons do. I think this is a terrible feature. ( No way to kill it either I checked. )I thought it was because I have large hands, but Julie has trouble too so she brought out a USB wireless logitech mouse from her stash of stuff and it works fine. Good Luck... ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 6.* - 7.* - 8.* + < email: noc@hdk5.net > "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol
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