Admittedly overdue and also a sign of the end days
Not a Lenovo icon. They bought ThinkPad, nippleclit and all, from IBM.
Never used trackpoints.
And all my laptops are ThinkPads.
I Always disable both trackpoint and touchpad.I will not buy a Lenovo without the clitmouse
This, and why do they take away the 2 buttons below the track pad. PC track pads are barely tolerable as it is.
Guillotine time
I actually stopped using mine a long time ago, and every time I get a new laptop, I remove it. Not because I hate it, but because I like it. Even after modifying the acceleration settings to where I like them though, the repeated stress of pushing on the nub eventually start to develop dendonitis in my finger.
After I’ve trained myself to only use the trackpad I put the nub back on. Partly because it’s so iconic it just looks wrong without it, and partly because I want to avoid conversations with guest about my growing clit graveyard (although I guess I could just not leave them in a cup on the coffee table where everyone can see)
It’s super handy on my X1c 6thgen when my trackpad randomly freezes about once a month and I need to shut everything down and reboot. Bah.
Open to tips for fixing the trackpad if anyone has that on their radar!
I prefer it over trackpad, honestly. Just adjust the acceleration.
Edit: looks like they remove it only from Aura line. Please stub your toe somewhere, author.
Engage giant-marble-headstone
R I P
“Can’t find the clit-mouse. Damn.”
The new ones were garbage anyways. Mine is stuck at a polling rate of 10hz, and the acceleration is god awful
Now it looks like…every other generic laptop.
I’m not a huge fan of the nub, I personally have always found it in the middle of the way. I do understand it’s use, though.
A few years ago, Lenovo released some Thinkpads without the three buttons above the touchpad. After a lot of pushback, they stopped making those. They also tried using Linux-hostile components for a while. My impression is that Lenovo is on an inexorable enshittification trajectory, but backs off a bit when pressured, only to make some other stupid decision next time.
I use the “control nipple” occasionally, but I use the physical mouse buttons every day always.
Even though they’re slightly oddly positioned to use with the touchpad, they’re a million times better than not having any buttons at all.
A brand has (finally) died.
me on a date
