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And being a ThinkPad, it has the TrackPoint.
Or the nub, the nipple, or whatever else you want to call it.
An input device from yesteryear.
There was a time long ago I used this thing every single day.
I was once a TrackPoint wizard.
But those days deserve to be left in the past.
An input device from yesteryear.
I’m not alone, either.
I just don’t think it’s needed anymore.
There are obviously still those who love using it, and I get it.
Just use the trackpad. PLEASE.
But such a feature isn’t really going to attractnewusers in this day and age.
If you’ve never used one, why would you purposely buy a ThinkPad to have one?
I worked in a position that assigned me a ThinkPad laptop of some variety.
But back in early 2010, trackpads on Windows laptops were nothing like what they are now.
They were pretty terrible.
This was where having a ThinkPad came into its own.
The TrackPoint could be deployed, and laptop navigation became fun.
But it’s just not necessary anymore.
Windows has evolved, trackpad technology has evolved, and gesture-based navigation is the norm.
The trackpad is just better, honestly
I could have just ignored the TrackPoint.
And it’s just bad.
The design, while mostly unchanged from previous years, is still exquisite.
But taking it out wouldn’t be so bad, surely?
What’s already there is top class, but in this case, bigger is always better.
The ThinkPad range is way more than this little red dot, however iconic it may be.
But, like all good things, something better eventually comes along.
In this case, something better came along many years ago.
