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posted by [identity profile] zsero.livejournal.com at 10:05pm on 19/08/2007
I just got an X60, and am finding the lack of a touchpad hard to adjust to. Keeping my index finger on the red-button-thingy and a thumb on the left-click button is uncomfortable, and I'm constantly hitting the space bar instead of the left-click.
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posted by [identity profile] ddelony.livejournal.com at 10:41pm on 19/08/2007
It seems that the hacker laptops of choice are either Mac laptops or Thinkpads.
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posted by [identity profile] jmaynard.livejournal.com at 12:11am on 20/08/2007
Yup. My last two have been Macs, and the next one likely will be as well.
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posted by [identity profile] cathyr19355.livejournal.com at 01:30am on 20/08/2007
And the only reason [livejournal.com profile] esrblog isn't interested in Mac is that he wants all of his machines to run the same system.
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posted by [identity profile] ddelony.livejournal.com at 02:01am on 20/08/2007
I suppose that Mac OS X being closed-source where it really counts (namely the GUI) would probably hurt its chances with him as well.
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posted by [identity profile] cathyr19355.livejournal.com at 01:12am on 21/08/2007
So far as I know, you're right.
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posted by [identity profile] cathyr19355.livejournal.com at 01:31am on 20/08/2007
I prefer scratch-pad mice myself, but [livejournal.com profile] esrblog hates them; he'll only use a "nipple" mouse such as the X60s supply. Good luck in getting used to yours.
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posted by [identity profile] jmaynard.livejournal.com at 03:00am on 20/08/2007
I prefer the eraserhead mouse (PC term; use it in good health) myself, but I'm stuck with using trackpads. Bleh. At least I can tell OS X to turn OFF that stupid thump-to-click function; without that turned off, and on systems where I can't turn it off, I'm constantly clicking when I don't want to, and that usually results in focus going elsewhere.
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posted by [identity profile] cathyr19355.livejournal.com at 02:43am on 21/08/2007
It hardly qualifies as an "eraserhead" in my book--but then I associate that character with the much bigger eraser you could fit over the head of a pencil whose built-in eraser was used up.

BTW, I also like click-to-focus, but that's me. :-)
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