🏛️ Architecture & Design 1d ago · JC Torres

The TrackPoint Was Always Laptop-Only, This $52 Bean Changes That

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The TrackPoint Was Always Laptop-Only, This $52 Bean Changes That
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The pointing stick is one of the more divisive input devices in computing history. Lenovo’s TrackPoint has a devoted following, built around people who never want to lift their hands off the keyboard home row just to move a cursor. Everyone else finds the red nub somewhere between baffling and genuinely annoying. Either way, it has stayed locked to laptop keyboards for decades, with essentially no standalone options available.
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