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God is dead
Admittedly overdue and also a sign of the end days
Oh its one of those Thinkpads that isn't actually a Thinkpad like the Thinkpad Yogas. My ideal Thinkpad would be a proper release of the T480 25th Anniversary Edition with newer components.
Not a Lenovo icon. They bought ThinkPad, nippleclit and all, from IBM.
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.
Fewer parts means cheaper to manufacture.
Don't be fooled; they're only doing it to increase profits because our standards aren't higher.
Guillotine time
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.
removing the nub from ThinkPad is like removing cheese from a cheeseburger.
it'll still be a laptop, but a nubless ThinkPad will always look wrong.
It's honestly the only reason I still buy them. If Lenovo removes the nub or Framework adds it, I'm switching to Framework. Give me a 14" T or E series with TrackPoint and I'm happy.
Next thing you know they'll put the Ctrl back in the right place.
Control back in the right place... where you can press it with your left pinkie without taking your fingers off the home keys? Rather than where useless caps lock is just wasting space?
Escape next to 1 is also underappreciated. It's how vi was meant to be used.
Exactly. I use escape way more than control.
this is actually wonderful ive been debating what to do with my caps lock thank you
Thankfully it can be swapped in bios
I almost didn't buy a ThinkPad back in the day before I leaned that you can swap it. Such a stupid design
I also randomly saw today that framework has the opposite option in BIOS. For the people that migrate over
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"Can't find the clit-mouse. Damn."
I AM THE CLIT COMMANDER!
Those who don't use it are only mildly annoyed by it, but those who use it will raise holy hell now that it's gone.
Is it actually usable? I never owned one
Used one for a few years and I loved it:
- it's precise, you can really aim small UI elements
- It is paired with actual buttons, index on the nub and thumb on the buttons, so no weird gestures to right click
- It is very quick to switch from keyboard to mouse, your hands nearly don't move
But, there's no mouse wheel or scroll gesture and maintaining pressure on the nub is maybe more tiring than a trackpad.
Back when I was in high school, we had a shared pool of laptops stored in the library, and our teachers would reserve the library space for days when we were supposed to be working on laptops. My district had a bunch of Dells with the nipple mouse. To this day I still think it’s probably the most convenient and precise input device I’ve ever used.
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I use a mechanical keyboard with one on my desktop, I actually use it quite a lot.
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I think it works fantastically well. I personally like it much better than a touchpad. It lets me move the pointer without taking my hands away from typing home position.
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me on a date
Now put the clit mouse into a framework chassis (the relevant patents are now expired)
Yes, I'd switch if they did.
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)
my growing clit graveyard
How do you have more than, like, 3? How often do you change laptops?
I think you're overstimulating. You need to be gentle, which benefits both of you. Try resting it on or near the nub and applying gentle pressure.
My work laptop is not Lenovo but has a nub. It's works great when I have work gloves on, since the touchpad doesn't respond well with those.
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No more laptop clit
Engage giant-marble-headstone
R I P
Is nothing sacred anymore‽
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