Any laptop users actually prefer the trackpad to a mouse?

[notfred]

Using an external mouse with my laptop just feels wierd.... I think I prefer the trackpad. Which is odd, because for the longest time I hated trackpads, but I guess isnce I've been using one for the past few months, I got used to it. The mouse jsut doesn't feel like it belongs with the laptop... hanging way over on the side there...

Anyone else prefer the trackpad?

 

[NutBucket]

I like trackpoints. I hate trackpads.

 

[MacGaven]

You get used to it.

I like to use both trackpad and mouse depending on the task.

 

[Heisenberg]

I don't mind it, but I prefer to use an external mouse. Not having the scroll wheel is a PITA.

 

[DanTMWTMP]

Originally posted by: NutBucket
I like trackpoints. I hate trackpads.

seriuosly...they should come out w/ more laptops w/ those instead of trackpads....i have a laptop..and i hate using the pad.....only if it came w/ a point... too bad it was a hot deal cuz i couldn't chooose .. hehehe

 

[Kelvrick]

Originally posted by: DanTMWTMP

Originally posted by: NutBucket
I like trackpoints. I hate trackpads.

seriuosly...they should come out w/ more laptops w/ those instead of trackpads....i have a laptop..and i hate using the pad.....only if it came w/ a point... too bad it was a hot deal cuz i couldn't chooose .. hehehe

Toshiba's only come with point. Back when I was a newb, I thought they sucked cuzz I had to hook up my own.

I prefer the trackpoint also, but both are good for different tasks. If I have the surface and room, mouse.

 

[Shawn]

I only hook up a mouse to my laptop to play games like Quake 3 or something.....

 

[luvya]

Am I the only one to like trackpad more than trackpoint?

 

[NutBucket]

Originally posted by: Kelvrick

Originally posted by: DanTMWTMP

Originally posted by: NutBucket
I like trackpoints. I hate trackpads.

seriuosly...they should come out w/ more laptops w/ those instead of trackpads....i have a laptop..and i hate using the pad.....only if it came w/ a point... too bad it was a hot deal cuz i couldn't chooose .. hehehe

Toshiba's only come with point. Back when I was a newb, I thought they sucked cuzz I had to hook up my own.

I prefer the trackpoint also, but both are good for different tasks. If I have the surface and room, mouse.

Wait, didn't IBM's first come with points? And I've seen Dells and HPs with them as well.

 

[Heisenberg]

Originally posted by: luvya
Am I the only one to like trackpad more than trackpoint?

No, I use the trackpad more than the trackpoint (my laptop has both). I still prefer an external mouse to either though.

 

[Kelvrick]

Originally posted by: NutBucket

Originally posted by: Kelvrick

Originally posted by: DanTMWTMP

Originally posted by: NutBucket
I like trackpoints. I hate trackpads.

seriuosly...they should come out w/ more laptops w/ those instead of trackpads....i have a laptop..and i hate using the pad.....only if it came w/ a point... too bad it was a hot deal cuz i couldn't chooose .. hehehe

Toshiba's only come with point. Back when I was a newb, I thought they sucked cuzz I had to hook up my own.

I prefer the trackpoint also, but both are good for different tasks. If I have the surface and room, mouse.

Wait, didn't IBM's first come with points? And I've seen Dells and HPs with them as well.

I didn't mean that only Toshiba's have them. I meant that toshiba's only have them. They don't have the pad. At least, with the ones I've seen.

 

[NutBucket]

Originally posted by: Kelvrick

Originally posted by: NutBucket

Originally posted by: Kelvrick

Originally posted by: DanTMWTMP

Originally posted by: NutBucket
I like trackpoints. I hate trackpads.

seriuosly...they should come out w/ more laptops w/ those instead of trackpads....i have a laptop..and i hate using the pad.....only if it came w/ a point... too bad it was a hot deal cuz i couldn't chooose .. hehehe

Toshiba's only come with point. Back when I was a newb, I thought they sucked cuzz I had to hook up my own.

I prefer the trackpoint also, but both are good for different tasks. If I have the surface and room, mouse.

Wait, didn't IBM's first come with points? And I've seen Dells and HPs with them as well.

I didn't mean that only Toshiba's have them. I meant that toshiba's only have them. They don't have the pad. At least, with the ones I've seen.

Ah. Yep. Gotta love Toshiba

 

[Yomicron]

For casual use:
Mouse > Trackpoint > Trackpad

but if I'm typing:
Trackpoint >> Mouse > Trackpad

 

[ElFenix]

i wish that dell used the same keyboard on the latitude and inspiron 6 with the dual pointing devices. but no the insp only has the dumb pad. i usually use a mouse but i'm thinking of getting a laser trackball

 

[manly]

Apple PowerBook's original trackball was a great design, but they replaced it in favor of the no-maintenance trackpad.

 

[kami333]

Originally posted by: iloveme2
I only hook up a mouse to my laptop to play games like Quake 3 or something.....

Same here. The right and bottom edges of my trackpad also function as scroll wheels so that's nice too. I love trackpads.

I absolutely hate trackpoints though, to the point where I just refuse to by a laptop with one.

 

[MaxDSP]

whats the diff between trackpoint and trackpad?

 

[Jugernot]

Originally posted by: NutBucket
I like trackpoints. I hate trackpads.

Exactly opposite of what I was about to say... trackpoints suck ass. I had one on my old Toshiba laptop and never did like it after 3 years of use. Now I've got a Dell with a touchpad, but I use a laptop optical mouse.

 

[sciencewhiz]

good trackpoint > mouse > trackball > touchpad

With a trackpoint, I never have to move my hands from the keyboard, which is much more efficient.

I only like IBMs trackpoint, though, at least compared to Dell and Toshiba.

 

[NewSc2]

a mouse > all, otherwise you'd see more keyboards shipped with trackpads/trackpoints

 

[brxndxn]

Toshiba's only come with point. Back when I was a newb, I thought they sucked cuzz I had to hook up my own.

My Toshiba 3000-S304 has a trackpad.. It sucks too, cause' I'd rather have a trackpoint. Oh well.

 

[jonmullen]

I like the pad, the move your finder and scroll and the back and forth in browser is nice.

 

[DDCSpeed]

si i like the trac-point (aka nipple mouse) better than the trackpad

 

[wicktron]

NEVER.

 

[Siddhartha]

Originally posted by: notfred
Using an external mouse with my laptop just feels wierd.... I think I prefer the trackpad. Which is odd, because for the longest time I hated trackpads, but I guess isnce I've been using one for the past few months, I got used to it. The mouse jsut doesn't feel like it belongs with the laptop... hanging way over on the side there...

Anyone else prefer the trackpad?

I am now use to the little red thing enough that I do not use the mouse I carry with my laptop. But I prefer using a mouse.