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Laptops with Trackballs?
txsable asks: "Is any manufacturer making a new-model laptop computer with a trackball? I can't stand touchpads, and the "accupoint" device used by IBM and other isn't much better. My favorite is a Dell Latitude XPi CD that belongs to my office, but (1) it's a Pentium 133 and (2) It's not mine!" I used to remember laptops that had those trackballs that attached to the side. They were alright, but their main drawback was that those things always broke, or at best, would fall off because the attachment didn't fit right. Are there any laptops out there that actually have the trackball integrated into the unit in a position that feels fairly natural, and also doesn't get in the way of typing?
Trackball and mice have moving parts and a touchpad or a pencil eraser-like thingies don't.
Except if you have a trackball that works off of light instead of moving wheels (a'la Logitech Trackman). That *should* be as reliable as a trackpad (since the only thing that moves is the ball itself). Of course no one in the world makes one that's intergrated into a laptop (which is a shame.. I agree with the poster. I'd take the small trackball of my old Mac Duo over a trackpad anyday)