IBM's first ThinkPad debuted 25 years ago next month, with a bright red
TrackPoint pointing stick and a classic design that still exists in a modern form today.
As always, a red
TrackPoint pointing stick is nestled between the G, H, and B keys, and there's a fingerprint reader off to the right side of the keyboard.
Like its ThinkPad siblings, the Yoga 370 has
both a TrackPoint pointing stick and a touchpad for navigation.
Like most ThinkPads, the X270 has both a touchpad and
a TrackPoint pointing stick.
Like almost every ThinkPad, the T470 comes with both
a TrackPoint pointing stick and a buttonless touchpad.
The X280 also has Lenovo's famous red
TrackPoint pointing stick between its G and H keys.
Like other ThinkPads, the T480 has both
a TrackPoint pointing stick and a buttonless touchpad.
Of course, Lenovo hasn't ditched its trademark red
TrackPoint pointing stick.
The $ 999 base model comes with the Ultrabook Keyboard, which has solid key travel and a relatively large clickpad, but
no TrackPoint pointing stick.
Not exact matches
Like most other Lenovo business laptops, the ThinkPad T470p has two different
pointing devices: a touchpad and a
TrackPoint nub.
Correction: This post originally referred to Lenovo's
TrackPoint branded
pointing stick as a trackball.
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That may not sit well with
pointing stick die - hards, but the touchpad has a comfortable integrated click pad mechanism which works equally well when clicking at the bottom (when using the touchpad) or at the top (when using the
TrackPoint).
The
pointing stick, a far cry from Lenovo's
TrackPoint technology, is difficult to master.