The IBM (and now Lenovo) ThinkPad TrackPoint — aka the mouse nub — is one of the more controversial input methods. Love it or hate it, it tried to offer a better, faster way to use a computer ...

You’ll find the iconic red Trackpoint on just about every ThinkPad laptop available, but Lenovo is doing away with the design at CES 2025 with its new ThinkPad X9.

Aside from its lack of a TrackPoint, the ThinkPad X9 Aura Edition features a 50% recycled aluminum shell with a ribbed bottom that gives the laptop a very distinct feel in your hands, reminding me ...

Love it or hate it, TrackPoint can be a powerful tool. Love it or hate it, the idea of moving the mouse without removing your hands from the keys has an appeal. [Alon Swartz] incorporated one into … ...

The Lenovo ThinkPad X9 Aura Edition being showed off at CES 2025 lacks the iconic TrackPoint nub in a nod to a new, modern design that includes Lenovo AI Now.

While TrackPoint technology still exists, there’s a steep learning curve. Personally, I find that I have better control over the cursor with the trackpad than with the TrackPoint nub.

This is the story of one person’s desire to have the venerable trackpoint in their new keyboard. [Klapse] loves a Lenovo old-style non-chicklet keyboard, so, despite the cost, five were ordered.

This is a silly config, but I had some trouble getting it to work- here's hoping Google will index this and someone will find it useful.I've got a Thinkpad T42, and I really dig the trackpoint ...

To entice a new generation of PC users, Lenovo created the new ThinkPad X9 family which features an aluminum chassis instead of carbon fiber and no Trackpoint nub.

We just got in a HP nc6000 for me to extensively test and I'm wondering about the TrackPoint. The stick "works" just fine, but is very jerky. You can give it a nice, steady tug in any direction ...

Lenovo's iconic Trackpoint has been on ThinkPad laptops for decades, but it's biting the dust at CES 2025.