On Sat, 21 Jul 2007, suncoastlug.mailbox@gibp.com wrote:
>> I'm looking for a laptop. A hard-and-fast requirement is one of those stick
>> mice (you know, the rubber gizmo that sticks up between the G, H, and M
>> keys). I hate hate hate trackpads. Is my only choice Lenovo (formerly Big
>> Blue) Thinkpads? Or, do any other brands have that? I've looked at HP,
>> Dell, Toshiba, and Apple so far. Actually the HP pictures were really tiny,
>> so I could have missed a camouflaged one.
>
> Do a search at ebay for "laptop computer" and "notebook computer". Pick up
> the industry acronym/s in the descriptions for the type of mouse you see
> and want, add the acronyms to an advanced search. Then narrow your search
> by adding "linux" to the search criteria. (Hence, you will spend less time
> hunting linux drivers.) In an advanced search... you can also exclude
> brand names you already know about.
Thanks for the hints. I found http://www.ideastorm.com/article/show/63982
which goes along with my experiences. I also found that the Dell Latitude
D630 has one. (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=481651 indicates it
is iffy with Ubuntu, however.) Dell calls them "keyboard nipples" IIRC.
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