On Tue, 24 Jul 2007, michael hast wrote:
> Robin - Bartow FL wrote:
>> On Sat, 21 Jul 2007, Ken Elliott wrote:
>>
>>>>> The little pencil eraser mouse thingy, as far as I know, isn't being
>>>>> made
>>>>> available on new machines.
>>>>>
>>>> Good news! It's still available. My machine is one month old. Check
>>>> the HP site for small/medium business for the Compaq laptops. It's
>>>> hard to see, but if you click the picture for a larger view, you'll see
>>>> the tiny blue pointer.
>>>>
>>> I actually found 7-10 machines that have it, and picked one (HP Compaq
>>> NC6400). Requiring a stick mouse weeds out a _lot_ of machines. It says
>>> "Call for availability" on the page where I customize it (no MS tax,
>>> TYVM), so ordering will have to wait until Monday.
>>
>> I do not care for the pad devices myself. I plug in a mouse. No real
>> experience with the stick mouse you are looking for. But as a general rule,
>> most electronic devices that don't move (and are sealed) seem to hold up
>> over time. Your preferences indicate a willing and viable trade off for
>> comfort. Next time I see such a device on a notebook I will make an effort
>> to try it out.
>>
>> Please let me know how your "HP Compaq NC6400" works out. I too am looking
>> at newer model notebooks.
>>
>>
> We're talking about the pencil-eraser mouse here, right?
Yup. This thing:
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