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- From: neal@mnopltd.UUCP
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
- Subject: Re: Portable pointing devices
- Message-ID: <251@mnopltd.UUCP>
- Date: 1 Sep 92 21:24:53 GMT
- Reply-To: emory!mnopltd!neal
- Organization: MNOP Ltd., Atlanta, Ga.
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- ->In article <1992Aug27.111446.722@csqx.cs.rhbnc.ac.uk>
- ->adrian@csqx.cs.rhbnc.ac.uk (A Johnstone) writes:
- ->>
- ->>I own a portable trackman, and Iwould cheerfully replace my workstation mouse with
- ->>it standing on its end.
- ->
- ->That's very interesting, though I don't understand why you would want to do this.
- ->A mouse is a better all-around input device than a trackball. Why would you want
- ->to replace it with something that's worse?
- ->
- ->Edgar
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- Because my Trackman is always in the same place on my desk, doesn't require
- any room to move around, and works with my hand sitting ON the desk, inside
- of moving around above it. It doesn't skid, slip, etc. And it sits on my
- leg when my system is sitting on the coffee table.
-
- The sticking some people noted might be cured by slipping the ball out and
- rubbing the dust of the mount points.
-
- In short, Logitech came up with a well thought out device which is portable,
- works clipped to a keyboard or just sitting.
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