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I actually stopped using mine a long time ago, and every time I get a new laptop, I remove it. Not because I hate it, but because I like it. Even after modifying the acceleration settings to where I like them though, the repeated stress of pushing on the nub eventually start to develop dendonitis in my finger.

After I've trained myself to only use the trackpad I put the nub back on. Partly because it's so iconic it just looks wrong without it, and partly because I want to avoid conversations with guest about my growing clit graveyard (although I guess I could just not leave them in a cup on the coffee table where everyone can see)

I prefer it over trackpad, honestly. Just adjust the acceleration.

Edit: looks like they remove it only from Aura line. Please stub your toe somewhere, author.

"Can't find the clit-mouse. Damn."

It's super handy on my X1c 6thgen when my trackpad randomly freezes about once a month and I need to shut everything down and reboot. Bah.

Open to tips for fixing the trackpad if anyone has that on their radar!

Engage giant-marble-headstone

R I P

Fucking stupid ass dumb cunt editor with ragebait article titles making me mad in the morning

Does that mean the TrackPoint is dead? No, thankfully. It will still appear in the other ThinkPads made by Lenovo, said a company spokesman. But for the 14- and 15-inch ThinkPad X9 Aura Editions launched at CES 2025 in Las Vegas, the TrackPoint has been removed entirely.

Senior Editor Mark Hachman I hope you have a terrible day and stub your toe today

Relevant xkcd

removing the nub from ThinkPad is like removing cheese from a cheeseburger.

it'll still be a laptop, but a nubless ThinkPad will always look wrong.

Those who don't use it are only mildly annoyed by it, but those who use it will raise holy hell now that it's gone.

Now put the clit mouse into a framework chassis (the relevant patents are now expired)

The new ones were garbage anyways. Mine is stuck at a polling rate of 10hz, and the acceleration is god awful

My work laptop is not Lenovo but has a nub. It's works great when I have work gloves on, since the touchpad doesn't respond well with those.

No more laptop clit

Is nothing sacred anymore‽

Now it looks like...every other generic laptop.

I'm not a huge fan of the nub, I personally have always found it in the middle of the way. I do understand it's use, though.

A brand has (finally) died.