Lenovo’s iconic crimson red TrackPoint nub, which has been going strong for three decades, is a staple of ThinkPad laptops. However, this year at CES, Lenovo announced that it’s ditching the nub on ...

When I sit down to write an article about a laptop I recently reviewed, my most immediate thoughts are usually focused on a feature I liked or disliked, or what type of person it would benefit the ...

Rest in peace, Trackpoint. We barely needed ye. Although a pointing stick — which is apparently the brand-agnostic name for the Trackpoint — was popular on laptops in the late 1990s and early 2000s, ...

The X9 14 and X9 15 Aura Editions are Copilot Plus PCs with slim designs — and no nubs in sight. The X9 14 and X9 15 Aura Editions are Copilot Plus PCs with slim designs — and no nubs in sight. is a ...

For more than three decades, the TrackPoint’s iconic red rubbery nub has been a staple of IBM and Lenovo ThinkPad laptops. But now, no longer. Lenovo has removed its famous TrackPoint from its latest ...

One of the key differences between Lenovo’s ThinkPad-branded laptops and… pretty much every other laptop on the market these days (including most Lenovo models) is that in addition to a touchpad below ...

Those who didn’t come up in the professional world during IBM’s heyday, yet work on one of Lenovo ’s ThinkPad laptops today, might wonder why the TrackPoint is still around. After all, it was IBM’s ...

Too expensive. Not as fast or long-lasting as the competition. If you’re an old-school ThinkPad fan, Lenovo has done the unthinkable: The ThinkPad X9 14 doesn’t have the famous red TrackPoint in the ...

So I recently wiped Debian off my ThinkPad A21e after a loose SODIMM caused a few too many spontaneous reboots and trashed the filesystem, and replaced it with Windows 2000.<BR><BR>Now the only ...

Howdy all<BR><BR>I'm a virgin Ars poster and not much more experienced with Linux! I've an old ThinkPad R31 that I'd like to get up and running with any flavour of Linux to get to know the OS better.