Any laptops come with a point stick and not just a touch pad besides Thinkpad? Anyone bought a Lenovo?

Question

I plan to use the Laptop for photoshop and games and cant be stuck to a desktop surface for a mouse. The thought of using a touchpad for photoshop is driving me crazy. I think that for the same price I could get a lot more out of a laptop in another brand besides IBM/Thinkpad/Lenovo.
How about any of the small boutiques?
Ideally I would like a core 2 duo, 1gb ram(upgradable), decent GPU with at least 128MB dedicated (for gaming), firewire, all the normal connectivity, bright screen, dvd rewriter, 6 pounds or under. I would really like it to come from a name i know and trust, and I would get that from IBM, but are the Lenovo's as good??? On top of that the Lenovo that I liked is $600 more than a Sony that I like, and the Sony has a better CPU (T7200 vs T2500!!!) and the Sony is lighter than the Lenovo 4.07 vs 6.22 pounds. I think that Sony is as good as a name as Lenovo, build quality might not be as sturdy..... I don't know. But $600 more for 50% heavier weight and slower proc?

I called Dell, they said that none of their laptops come with point sticks.

Answer 1

I just bought the Lenovo 3000 c100 and am loving it, check the IBM wesite as they are giving hefty rebates on it.
This is my first laptop so I have nothing else to compare it to, it's the 076122u and believe it or not in the end it only cost me $364 (how can you gou wrong at that price).
although it is Vista capable you'll have to add some things, as it came standard with;
256RAM
40G HD
wireless
4 USB
1 Firewire
CDRW/DVD COMBO
and so much more.
you could always get the wireless mouse.
Good luck with whatever you do.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

My husband did some research recently and found the following, as he prefers the pointy thingy too.....


Tecra S3 XPPro
Pentium M 740 1.73G
256M / 80G
15.0" 1400x1050 display GEForce Go 6600 64M
+++ both pointers --- low memory, not widescreen
$1552 customized direct only

Answer 4

That little pink dot became what we used previously we had touchpads on laptops. placed your finger on it, and prepare stress in any path - watch the place the mouse strikes. i think of Lenovo is between the few pc manufacturers to nonetheless incorporate it.

Answer 5

my Dell has both the stick and touch pad.