No, you aren't.  Despite all of the advances, I still consider my old 145B
to be about the best writing machine I've ever used.  I miss it so much I've
actually toyed with the idea of getting another one.

Andrew


On 6/8/04 9:30 AM, "Christopher Kolp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Let's take it back old-school and put trackballs back on them! :)
> 
> Seriously, am I the only one who liked/likes using the 1xx series with
> the trackballs?
> 
> -Chris
> 
> On Jun 8, 2004, at 12:14 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Oh lordy *ANYTHING* but that damned eraserhead. I *hate* those things.
>> They are a foul and demonic device perpetrated by the Dark Masters at
>> IBM upon the unknowing world....
>> 
>> Which just goes to show, you can't please all of the folks all of the
>> time...I like trackpads, particularly Apple's, much better than any
>> other pointing device I've ever used, barring my beloved Kensington
>> Trackballs and a hanging a big ol' cue-ball sized trackball off the
>> side of a 12" laptop would make it seem rather odd ;-)
>> 
>> But some folks have the wrong body chemistry to use them...I've run
>> into several people who have all sorts of problems with them.
>> 
>> I've seen a host of different attempts at 'fixing' the problems of
>> integrating a pointing device into a laptop, and I'll admit, trackpads
>> and those eraserheads seem to be the only ones with signs of staying.
>> 
>> --
>> Bruce Johnson
> 



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