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From: shwake@raysnec.UUCP (Ray Shwake)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
Subject: Re: Has anyone tried out the new laptop-oriented trackballs?
Message-ID: <297@raysnec.UUCP>
Date: 21 Apr 91 18:03:16 GMT
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rubin@watson.ibm.com (Bill Rubin) writes:

>Isn't it too bad that given the obvious need for a product of this sort,
>the industry had to wait until one company announced a model so the
>others could then come out with a me-too variety?

	Well, since others *have* worked to fill this need long before
Microsoft announced its Ballpoint, let's at least give them credit.
Some portables (like Apple's offering) have offered an *integral* trackball;
the Isopoint (my favorite so far) is available in models from Grid (maybe
others by now). External add-ons have a place only to the extent that
laptop/notebook manufacturers have failed to anticipate and accomodate
the need.

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