On Wed, 21 Sep 2011 21:17:03 +0100, wrote:

RG wrote:
Or you can invest in a decent laptop that has a trackpoint instead of a
trackpad.

I *heart* my touchpad*. Nick disables his on his laptop and uses the
silly
nipple thing in the keyboard. I can't move the cursor around on his
laptop
at all. :-(

*(except when I have greasy fingers)

I've been using that 'silly nipple thing' since IBM first introduced them
many years ago, and will not consider a laptop without them.
Of course it's not as much fun as the real thing...