Pointing stick
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A pointing stick is a small analog stick used as a pointing device typically mounted centrally in a computer keyboard. Like other pointing devices such as mice, touchpads or trackballs, operating syst
Pointing stick on a Lenovo ThinkPad
Detail: rear side of a Lenovo ThinkPad pointing stick with the strain gauges. Size: 8 x 8 mm. Out of patent
IBM ThinkPad caps (left-to-right): Soft Dome, Soft Rim, Classic Dome, Eraser Head (discontinued)
A pointing stick on a mid-1990s-era Toshiba laptop. The two buttons below the keyboard act as a computer mouse: the top button is used for left-clicking while the bottom button is used for right-clicking.
ThinkPad
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ThinkPad is a line of business-oriented laptop and tablet computers produced since 1992. It was originally designed, created and manufactured by the American International Business Machines Corporatio
Pointing stick
…1997 (but the patent expired in 2017). It has been used for business laptops, such as Acer's TravelMate, Dell's Latitude, HP's EliteBook and Lenovo's ThinkPad. The pointing stick senses applied force by using two pairs of resistive strain gauges. A pointing stick can be used by pushing with the fingers in the…
A 1980s-era IBM THINK notepad (above), which inspired the laptop name, and the notepad refill information (below)
IBM/Lenovo's Yamato Lab where the Think line of products is developed
A ThinkPad's characteristic boxy black exterior (X201 on top of an X220)
A typical IBM design example (2000s ThinkPad T20)