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"Darling" <thedarlings@ix.netcom.com> wrote:

>Depends on how you use it.  If you're doing something that causes you to
>lean on the stick for an extended period of time without release, you'll see
>the effect.  ...

To repeat ( hopefully for the last time ;) -- NOT on any of the many
machines I know of.

>John Navas wrote in message <36ce4b36.10448230@news.ncal.verio.com>...
>>[POSTED TO alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt]
>>krw@ibm.net (Keith R. Williams) wrote:
>>
>>>On Fri, 19 Feb 1999 16:38:09, Usenet@NavasGrp.Dublin.CA.US (John
>>>Navas) wrote:
>>>
>>>> [POSTED TO alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt]
>>>> krw@ibm.net (Keith R. Williams) wrote:
>>>>
>>>> >On Thu, 18 Feb 1999 18:05:20, Usenet@NavasGrp.Dublin.CA.US (John
>>>> >Navas) wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> >> [POSTED TO alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt]
>>>> >> "Actarus [VL]" <prince_actarus@videotron.ca> wrote:
>>>> >>
>>>> >> >John Navas wrote:
>>>> >> >>
>>>> >> >> [POSTED TO alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt]
>>>> >> >> krw@ibm.net (Keith R. Williams) wrote:
>>>> >> >>
>>>> >> >> >Track-point.  They're OK, but the track-points have a memory.  If
>>>> >> >> >you go from one end of the screen to the other the cursor will
>>>> >> >> >drift for a while.  The strain-guages aren't perfect.
>>>> >> >>
>>>> >> >> FWIW, I haven't seen a problem like that.
>>>> >> >
>>>> >> >Trackpoints on ThinkPads have that 'autoadjust' feature, so it's
>>>> >> >possible sometimes the cursor will drift a little...
>>>> >>
>>>> >> FWIW, mine have never done that.
>>>> >
>>>> >You're certainly lucky.  Mine does and it's a pain!  I carry a
>>>> >mouse in my suitcase and when I go by car, a keyboard.  The stick
>>>> >is better than any other solutin I've seen for a mobile, but it's
>>>> >nowhere near perfect.
>>>>
>>>> Did you try to get it fixed under warranty?
>>>
>>>Nope.  It's the same on any ThinkPad and IBM keybard with the
>>>TrackPoint I've used.  Maybe I'm just more sensitive (or more
>>>abusive) than most.  This isn't an uncommon complaint about
>>>track-points though.  Again, I still like them for mobiles.  I
>>>use them in the lab where I have systems stacked ear-to-ear.
>>>They are not perfect.
>>>
>>>I guess we'll have to agree to disagree. ;-)
>>
>>I guess so -- we've taken delivery of dozens of ThinkPad 600's in the past
>>year, and have yet to see that problem on any of them.
>>
>>--
>>Best regards,
>>John  mailto:Usenet@NavasGrp.Dublin.CA.US  http://www.aimnet.com/~jnavas/
>>"A little learning is a dangerous thing." [Alexander Pope, 1688-1744]
>>"It is better to sit in silence and appear ignorant,
>>than to open your mouth and remove all doubt." [Mark Twain, 1835-1910]
>

-- 
Best regards,
John  mailto:Usenet@NavasGrp.Dublin.CA.US  http://www.aimnet.com/~jnavas/
"A little learning is a dangerous thing." [Alexander Pope, 1688-1744]
"It is better to sit in silence and appear ignorant,
than to open your mouth and remove all doubt." [Mark Twain, 1835-1910]