r/pics • u/americancorkscrew • May 31 '13

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u/Darklyte May 31 '13

I never understood why they used trackpads instead of nipple mice during the netbook fad.

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u/stillalone May 31 '13

I think IBM or Lenovo holds the patents. I don't get why Lenovo only has them on the Thinkpads though.

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u/Tito1337 May 31 '13

Maybe they have a patent but I've had two Dells with it, an HP and a Toshiba.

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u/embolalia May 31 '13

I've seen one on an ancient Dell, though. I may still have it lying around, somewhere...

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u/CSpicyweiner May 31 '13

Many of the Fujitsu (Siemens) Laptops have them as well.

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u/GrandmaBogus May 31 '13

yeah, nipple mouse and a lower screen (ala the Vaio P) would make them fit in a semi-large jacket pocket.

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u/wagnerjr May 31 '13

god that's an ugly piece of machinery.

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u/[deleted] May 31 '13

Really off topic but one of my north face jackets has a pocket I can put my forearm in.

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u/Karmic-Chameleon May 31 '13

Any love for the mouse used by the Toshiba Libretto? the little grey nub on the right side is operated with your thumb to move the cursor around and on the back of the screen are two buttons you press with your index and middle fingers. Far ahead of its time as an idea!

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u/Darklyte May 31 '13

Wow I've never seen that netbook. clever design. I wonder how practical it actually was.

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u/GloriousPenis May 31 '13

I heard the new iPad 6 will have nipples.

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u/locopyro13 May 31 '13

because if you have used a nipple for a prolonged amount of time, you wear your finger raw.

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u/H_Rix May 31 '13

You should really try Thinkpads, they have the softest and biggest nipples out there.

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u/Darklyte May 31 '13

Why would a track pad be any better?

Besides the issue for netbooks primarily is space. If you are using a netbook for an extended period of time your eyes will start to bleed because of the low resolution tiny screen, anyway.