would you buy a compact laptop that has spacebar touch sensitivity and allows you to adjust input sensitivity, giving it dual purpose (a spacebar and a mouse)+ it has integrated A5 printer in it?

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• scarabic@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’m torn between “uh, what” and “no.”

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• Adderbox76@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Not in a million years.

  There is no such thing as a perfectly accurate touch pad “click”. Most people (myself included) tend to see their finger slip (even just a millimeter) to the right or the left when pressing down to click on a touchpad. It leads to go knows how many times that my cursor in the middle of typing has suddenly jumped to a completely different line. In fact, it’s why they implemented the option to turn off the touchpad when typing.

  So now let’s introduce ANOTHER use to that part of the keyboard. Not only do we have to deal with a wandering cursor, but we have to deal with random spaces popping into existence every time we try to scroll.

  Screw that.

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• ouRKaoS@lemmy.today ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Honestly? No.

  Sounds like too much integration, so when something goes wrong with one part you now have a wonderful, probably expensive, machine with 70% functionality that you can’t justify replacing outright.

  Now you end up with a dongle to replace that 30% function you lost that ends up working better than the original part and you realize you should have just done that from the start.

  I’m probably just bitter, but “Fool me once…”

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• Vanth@reddthat.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I can’t remember the last time I had to print something out on dead trees. Pass.

  I already carry a mouse with me when I travel because I hate laptop touchpads. So double pass on an even smaller area of integrated touchpad/spacebar.

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• Dekkia@this.doesnotcut.it ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  No, I don’t really have a use for an A5 printer.

  I’m also not sure if a spacebar-sized touchpad would be all that great.

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  • pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It wouldn’t

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  • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Could be nice to have a Steam Deck trackpad on either side instead of one main trackpad. Could make for interesting CAD use.

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• Usernameblankface@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  No.

  But I would immediately buy a new laptop with a track ball and mouse buttons like this one

  (Screenshot to follow in an edit)

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  • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Nice! That seems like it would rival the TrackPoint for me.

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• SouthFresh@lemmy.ml ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Ignoring the printer aspect… I do everything I can to avoid laptop trackpad anyway. I’ve never used one that didn’t make me want to smack the designers of.

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  • f4f4f4f4f4f4f4f4@sopuli.xyz ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Some of the first-gen ThinkPad Edges had a touchpad that presses in to left-click… under very light pressure. I considered it unusable; constant accidental clicks. Luckily I only have to service them, not do work on them.

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    • SouthFresh@lemmy.ml ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      From Mac to Vaio to Thinkpad to Yoga to Logitech, I can’t stand any of them.

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• n2burns@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  That sounds awful. We already have trackpoint to use a mouse in a compact device.

  The printer would add so much bulk that it would no longer be a compact laptop anymore. I know you personally want one (from your recent post), but just carry a separate device or velcro it to the back of the laptop.

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  • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yup, trackpoint is the solution here, that plus three mouse buttons below the spacebar is amazing, and why it’s so hard for me to consider a Framework laptop over a Thinkpad despite loving the repairability.

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• DrBob@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Absolutely not. I loathe gestures my touchpad and disable everything I can.

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• pr06lefs@lemmy.ml ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  why do I want to carry a printer with me? no. this sounds more like a point-of-sale device.

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  • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Exactly. I almost never need to print anything, and if I do, I want full size sheets or can cut them myself. If I need to print on the go, it’ll be photos, in which case I’ll use one of those portable photo printers.

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• Zip2@feddit.uk ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Nope. Too much hassle for the once a decade that I need a printer.

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• Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The first thing I do with any new laptop is figure out show to disable the trackpad. I’ve never liked them and they’ve been getting worse as more manufacturers make apple-like ones (physical buttons are nicer). So I’m disinclined to own something that, for me, just introduces a ton of new ways for my spacebar to break.

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• essteeyou@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I print roughly two or three things per year, and they’re always bigger than A5, so that would be a completely useless feature for me.

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• cygnus@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  No, but can you make one with spacebar heating?

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• Telorand@reddthat.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I wouldn’t personally buy one, but provided the spacebar was big enough, it probably wouldn’t be terrible to use. Not so long ago, mouse touchpads weren’t that big, so it could potentially work.

  But for someone who cared about such a compact thing, I have to wonder if they would prefer a mouse nipple over a spacebar-mouse.

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• AA5B@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  No, it’s been years since I printed anything, and I’m not willing to start now.

  • I’m coming up on three years with my current employer and never felt the need to even find a printer
  • I was planning to get a laser printer now that I no longer need color for school projects…. But what would I want to print?

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  • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Here’s what I use mine for:

    • stuff for my kids, like mazes, coloring sheets, etc
    • stuff for my church, so handouts and whatnot - substitute any other form of charity
    • labels for gifts for friends/neighbors (esp around Christmas)
    • receipts, packing labels, etc for stuff purchased online - everything seems to want me to use their app and I refuse
    • stencils for Halloween pumpkins
    • instructions for board games if I lose/destroy the originals
    • details for plane tickets in case my phone dies
    • lots of photocopies of important documents to keep in the safe

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    • AA5B@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Parent survival pack!

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• donuts@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Depending on the specs, that sounds like it could be fun. Like a quirky street performance thing for artists to draw, print & sell art all at once?

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• Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Should use Craigslist or something bro. But how much are you asking out of curiosity?

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