Hi,
since having experienced the niceties of the trackpoint on my
old laptop, I've always been dreaming about a standard PC keyboard
with such a trackpoint.
It is my subjective impression, but I prefer it very much to
a classic mouse, a trackball or a touchpad - even if it won't
be good for certain games.
As I found yesterday, such a thing actually exists:
http://www.pckeyboard.com/pdf/EnduraPro.pdf
or a similar model, without Windows keys:
http://www.pckeyboard.com/pdf/Onthestick.pdf
Essentially, this is an old-style IBM keyboard (the
excellent piece of hardware that very few people want to get
replaced) with a trackpoint and 2 mouse keys - connectors are
PS/2. Actually, this is the manufacturer of those very IBM
keyboards.
The main advantage is that you can use keyboard & mouse without
having to move your hand(s) much - ergonomically interesting,
you can work faster, and you need less desktop space.
I'm seriously considering ordering such a keyboard. If anyone
else is interested...
Oh yes - on the website, they only talk about the U.S. layout.
I asked about other layouts, i.e. swiss-french. They haven't
made one of those yet, but are willing to do so. They'd cost
as much as the other ones ($99), plus shipping of course (which
can be a hefty amount). I'll still have to ask whether they'd
need a minimum number of sales before manufacturing such a
layout.
Greetings, Eric