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[โ€“] gtr@programming.dev 10 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Which of them laptops have a track point and three mouse buttons so it can be actually used on the LAP?

[โ€“] fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk 9 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I'd love that, but I'd also happily accept two mouse buttons and a normal touchpad over one giant buttonless panel.

[โ€“] Alaknar@sopuli.xyz 1 points 5 days ago

I had that on my work ThinkPad. Never used them, tbh. Much easier to just tap and hold if I need to move something.

[โ€“] ransomwarelettuce@lemmy.world 0 points 6 days ago (1 children)

sir, ebay is that -> way, we do not have old thinkpads. /s

honestly laptops are becoming the new phones, all look the same, and a reasonable priced ones can do whatever I want to do on a laptop.

so boring . . .

[โ€“] gtr@programming.dev 1 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Just saying, they are not produced in Europe which is what this post is about. 99% of laptops are trash nowadays.

they ain't even being produced anymore, so u are not supporting murica anyway.

now eBay on the other hand is prob not the best on the topic but each country got it's alternative, here in Portugal it's Olx.

[โ€“] birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Starbooks get assembled in the UK.

Tuxedo is manufactured in Germany.

Slimbooks get finished assembling in Spain.

[โ€“] Alaknar@sopuli.xyz 3 points 5 days ago

Tuxedo is manufactured in Germany.

Assembled, not manufactured. If you look closely, you'll notice that Tuxedo's InfinityBook and Slimbook's Evo have the same exact body.

They both source them from Taiwan.