I really like the fingertip joystick on the Dell's. I use mine all the time. Of course, I never see anyone else with a Dell D610/D620 use theirs - most use the touchpad. The touchpad is an annoyance to me :o)
>As Dan said, I've had a series of Toshibas and been pretty happy with them. However, I've never used one as my development machine, only as a secondary machine, so I can't really comment on how they hold up under that workload.
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>I have needed service a few times and Toshiba authorized service has done what I needed.
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>I'm actually thinking about a new notebook (my current one is 4.5 years old), but holding back because it doesn't look like I can get one without a touchpad, something I've never mastered.
>(And yes, I know I can turn it off, but I just don't want it there.)
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>Tamar
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