They're better than track pads, but not as good as an actual mouse. The appeal to then is not having to remove your hand from the keyboard to move your cursor. But it's equivalent to using an analogue stick to control.

It all comes down to preference, though.

Forgot they have the momentum feature on track pads now. That shit is pretty nice, actually.

yea

I use an x220 tbh

good uni computer

I still prefer the familiarity and accuracy of an actual mouse. But with laptops, you don't always have that option.

literally the meme thinkpad

im gonna swap out the HDD for a 480gb SSD

yea i'd look pretty autistic if i set up an actual mouse in a lecture

I have no need for a laptop, really. 480gb ssds are pretty affordable now.

yea only like

I think the SanDisk sp600 is something like 120$.

£120

for this kingston one

also there was a load of bloat on this laptop

I don't trust Kingston for anything but ram.

i hate bloat

😮

why not

They had that big false advertisement fiasco with their top end ssd last year.

absolute madman

The demo unit they presented was significantly faster than what they actually shipped.

thats a classic scam

pretty scummy

didnt steve jobs do that

back in the 90s

madman

Apple never got the memo that technology became less expensive.

It's funny because Apple started out as a company aimed at making home computers affordable. At 2000$.

i didnt even realise their flagships phones have 2gb ram

and not even 1080p

lol wat

are they still 2gb

yea

To be fair, they're efficient enough to not really need much more ram.

yea thats the meme

they're better optimised than androids

how well optimised is the pixel?

But the point still stands that you're getting less for more.

it seems like it should be