But the TrackPoint, though not as mainstream, has been around longer. A red dot in the center of the ThinkPad’s keyboard has been an iconic part of its design since IBM released the first 700 ...

This is the story of one person’s desire to have the venerable trackpoint in their new keyboard. [Klapse] loves a Lenovo old-style non-chicklet keyboard, so, despite the cost, five were ordered.

There have been design derivations in the recent past, but most of Lenovo’s ThinkPads hew pretty close to their IBM-era heritage ... so-distinctive red rubber TrackPoint. But with its new ...