Pointing Stick? Trackpoint? TouchStyk?

I don't know if any of you are fans of pointing sticks, I happen to love them. I have a t60 that has a trackpoint, and I've become so accustomed to it that I hate using touchpads on other laptops. I've been looking around for a laptop that I'll buy for college within the next couple months, and I have decided that my new laptop must have a pointing stick, because I feel so much more efficient with it.

I've done some research, and almost every (if not all) laptops that offer a pointing stick are business class laptops. And many of these laptops have business-class graphics, which aren't the type I'm looking for. (I'm looking for a good gaming laptop)

So my question boils down to this: Is there a laptop that has mainstream graphics (good enough to last for a couple years on modern games), that has a pointing stick or has the option of upgrading to a keyboard with a pointing stick?



Thanks in advance for your advice!

 

I would say that the Thinkpad Trackpoint is the best pointing stick style mouse. The others are better than a touchpad still though.

I would look at workstation laptops like the Thinkpad W series, Precision, and EliteBook w series.

Depending on where you live, some of the Thinkpad Edge models might be available with discrete graphics.

Also, consider and external graphics card.

 

Thanks for the info!

 

Most 'business' graphics cards are just a rebadge of a similar gaming card. I know I can flash my m8900 to a 6970...


I have yet to see a noticeable performance difference between a business card and a gaming card.