I’m torn between “uh, what” and “no.”

Not in a million years.

There is no such thing as a perfectly accurate touch pad “click”. Most people (myself included) tend to see their finger slip (even just a millimeter) to the right or the left when pressing down to click on a touchpad. It leads to go knows how many times that my cursor in the middle of typing has suddenly jumped to a completely different line. In fact, it’s why they implemented the option to turn off the touchpad when typing.

So now let’s introduce ANOTHER use to that part of the keyboard. Not only do we have to deal with a wandering cursor, but we have to deal with random spaces popping into existence every time we try to scroll.

Screw that.

That sounds awful. We already have trackpoint to use a mouse in a compact device.

The printer would add so much bulk that it would no longer be a compact laptop anymore. I know you personally want one (from your recent post), but just carry a separate device or velcro it to the back of the laptop.

why do I want to carry a printer with me? no. this sounds more like a point-of-sale device.

No, but can you make one with spacebar heating?

No.

But I would immediately buy a new laptop with a track ball and mouse buttons like this one

I’ve only seen one irl, and they are incredibly intuitive to use, and you don’t accidentally move the mouse while typing

Ignoring the printer aspect… I do everything I can to avoid laptop trackpads anyway. I’ve never used one that didn’t make me want to smack the designers of.

Absolutely not. I loathe gestures my touchpad and disable everything I can.

Depending on the specs, that sounds like it could be fun. Like a quirky street performance thing for artists to draw, print & sell art all at once?

I print roughly two or three things per year, and they’re always bigger than A5, so that would be a completely useless feature for me.

I think that’s a clever idea. I’m inclined to agree with the majority that it probably isn’t something I would want, but I would be interested in trying it out before I passed judgment. The Trackpoint would be the main competition, and it would be hard to beat.

I would not want a printer built in. It would add size, weight, and cost for something I do not need. I’ve pretty well stopped using paper, both at home and at work. I print something maybe once every couple of months.

No, it’s been years since I printed anything, and I’m not willing to start now.

• I’m coming up on three years with my current employer and never felt the need to even find a printer
• I was planning to get a laser printer now that I no longer need color for school projects…. But what would I want to print?