[Ti] MacBooks - why the lack of a built in scroll ball?

[Ardeshir Mehta]

On 11-Jan-06, at 10:30 AM, Lisbeth Zachs wrote:

> 11 jan 2006 kl. 04.07 skrev Ardeshir Mehta:
>
>>  Why don't the MacBooks come with a built-in scroll ball at the  
>> top of the trackpad,
>
> Because it would do such a horrible dent on the screen, when  
> closed. :-)

Isn't the screen already recessed a little bit, so that it doesn't  
touch the body of the laptop when closed? (Of course the scroll ball  
can always be located in a small depression! ;-)