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

[John]

What's really funny about this, is old old old laptops used to have  
all manners of scroll balls on them (heck, I have a PowerBook Duo  
with one).

Could someone even name a recent laptop with a trackball?


On Jan 12, 2006, at 2:41 PM, Ardeshir Mehta wrote:

> On 12-Jan-06, at 11:18 AM, Mikael Byström wrote:
>
>> Ardeshir Mehta said:
>>
>>> Uh ... just a minor rant: Why don't the MacBooks come with a  
>>> built-in scroll ball at the top of the trackpad, *à la* Mighty  
>>> Mouse?
>>
>> Doesn't all newer powerbooks (I think "powerbook" sound so much  
>> better than "macbook") come with trackpad scroll functionality?  
>> That may be one reason why not having a dedicated scroll ball.
>
> I didn't know trackpad scroll functionality exists. Thanks for the  
> heads-up!
>
> Can it be retrofitted to a TiBook?
>
>> Also, now when there isn't one you'll be buying a mighty mouse for  
>> it, right? Another reason.
>
> True, but there are times when I just don;t have the mouse (like  
> when moving the computer temproarily to another location).