<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><BR><DIV><DIV>On 12-Jan-06, at 11:18 AM, Mikael Byström wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="5" style="font: 16.0px Helvetica">Ardeshir Mehta said:</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Helvetica; min-height: 19.0px"><BR></P> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="5" style="font: 16.0px Helvetica"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#26611A">Uh ... just a minor rant: Why don't the MacBooks come with a built-in scroll ball at the top of the trackpad, *ā la* Mighty M</FONT>ouse?</FONT></P> </BLOCKQUOTE><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Helvetica; min-height: 19.0px"><BR></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="5" style="font: 16.0px Helvetica">Do<FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#001FD7">esn'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.</FONT></FONT></P></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV>I didn't know trackpad scroll functionality exists. Thanks for the heads-up!</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Can it be retrofitted to a TiBook?<BR><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 31, 215); min-height: 19px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#001FD7"><BR></FONT></DIV><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#001FD7">Also, now when there isn't one you'll be buying a mighty mouse for it, right? Ano</FONT>ther reason.</DIV><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="5" style="font: 16.0px Helvetica"></FONT></P> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR></DIV><DIV>True, but there are times when I just don;t have the mouse (like when moving the computer temproarily to another location).</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Cheers.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><BR></BODY></HTML>