Lenovo’s iconic crimson red TrackPoint nub, which has been going strong for three decades, is a staple of ThinkPad laptops.

Externally, Lenovo is using an OLED display across both the 14-inch and 15-inch model, and both use a haptic touchpad along with the well-known (and loved) ThinkPad keyboard. Under the hood, Lenovo ...

But what they don’t offer might be the most interesting thing about them: namely, Lenovo’s signature red TrackPoint. Instead, they use a haptic trackpad without the ThinkPad’s usual discrete button ...

For more than three decades, the TrackPoint’s iconic red rubbery nub has been a staple of IBM and Lenovo ThinkPad laptops. But now, no longer. Lenovo has removed its famous TrackPoint from its ...

Some designs become timeless. The red TrackPoint on Lenovo’s ThinkPads is one of them. It’s been a core feature since 1992. However, Lenovo has decided to leave it behind. The new ThinkPad X9 ...

But leaked pictures of a new Lenovo ThinkPad X9 laptop show what appears to be a thin and light ThinkPad-branded notebook, a large touchpad, and no TrackPoint. Posted to social media this week ...

TL;DR: Lenovo's new ThinkPad X9 14/15 laptops have been leaked, revealing the removal of the TrackPoint and reduced connectivity options, featuring only a USB Type-C, USB Type-A, and mini-jack port.

This is the story of one person’s desire to have the venerable trackpoint in their new keyboard. [Klapse] loves a Lenovo old-style non-chicklet keyboard, so, despite the cost, five were ordered.

Both Dell and HP include a similar mechanism in their mainstream laptops, at least as an option, but Lenovo puts a TrackPoint on every model of ThinkPad that currently exists. Of course ...

You’ll find the iconic red Trackpoint on just about every ThinkPad laptop available, but Lenovo is doing away with the design at CES 2025 with its new ThinkPad X9. The Trackpoint is, in 2025 ...