Hi! I was thinking of how great it would be if e.g. the new PB's was equipped with trackballs instead of touchpads. Like my old Duo 280c, or other portabel Macs of the era.
Do you think it is a possible project to convert a newer touchpad PB, to integrate a trackball instead of the touchpad?
Of course, I'm thinking of an optical trackball, and the ball about the same size as in e.g. the Duo.
Is there any solutions already in the market? do I have to "build" it myself?
Wow, can't say I have ever seen any mods. This would be interesting though. The only question I have is, how are you going to keep the ball from damaging the screen when its closed. I mean, the ball will stick up above the keypad/trackpad area...
Also, I am not too certain how easy this would be, a trackball takes up quite a bit of room and a trackpad is very minimal.
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It's possible to convert one to a trackball, but it would involve replacing all of the housing of the laptop. Not an easy task, but if you want a trackball, then I suppose it's worth it.
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I like trackballs much more than trackpads, but you'd be better off making a tiny external USB one and just setting it on top of your trackpad during use. It's too bad the PowerBooks don't have a type III PCMCIA slot, as one would probably fit in there easily enough for storage…
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