? about ordering the TrackPoint Cap Collection

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Matt_ · #1 Post by **Matt_** » Thu Aug 19, 2004 9:59 pm

I have a question about the Trackpoint Cap Collection
http://www-306.ibm.com/pc/support/site. ... MIGR-53765
http://www5.pc.ibm.com/us/products.nsf/ ... p/_73P2698

So, apparently there are 3 styles of trackpoint caps, and this collection has two of each of the three styles.
What I was wondering is, when I order my laptop, whether it comes with (at least) one of each of the other two styles -- or is ordering this collection the only way to acquire the other two styles ?
(I had checked the tabook.pdf and didn't see any mention one way or the other about this)

Thank you for your help

nowstime · #2 Post by **nowstime** » Thu Aug 19, 2004 10:02 pm

3 caps come with a brand new IBM laptop...(3 different styles)...

Leon · #3 Post by **Leon** » Thu Aug 19, 2004 10:04 pm

you will get one of each type with your system.....

Matt_ · #4 Post by **Matt_** » Thu Aug 19, 2004 10:17 pm

Thank you for the replies.
Since I've read elsewhere on this site that the caps just about outlast the laptop, it sounds like I can save myself the $10 by passing on this.

juancferrer · #5 Post by **juancferrer** » Fri Aug 20, 2004 9:19 am

i bought my T42 direct from IBM, and it didn't come with any extra caps

Leon · #6 Post by **Leon** » Fri Aug 20, 2004 9:28 am

they forgot them.....

mrbjr · #7 Post by **mrbjr** » Fri Aug 20, 2004 9:32 am

They are usually in a very small plastic bag, easily lost or misplaced.

First Light · #8 Post by **First Light** » Fri Aug 20, 2004 11:31 am

Juan - I too ordered my T42 direct from IBM and it came with the extra caps. Was your T42 the english version?

Leon · #9 Post by **Leon** » Fri Aug 20, 2004 12:35 pm

anyway, the caps last forever......

Chun-Yu · #10 Post by **Chun-Yu** » Fri Aug 20, 2004 1:36 pm

Matt_ wrote:Thank you for the replies.
Since I've read elsewhere on this site that the caps just about outlast the laptop, it sounds like I can save myself the $10 by passing on this.

Not really, in my experience. I'm currently on my 2nd cap (since last Oct.), and this one is about to wear out too. I think it depends on which cap you use, too. The "default" one they come with seems like it would wear out more quickly than the others (and this is the one I prefer and use).

Daniel · #11 Post by **Daniel** » Fri Aug 20, 2004 5:56 pm

You know what's funny.. I was about to start a topic on my cap changing habit when I saw this thread. I really like the original IBM cat tongue one and that one wears out really fast. It loses the nice feeling it has within 2 weeks. I can see the others ones lasting months and months but the cat tongue one doesn't. How often do you guys change yours and which ones are your favorite?

BTW I bought 20 of the cat tongue ones to satisfy myself.

ZPrime · #12 Post by **ZPrime** » Fri Aug 20, 2004 10:38 pm

Daniel wrote:You know what's funny.. I was about to start a topic on my cap changing habit when I saw this thread. I really like the original IBM cat tongue one and that one wears out really fast. It loses the nice feeling it has within 2 weeks. I can see the others ones lasting months and months but the cat tongue one doesn't. How often do you guys change yours and which ones are your favorite?

BTW I bought 20 of the cat tongue ones to satisfy myself.

You should be able to "rejuvenate" the 'cat tongue' style fairly easily. Go to a sporting goods store that stocks a bunch of pool/billiards stuff. A common device in pro billiards is a "tip scuffer," a little metal thing about the size of a lady's lipstick container that has a spiky end to it. You put the end against the leather on the tip of the pool cue and twist it to help rough up the tip so it takes chalk better.

I imagine that this would help scuff up the trackpoint head as well.

then again, the things are so [censored] cheap you could just keep buying more.

#13 Post by **BillMorrow** » Sat Aug 21, 2004 3:28 am

i don't know what to add except the tip scuffer probably won't work..

the new style caps are great..

the caps supplied with a new thinkpad are a cats tongue and a concave..
a convex is fitted to the thinkpad itself..

they last a whole lot longer than the old cats tongue and if you like the old cats tongue better get a bunch..

Matt_ · #14 Post by **Matt_** » Sat Aug 21, 2004 11:56 pm

I'm glad I started this thread because it straightened out a misunderstanding I had. I had read comments where people were talking about how long their trackpoints last(ed), and I assumed they were talking about the caps.
I appreciate all the replies -- if some of you are saying that you're already replacing them, I'll go ahead and buy a set with my order to be on the safe side.
I'm interested in trying out the concave one, though I'll also be curious to see how the convex one compares to what was on the dell laptop that I owned for a short while; that one was uncomfortable to use because it was like the eraser on the end of a mechanical pencil.

and if you like the old cats tongue better get a bunch..

Can a certain style be ordered individually ? The only thing I've seen so far on ibm's website is a set of two of each of the three styles.

#15 Post by **BillMorrow** » Sun Aug 22, 2004 12:01 am

only the collection can be ordered from ibm..
i have broken them up but its not worth the effort for $4 or so profit..
i used all types and settled on the convex version..

ian · #16 Post by **ian** » Sun Aug 22, 2004 11:39 am

Hey guys, are these the Chinese Trackpoint caps or the Ethiopian ones? I mean I think this is really important - I find I write better in French with an Ethiopian Trackpint cap but when it comes to Serbo-Croat, nothing beats the ones coming out of Japan - finest Colombian Poly-Vinyl, exquisitly moulded - my finger hasn't been the same since...

JHEM · #17 Post by **JHEM** » Sun Aug 22, 2004 11:51 am

Hey Ian!

Shouldn't you be out in the driveway tightening the frammistat on the Golf?

Seems you have WAY too much time on your hands!

James

ian · #18 Post by **ian** » Sun Aug 22, 2004 11:58 am

Just got back from the UK - as with most things German, driving the Golf was a pleasure (considering the 2400klms we did) and I've decided that today is RELAXATION before going back to work (did I say work?) tomorrow. I fly back to the UK Wednesday, for reasons you already know, and it's getting to be exhausting one way and another - just thought I'd reply to a few posts to see who's actually awake !

JHEM · #19 Post by **JHEM** » Sun Aug 22, 2004 12:08 pm

Awake and watching Paula Radcliffe attempt to reel in the Japanese leader Noguchi in the marathon!

Whoops!!! Radcliffe has broken down!

Regards,

James

ian · #20 Post by **ian** » Sun Aug 22, 2004 12:30 pm

Lack of decent Trackpoint caps?

Leon · #21 Post by **Leon** » Sun Aug 22, 2004 1:23 pm

I think IBM should make them in colors (like M&Ms).

#22 Post by **carbon_unit** » Fri Aug 27, 2004 9:55 pm

I have a bunch of the original cat tongue caps and I would like to try the other ones. Anybody want to trade?

anz2007 · #23 Post by **anz2007** » Sun Aug 29, 2004 11:12 pm

I've got a set of the new ones, in the IBM baggie. I hate the 2 new versions. I'd love to trade. Send me a PM if you're interested.

#24 Post by **carbon_unit** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 12:14 pm

PM sent.

Matt_ · #25 Post by **Matt_** » Tue Oct 05, 2004 6:57 pm

https://www.compu-lock.com/tbezel.asp has been recommended for ordering the travel bezel. Recently I was browsing their website to see what else they sell. Over in the left-hand column if you click on "TrackPoint Caps" it looks like you can order just one style (it comes as a package of four) instead of having to order a trackpoint cap from IBM and being stuck with the other styles that you might not want.

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