Funny, I have a HP DevOne, a Linux-first, Ryzen-powered laptop they made in collaboration with System76, that has both the trackpad and trackpoint, when neither HP nor System76 usually include a trackpoint in their laptops.
Sadly they sold out of their first production run and haven't released a sequel, and even the one I have I had to have shipped to a cousin in the US because they didn't sell it internationally (I actually buy all my non-Mac laptops in the US because I can't stand the crackpot British keyboard layout).
I guess the writing is on the wall, and Lenovo has been slowly decontenting the ThinkPad, starting with the keyboards. I don't know that there is any brand that differentiates itself on premium hardware, other than Razer but their Linux support is iffy and their battery life an afterthought.
Oh, and I really liked trackballs back when thin-and-light wasn't such an obsession and Powerbooks had them like my 180c.
Sadly they sold out of their first production run and haven't released a sequel, and even the one I have I had to have shipped to a cousin in the US because they didn't sell it internationally (I actually buy all my non-Mac laptops in the US because I can't stand the crackpot British keyboard layout).
I guess the writing is on the wall, and Lenovo has been slowly decontenting the ThinkPad, starting with the keyboards. I don't know that there is any brand that differentiates itself on premium hardware, other than Razer but their Linux support is iffy and their battery life an afterthought.
Oh, and I really liked trackballs back when thin-and-light wasn't such an obsession and Powerbooks had them like my 180c.