Editing Pointing stick (section)

=== Space constraints===
[[File:Dell Latitude E4310 Pointing Stick and Touchpad.jpg|thumb|A Dell Latitude E4310 laptop with a pointing stick (upper middle) and a [[touchpad]] (bottom). They were commonly featured together on Dell Latitude laptops, beginning in the late 1990s.]]
The pointing stick can be used in ultra-compact netbooks<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.engadget.com/2009/01/07/vaio-p-hands-on |title=Sony VAIO P hands-on |last=Miller |first=Paul |publisher=Engadget |date=2009-01-07 |access-date=2012-12-03}}</ref> where there would be no place for a touchpad.