I don’t generally pay much attention to a laptop’s touchpad. Unless they’re small or off-center, a touchpad on one laptop is about the same as on another. That’s not the case with the Acer Swift 16 AI ...
Laptops have shipped with various pointing devices over the decades. Built-in trackball mice were once quite popular, but there's also that weird rubber nub that's now a hallmark of Lenovo ThinkPad ...