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Re: [PLUG] near total kablooie
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gabriel rosenkoetter said:
>> eric@lucii.org said:
>> > Long story short: Microsoft hardware is, in my experience, fragile
>> and overpriced - much like their software :-)
>
> On Mon, Nov 18, 2002 at 02:41:23PM -0500, Michael Leone wrote:
>> Mine is the exact opposite - I have mice of theirs running for years.
>> (not optical ones, tho). Same for their Natural keyboards. And the
>> Digital SideWinder joystick.
>
> On Mon, Nov 18, 2002 at 02:58:05PM -0500, JP Toto wrote:
>> You can pry my MS Natural keyboard pro from my cold dead hands! ;-)
>
> Note that all of these things could be totally accurate since, with a
> few minor exceptions, Microsoft has nothing to do with actually
> making the hardware that they sell; they just OEM it.
True, but if they choose good quality OEM partners, then the resulting MS
brand is therefore usually good quality. And by and large, the MS hardware
products are considered good quality items. Better, perhaps, than some of
their software. :-)
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