| gabriel rosenkoetter on Mon, 18 Nov 2002 15:42:37 -0500 |
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On Mon, Nov 18, 2002 at 03:20:31PM -0500, Michael Leone wrote: > 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. :-) Okay, I'll bite. Strikes me that "quality" is rather subjective. I abosolutely detest the "Natural" keyboards you all seem to be raving about. First, that's NOT a natural position for my arms; second, I don't *want* Windows keys; third, I like my keys clicky, thank you, not mushy. I'll accept their being quite (like Dell's QuietKey models), but I'd rather they were noisy too. If I were to move to an ergonomic keyboard (I don't see the need: I hold my hands in a way that's safe for them and plenty comfortable for me as it is... but I had a piano teacher for a mother), I'd probably buy a Kinesis. (It's got some irritating decisions... especially the placement of escape. But that's as easily remappable as my home-row control key.) If all you mean is that the keyboards (and other hardware) are well put together, then sure, I may agree. But Microsoft neither makes a keyboard that satisfies me, nor a three button (wheels do NOT count) mouse, nor any other hardware I'm even vaguely interested in. -- gabriel rosenkoetter gr@eclipsed.net Attachment:
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