[ale] In praise of MicroSoft

[Geoffrey Myers]

Charles Shapiro wrote:
> I personally myself have never forgiven Microsoft hardware for the
> design of their mice. They are optimized for right-handed use.
> Somehow that show the whole MS mindset right there to me.

Interesting you mention MS mouse.  I won one at a conference years back. 
  It worked for about 3 months and then died.  I don't invest in any 
Microsoft stuff, hardware or software, but that was my only experience. 
  Seems their hardware worked like their software. ;)

> 
> -- CHS
> 
> 
> On Tue, Dec 27, 2011 at 7:28 AM, Leam Hall <leamhall at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Okay, so they seldom do something right. It does make their successes
>> all the more interesting.
>>
>> I just took apart my old MS Ergonomic keyboard. I've had it for years,
>> used the heck out of it, and can't identify most of the spills, pet
>> hairs, and other science experiment type things on it. The thing was
>> easy to take apart and appears to be fairly modular. I can wash the key
>> sets in a bucket of water and dry them off without having to worry about
>> electronics. There were soft rubbery pads between the key sets and the
>> electronic stuff underneath, and the entire assembly came apart nicely.
>>
>> Hopefully I'm smart enough to put it back together and can use it for
>> years to come.
>>
>> Leam
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Until later, Geoffrey

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