[ale] In praise of MicroSoft

[Charles Shapiro]

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.

-- 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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