[geeks] Ya-HoooooO!

[Phil Stracchino]

nate at portents.com wrote:
>> -- I never cared for their keyboards, but others love them.
> 
> They've slowly declined in build quality over the years, with some of
> their latest products having very mushy keys that get worse over time.

*nod*  It's all been downhill since the Natural Keyboard Pro, IMHO.

The last time I glanced at keyboards, I saw they have a current model 
that looks as though it might be almost as usable.  (And it comes in 
black!  Win!)  But I've no idea how it would hold up, and I don't think 
it was available as a standalone without a mouse.

> And regarding the XBox 360's success otherwise, it's at least partly
> thanks to Microsoft putting up $1 billion to cover extended warranties on
> their prematurely failing hardware.

And even at that, it's a loss leader.  The XBox product strategy is to 
hope that if they can keep bleeding money on it long enough, they'll 
corner the market.



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