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Microsoft sells the best $20 keyboards and mice that money can buy, and has for the last 15 years.

by debacle 14y ago

Splines 14y ago
Logitech does really well too (so maybe there is still room for OEMs?). I work at MS but I use a Logitech as my daily-driver mouse (it's hard to find a MS mouse that has a wheel with detents, is wireless, and has back/forward buttons).
- rogerbinns 14y ago
  I'm a Linux guy for two decades and all the hardware accessories I buy are from Microsoft - keyboards, mice, webcams, joysticks etc. I did do Logitech for a while, but they were incredibly user hostile - for example they didn't have drivers available for download, at one point wanted to charge for them, and then the final straw was a driver for a USB keyboard that refused to install on the grounds that I was pirating the driver! I detest the constant assumption in Windows that you are a vile thief stealing it, but the hardware accessories have been the other way around. Drivers always available, always worked, and even available for Mac. And on Linux the hardware has just worked out of the box.
X-Istence 14y ago
I have two MacBook Pro's, I use Apple's aluminium keyboards, I have an iPhone, an iPad, and I run the latest version of OS X... but I will NEVER give up my Microsoft mice. I have two Microsoft Laser Mouse 6000, one for work and one for home. Unfortunately the USB cable is fraying on the one at work and I am looking for a replacement and they no longer make the Laser Mouse 6000, but I won't purchase a mouse made by Apple or Logitech. This Microsoft mouse has been with me since 2006 and has been the best mouse I have ever used. At this point they are 6 years old and I am thinking of replacing the USB cable to make them last even longer.
noarchy 14y ago
I happily use a Microsoft bluetooth mouse with my Xubuntu-based laptop, as I can't seem to stand using a touchpad of any kind. Previous Microsoft-branded hardware that I've used (keyboards) have been quite nice, as well.
thenomad 14y ago
Agreed. I had their Ergonomic keyboard from 2001 and clung on to it for grim death for 11 years, before eventually replacing it with ... their new ergonomic keyboard.
seanmcdirmid 14y ago
At work (also MS) I use my personal IBM Model M keyboard...dated from 1993, the same year that I graduated from high school. You used to be able to find them for $10 in surplus stores, but these days you have to pony up $50 or $60, sometimes even $100. Why can't someone make a nice tactile keyboard at an affordable price? Humidity is getting at my keyboard and I'll need a replacement soon.
Roboprog 14y ago
Fair enough, I even have one of their keyboards. I was thinking about their very ill software, though, which would be part of the bundle, crippling whatever it was the table did.

Microsoft sells the best $20 keyboards and mice that money can buy, and has for the last 15 years.

by debacle 14y ago

Microsoft sells the best $20 keyboards and mice that money can buy, and has for the last 15 years.

Logitech does really well too (so maybe there is still room for OEMs?). I work at MS but I use a Logitech as my daily-driver mouse (it's hard to find a MS mouse that has a wheel with detents, is wireless, and has back/forward buttons).

rogerbinns 14y ago
I'm a Linux guy for two decades and all the hardware accessories I buy are from Microsoft - keyboards, mice, webcams, joysticks etc. I did do Logitech for a while, but they were incredibly user hostile - for example they didn't have drivers available for download, at one point wanted to charge for them, and then the final straw was a driver for a USB keyboard that refused to install on the grounds that I was pirating the driver! I detest the constant assumption in Windows that you are a vile thief stealing it, but the hardware accessories have been the other way around. Drivers always available, always worked, and even available for Mac. And on Linux the hardware has just worked out of the box.

X-Istence 14y ago

I have two MacBook Pro's, I use Apple's aluminium keyboards, I have an iPhone, an iPad, and I run the latest version of OS X... but I will NEVER give up my Microsoft mice. I have two Microsoft Laser Mouse 6000, one for work and one for home. Unfortunately the USB cable is fraying on the one at work and I am looking for a replacement and they no longer make the Laser Mouse 6000, but I won't purchase a mouse made by Apple or Logitech. This Microsoft mouse has been with me since 2006 and has been the best mouse I have ever used. At this point they are 6 years old and I am thinking of replacing the USB cable to make them last even longer.

noarchy 14y ago

I happily use a Microsoft bluetooth mouse with my Xubuntu-based laptop, as I can't seem to stand using a touchpad of any kind. Previous Microsoft-branded hardware that I've used (keyboards) have been quite nice, as well.

thenomad 14y ago

Agreed. I had their Ergonomic keyboard from 2001 and clung on to it for grim death for 11 years, before eventually replacing it with ... their new ergonomic keyboard.

seanmcdirmid 14y ago

At work (also MS) I use my personal IBM Model M keyboard...dated from 1993, the same year that I graduated from high school. You used to be able to find them for $10 in surplus stores, but these days you have to pony up $50 or $60, sometimes even $100. Why can't someone make a nice tactile keyboard at an affordable price? Humidity is getting at my keyboard and I'll need a replacement soon.

Roboprog 14y ago

Fair enough, I even have one of their keyboards. I was thinking about their very ill software, though, which would be part of the bundle, crippling whatever it was the table did.