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Hardware-wise, I'd say yes. I haven't used a Lumia but the Zune-HD and Surface were actually well made.

by curiousDog 12y ago

madoublet 12y ago
Not to mention the Lumia just became a Microsoft product. Microsoft has yet to put their own stamp on the brand.
brianpgordon 12y ago
Xbox 360?
- yzzxy 12y ago
  One of the bestselling game platforms ever with a library rivaling the PS2? Yes, the RROD was a huge debacle and too many lost money on broken Xboxes. That doesn't change the fact that people bought 70 million of the things, and generally seemed to love them.
  - serf 12y ago
    You're absolutely right if the discussion was about the business success of the game console, but it's not. It's about Microsoft always having 'hardware that's killing it', which is made pretty untrue by the consoles' faulty reliability in the past. A whole cottage industry of aftermarket console cooling apparatus was spawned due to the first Xbox's history, and it didn't help whatsoever in staying the problems that the second one had. It was a business success regardless, but that's not the topic at hand.
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lotharbot 12y ago
There's an old Microsoft joystick (the Sidewinder 3D Pro) that hasn't been made in at least a decade, but several friends of mine still use them (with custom gameport-to-USB converters specifically designed for that stick.) Yet another quality piece of Microsoft hardware.
- prawn 12y ago
  With my RMBP, I use a Microsoft wired mouse that would be about 15 years old. I want to get a wireless mouse, but I don't want to lose the feeling of this one!
- w-ll 12y ago
  The Microsoft Intellimouse is the best desktop mouse ever.
- foobarian 12y ago
  I still have my Sidewinder joystick :) It survived several moves over the years, and still works perfectly. Really solid piece of hardware.
Gigablah 12y ago
The Lumia is excellent hardware with a nice OS. Unfortunately I switched away because the ecosystem wasn't good enough at the time.

Hardware-wise, I'd say yes. I haven't used a Lumia but the Zune-HD and Surface were actually well made.

madoublet 12y ago

Not to mention the Lumia just became a Microsoft product. Microsoft has yet to put their own stamp on the brand.

brianpgordon 12y ago

Xbox 360?

yzzxy 12y ago
One of the bestselling game platforms ever with a library rivaling the PS2? Yes, the RROD was a huge debacle and too many lost money on broken Xboxes. That doesn't change the fact that people bought 70 million of the things, and generally seemed to love them.
- serf 12y ago
  You're absolutely right if the discussion was about the business success of the game console, but it's not. It's about Microsoft always having 'hardware that's killing it', which is made pretty untrue by the consoles' faulty reliability in the past. A whole cottage industry of aftermarket console cooling apparatus was spawned due to the first Xbox's history, and it didn't help whatsoever in staying the problems that the second one had. It was a business success regardless, but that's not the topic at hand.

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lotharbot 12y ago

There's an old Microsoft joystick (the Sidewinder 3D Pro) that hasn't been made in at least a decade, but several friends of mine still use them (with custom gameport-to-USB converters specifically designed for that stick.) Yet another quality piece of Microsoft hardware.

prawn 12y ago
With my RMBP, I use a Microsoft wired mouse that would be about 15 years old. I want to get a wireless mouse, but I don't want to lose the feeling of this one!
w-ll 12y ago
The Microsoft Intellimouse is the best desktop mouse ever.
foobarian 12y ago
I still have my Sidewinder joystick :) It survived several moves over the years, and still works perfectly. Really solid piece of hardware.

Gigablah 12y ago

The Lumia is excellent hardware with a nice OS. Unfortunately I switched away because the ecosystem wasn't good enough at the time.