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by andrewmcwatters 1121 days ago
I wonder if they’re popular enough that you’ll see some Unicomp phenomenon of sorts in the future.
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The Unicomp phenomenon was that IBM literally spun off their keyboards along with the printer stuff to Lexmark. Lexmark, in turn, begat Unicomp because they'd rather sell fiddly terrible $19 inkjet printers.

It does seem like it's getting harder to find a "tasteful" mouse at retail. I bought the new Intellimouse Pro for my work space a few years ago, but now the office supply chain basically only has Logitech products, and if you don't want them, you can go to Best Buy and spend $80 on something gamery that looks like Optimus Prime's RGB marital aid.

I could probably find something online, but peripherals are very much a comfort and feel angle where in-person experience helps.