On 3/8/10 6:57 AM, Richard Casady wrote:
On Sun, 7 Mar 2010 15:58:19 -0800 (PST),
wrote:

On Mar 7, 3:41 pm, John wrote:
On Sat, 6 Mar 2010 18:02:46 -0800 (PST), wrote:
On Mar 6, 7:15 pm, wrote:
On Sat, 06 Mar 2010 12:39:48 -0500, John
wrote:

Did you receive such condemnation when you searched for Socialist-
made German screwdrivers to aid the assembly of Communist Chinese
components in your computers ?

Probably. My new Microsoft keyboard, purchased from WalMart, was, in fact, make
in China. I suppose if I'd gone to a union shop the same keyboard would be made
here.

My Logitech keyboard is made in Canada. Maybe not quite the US but at
least North American.
I do think Logitech makes the best keyboards for the price but my wife
has a Cherry that is bulletproof. I did pay close to $100 for it
though. It has survived dropping ... a lot, coffee, soda, water and an
assortment of other assaults.
We don't really have computer desks. We use our machines from our
living room chairs.

I've got a Longitech keyboard ad it's at least 7 yrs old. and says
China on the back of it.

Yeah, but no one's going to call you a cheap ****. Where did you buy that cheap,
made-in-China piece of garbage?

:)
--

"Your honor can never be taken from you. Cherish it, in yourself and in others." (Unknown)

John H

Where else? The pawn shop. And it came with the rest of the computer!

I bought two IBM model 45 'clicky' keyboards at Goodwill for ten bucks
the pair. Nothing else has ever come close. Check Ebay, last time I
looked there were a number for about 20 bucks.

Casady


IBM used to make some of the better PC keyboards. I recall the Model M
as being pretty good. They're still made or were still made by a company
called Unicomp:

http://pckeyboards.stores.yahoo.net//cus101usenon.html

There are a couple of other suppliers still making quality keyboards. My
favorites were the heavy ones, with metal frames and mechanical key
switches. The weight made it feel as if you were typing on a Selectric
typewriter. Those Selectrics were in my opinion the best office
typewriters ever made.