Reply 46280 of 53266, by Radical Vision
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Big Pink wrote on 2022-09-08, 20:56:Spent another not inconsiderable sum on a Model M even though I already have one. Some covet the IBM logo, but there's something more I've sought: the Made in Greenock label. Centuries of shipbuilding eclipses 30 years of Silicon Glen in local history, to my chagrin. My dad contends 'Assembled in United Kingdom' is more accurate as the keyboards were made elsewhere and merely bolted together in the EEC to get around import restrictions. Let me have this.
Well guess mine is of the more accurate ones... They did lower the quality with every new generation... If we go as back as IBM beam Springs, these was inanse, the material used was as much as x3 Model M gen 3 (blue logo)... Then the Model F did replace Beam Springs, and was also lower quality and cheaper to produce, same with Model M... Ppl state that the made in Mexico Model M13 stealth black, was even more inferior, and the letters did scrub off, the keys, also no caps on the keys... I did have before Model M gen 3, such as urs, made in Greenock, sure my current one Gen 2 is higher quality, BUT is not like 50% better, but only 10%. So even if the label is missleading, is still about the same...
And the old one same as urs... At least is not made in Mexico, or some other shitty place. 3Dfx Voodoo III cards are about all made in the STB Systems factory in Mexico, but there are few from China, never saw much of a difference...
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