As many of you know, I’m not a huge Microsoft fanboy. In fact, it’s much the opposite. Thats what makes this post even more incredible.

Earlier this week a co-worker ordered a new keyboard for work. When the wrong model number arrived in the mail, what ensued was nothing short of a debacle. Mike decided that selling the wrong one and buying a new correct one would be the best solution. After sending out an email to a mailing list within the company to see if anyone wanted to buy his new, wrong keyboard a 3 hour mail thread debated the merits of various input devices.

All of this got me to thinking. Why am I using these painful, awful company supplied devices? It didn’t take long for that feeling to translate into a purchase. The model I chose the Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Desktop 7000 is amazing! It arrived today, a full 10 days ahead of schedule. Thanks to the good people at TigerDirect!

I’ve owned a previous incarnation of this model as well. All of which leads me to believe that for all its shortcomings, Microsoft has consistently been able to develop quality ergonomic input devices. Perhaps do to the fact that all of the engineers writing sloppy code in Seattle spend more time than most in front of a keyboard.