Re^2: A decade in the Monastery

In the hardware, apart from the faster CPUs, more RAM, and large TFT monitors, there are two more changes that I find important: large hard disks and cheap dvd writing enable easy backing up of data even at home – that was not possible ten years ago –, and the keyboards getting worse.

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Re^3: A decade in the Monastery by FunkyMonk (Bishop) on Jul 12, 2010 at 20:51 UTC
and the keyboards getting worse I wish you hadn't written that. I'd forgotten about those bloody awesome, built-out-of-tank-armour IBM keyboards. /me drools	[reply]
Re^4: A decade in the Monastery by wazoox (Prior) on Jul 13, 2010 at 11:42 UTC
You can still get something similar : Das Keyboard. Available with supremely geeky blank key caps.	[reply]
Re^4: A decade in the Monastery by rir (Vicar) on Jul 16, 2010 at 14:03 UTC
Forget??! Mine was made on 19AUG92 and is going strong. Wipe the drool off your chin. It's unseemly. Ha! Be well, rir	[reply]