[zghst]

We also forget that in 1999, Microsoft was a massive monopoly that consumed everything in the tech industry... Now innovation comes from all directions, the tech industry can breathe!

[bdcravens]

There were many hardware manufacturers then, as now. Perhaps the hardware division benefitted from name recognition afforded by the OS monopoly but there was no monopoly there. Around 98-01, IMO they genuinely had the best mice and keyboards.

[handzbagz1]

They still do if you ask me. They seem to be good at simple and durable designs.