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As for different keyboards, Microsoft tried that with their blades for the Surface, it didn't pan out. You might remember seeing a musical blade (keyboard attachment) in their promotional videos for the first Surface.

Who knows, maybe this time will be different. I do like the ideas that Framework is trying.

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If we're going to talk about concepts that Microsoft tried and flunked that were later executed successfully by someone else, we're going to be here a while...

It almost seems to me that the stakes are higher for other people. Microsoft can afford to have a go, fail, and just move on, whereas other people might have more on the line and try harder.

Or just do like Lenovo and make a decent keyboard standard.

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