On: Brand New Model F Keyboards

[andjd]

Anyone else find the copy inconsistent?

> Built to Last for Decades, Not Years

> If you do find a[n original] Model F, it will be some combination of dirty, broken and/or expensive, requiring hours of work to get it working again!

If all the originals are broken, were they really built to last decades?

[mminer237 → andjd]

Well, they were mostly produced in the 199th decade, and it is now the 203rd decade. You don't have to last four decades to "last for decades".

[filchermcurr → andjd]

I think it means they'll last for decades when actively used and left in a sane environment. Most of the original Model F's were sent to the landfill long ago, so the current supply is from electronic recyclers, fished out of the trash when somebody's office dumps old stuff, or found in somebody's grandma's barn.