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Annoying hardware: a rogues' gallery Camera icon

Rupert Goodwins ZDNet.co.uk

Published: 06 Jun 2008 17:35 BST

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Hardware Hell
Bad software is annoying because it's in your face. Bad hardware is more subtle in its evil: annoyances that seem trivial at first can build over time like a pebble in your shoe into an eternal shaft of dismal misery. You'd hope that after quarter of a century of PC design, the worst excesses of thoughtless engineering would be behind us. You'd hope wrong. Here are just some of the mishaps that continue to take the shine off the technology that changes our lives.

 

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9 comments

  1. Styluses are even worse... PeterJudge ZD
  2. And while we're talking about USB... PeterJudge ZD
  3. Now I know I'm getting old Tezzer
  4. Annoying hardware: a rogues' gallery dwr50
  5. "Touchpads migrate to the side of the sc... openhgs
  6. Great rog.ersa
  7. Texas Heatwave hmph! Xwindowsjunkie
  8. For me the IDE cable is the one bigfootman
  9. re: bigfootman Tezzer

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