Microsoft Arc Keyboard review
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Verdict
Looks good, but there are few other reasons to choose this over a more practical keyboard
Review Date: 23 Feb 2010
Reviewed By: Mike Jennings
Price when reviewed: £29 (£34 inc VAT)
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Prices
"At £28 exc VAT it isn't expensive" yet on the same day as the review I also see "Buy it now for: £49.99". Only about 50% more expensive...
By matbailie on 23 Feb 2010 
Nice but....
The Arc is a beautiful piece of design, the size, the shape even the fabric envelope it arrives in..absolutely wonderful. Now start typing…click your ‘Caps lock’ and nothing on the keyboard tells you caps are on…major pain!! Strangely though, change the batteries and a light comes on…why?? Talking about batteries this thing does seem to have a problem there, I’m constantly removing and replacing batteries, the Arc just stops working, so I take the batteries out and put them back in..and away we go again.
So the Arc has a few issues…but I just bought a second one for my new pc…because I think it’s the best keyboard on the market.
By Hedron on 16 Nov 2011
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