Rodent Regatta

In college HP was king of the hill when it came to well-designed products with a look and feel that made you certain they stood for quality. Their calculators and other instrumentation products continued that tradition for many years. Today an HP -12C financial calculator is still a marvel of effective engineering.
Yesterday’s announcement followed by this news shows that HP may not have been distracted by the Compaq merger and the new CEO.

HP to overhaul consumer printer line. Hewlett-Packard, which relies heavily on profits derived from its printer business, is expected to announce Tuesday that it is revamping its entire line of consumer printers. [CNET News.com]