What would your ideal HP calc look like now?

[Frozen North]

Let me state for the record that I would have no hesitation to pay extra -- perhaps much extra -- for a calculator which had high quality keys in a well designed layout such as did the HP-67 and others like it.

And I don't think I'm alone.

In the field of amateur astronomy, there are a small number of telescope manufacturers who produce top quality lens, mirrors, and whole instruments in very small volumes. The production runs are booked months to years in advance. Prices may run from two to ten times that of medium quality, mass produced products.

The big problem is that large companies which consider little else than the raw, sort term return on investment lack the agility and focus to produce truly excellent products.