On 7/22/2010 16:32, Tekkie® wrote:

My observation is that anything "new & improved" isn't. Also anything that I
like the manufacturers will immediately stop production of.

Typically such product reformulations occur for one of these reasons:

- To cut production cost. Rarely are such savings passed on to the
consumer.

- To comply with a government mandate that may be based on junk science.
This drive prices up on almost everything.