The ignominious death of Dell

Christopher Chan christopher.chan at bradbury.edu.hk
Fri Jul 2 07:54:49 BST 2010


On Friday, July 02, 2010 12:51 PM, Fred A. Miller wrote:
> On 07/01/2010 11:46 PM, Christopher Chan wrote:
>> On Friday, July 02, 2010 10:14 AM, Fred A. Miller wrote:
>>
>>> On 07/01/2010 09:21 PM, Christopher Chan wrote:
>>>
>>>> Ha! Too bad we have the likes of Lenovo not doing much better either.
>>>> Done some motherboard replacements due to blown caps, all near the end
>>>> of the three year warranty. Still got a few more Lenovos that are still
>>>> going (those must get plenty of ventilation of something to not heat up
>>>> and blow...) but I sure ain't buying another Lenovo. As for the case
>>>> mentioned in the article, I have known about it for a long time already
>>>> but it won't stop me from getting a Dell. I have not had problems with
>>>> their newer models.
>>>>
>>>> Bad batches/models are common in IT space. They don't make that big a
>>>> difference unless you have something against the company. Like how I
>>>> will never buy anything Sony today.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> I stay away from Sony as well, but more because of their VERY strong
>>> stance on
>>> DRM and all-ball chipsets in their 'puters.
>>>
>>>
>> And not because of their rootkits?
>>
>
> Sorry......forgot. :(
>

That one is way more than just boards are out there already and the 
capacitor manufacturer has been had and given a faulty formula. So Dell 
had a sourcing problem. Far from trying to seed your computer with a trojan.



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