When Your Gadgets Need Repair

[Crimson Sky]

NEW YORK (AP) -- Gadget makers love to sell us on all the things their devices can do, whether it's letting us chat with distant friends at any time or watch movies on our commute. But can anyone fix this stuff when it breaks?

Read the Full article on CNN
(http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/11/17/broken.gadgets.ap/index.html)
My Favorite was the closing argument:

"...these statistics should sway technology providers to focus harder on making their products more user-friendly "

Ask Avery Griffin, who switched to an Apple Inc. computer a few years ago for its audio recording software. The 24-year-old musician said his new machine wouldn't stop freezing up and crashing. But he said all he heard from Apple was, "At least it's not a PC."

The PC he uses now works just fine, he said.


Natch!

[BerticusPryme]

hahahaha thats good stuff. You are right though. I have gotten so many computers and various hardware for free due to people not being able to run it or dont know how to fix it. I have even offered to fix it for them and they were just like meh I will just buy another one.

[Datech]

Yep, gotta love the people who say they know everything and know absolutely nothing. My brother is an Apple fanboy and he's stuck with 512MB of RAM because he isn't able to upgrade it without getting a new computer. He recently lost his 'Apple>PC taunting power' when his Mac crashed while trying to run a virtual machine that had PC software he needed to use, nuff said bro...

[Omega]

I will never stop building my own computers (laptops notwithstanding). I see no reason to buy pre-built rigs that I can't debug or upgrade easily. Part of the reason why I love my current case is because it's so colossal, I've got enough room in there for dual 8800's if I wanted.

As far as OSes goes, It's a tossup. Admittedly, Mac OSX is kinda easier to use than WinXP but it's gimped for power and kinda bloated, and WinXP, compared to my kubuntu install, is gimped for power and kinda bloated. But WinXP isn't as bad, especially considering I use it for everything except my schoolwork on my laptop (that's what kubuntu is for).

[Drum Thumper]

I do believe there was a truncated version of this story in my local paper today.