Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (2114 mails)

[Eberhard Roloff <tuxebi@xxxxxx>]

Richard Atcheson wrote:
> When asked about getting a non defective board they told 
> him to take it or leave it or he could purchase another board.  
> 
> He did, and gave the ASUS to someother poor fool.  No ASUS boards in either of 
> our computer rooms again.
> 
I fully agree that ASUS and xxxx (feel free to insert any other brad
name here) in fact do supply faulty hardware and underdone Firmware and
BIOS editions.

I should have mentioned that I also buy ultraconservatively. I.E. I
never buy the newest, latest and greatest motherboard, no matter how
funky it looks. Instead I wait for at least six months or even longer
until you can tell about potential hardware problems via internet and
computer mag reviews) and you usually get a decent firmware revision.

In short:
After a while, you feel more like a customer rather than like an unpaid
Beta-Tester.

Imho this is much better than living on the fast lane and:
Prizes tend to be lower, as well.

> One solution to the "what kind of os are you using" is to always tell them XP 
> or the latest windows. I've never had anyone on the phone that could tell the 
> difference.  

This is a good one and works out greatly for me, as well.

I do not like this approach since doing so, people will never know about
that other  OS, but at least it is quick and it works everytime!

regards
Eberhard

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