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 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org