08-26-2006, 06:36 AM
[quote elmo3]And honestly, it's not that this is in any way an impossible situation. I'm just throwing up a counterpoint here; everyone realize that if this were a Dell product, you'd all be hooting and hollering about the poor sap who got stuck with a Dell.
Except that this very same thing just did happen to Dell, and I didn't exactly see everyone here jumping around in glee when the news broke. The majority of people who posted about Dell's battery recall realized it was a Sony issue, and I'm sure more than a few people realized that if Sony was having issues with batteries they made for Dell, that the very same thing could happen to Apple. Most people here are cognizant enough to realize that the computing industry is highly interconnected, with certain manufacturers making certain components for pretty much every computer maker out there.
There's a value to devil's advocacy, but perhaps it would be more effective if it wasn't exercised in the guise of the very kind of whininess you normally profess to despise.
Except that this very same thing just did happen to Dell, and I didn't exactly see everyone here jumping around in glee when the news broke. The majority of people who posted about Dell's battery recall realized it was a Sony issue, and I'm sure more than a few people realized that if Sony was having issues with batteries they made for Dell, that the very same thing could happen to Apple. Most people here are cognizant enough to realize that the computing industry is highly interconnected, with certain manufacturers making certain components for pretty much every computer maker out there.
There's a value to devil's advocacy, but perhaps it would be more effective if it wasn't exercised in the guise of the very kind of whininess you normally profess to despise.