Comment Hopefully, Dell will be next to go!!! (Score 1) 163
I have fond memories of working those nasty beasts becuase it was the only internal memory that could be performed. Me and my ex-PC World workers voiced our concerns two years ago about their blocked ears, but they remained waxed out.
They always bought the cheapest parts that somebody else wanted, such as 4MB modules and i586 60's, 90's, 120's and 150's.
I remember many a happy time taking a hammer and screwdriver to their motherboards so that our customers didn't have to wait another 2 weeks having the system looked at for the 7th time.
Their bundled software always contained old discontinued crap that would die if the user attempted to install something more useful.
(Removing MWave from their systems was a registry nightmare that discredited IBM's software)
I remember laughing in the face of their european operations manager a couple years ago, when he told me they would be number 1. I told him the reasons that wasn't gonna happen so he flew in their chief design/support technician from Holland for a meeting (great guy and I wish him to best of luck as he was too good to be there), but his hands were tied by lapless suits with no business sense.
I'm gonna stop now (As bitter as I am about them) because I'm now using and supporting Dell's which I consider just as bad.
They always bought the cheapest parts that somebody else wanted, such as 4MB modules and i586 60's, 90's, 120's and 150's.
I remember many a happy time taking a hammer and screwdriver to their motherboards so that our customers didn't have to wait another 2 weeks having the system looked at for the 7th time.
Their bundled software always contained old discontinued crap that would die if the user attempted to install something more useful.
(Removing MWave from their systems was a registry nightmare that discredited IBM's software)
I remember laughing in the face of their european operations manager a couple years ago, when he told me they would be number 1. I told him the reasons that wasn't gonna happen so he flew in their chief design/support technician from Holland for a meeting (great guy and I wish him to best of luck as he was too good to be there), but his hands were tied by lapless suits with no business sense.
I'm gonna stop now (As bitter as I am about them) because I'm now using and supporting Dell's which I consider just as bad.
