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Comment Drop-kicked on a sidewalk (Score 1) 422

I was walking to work, fiddling with the iPod controls when my phone slid right out of my left hand. For a second I hoped the headphone jack would catch it long enough for me to snag it with my hand, but it popped right off and hit the concrete sidewalk just as my left foot was coming forward. I kicked the phone while it was still vertical and it went skipping along the sidewalk over the crack and scraping to a stop. The only damage is a couple of minor scratches on the chrome area around the frame, and the case is slightly ajar on the side with the volume rocker. It won't survive another beer being spilled on it, but for now it's function is perfectly intact.

Comment Just switched to Windows 7 from Ubu 9.04 (Score 1) 727

I love Ubu. I love Linux. I especially love it on my web server and firewall. I don't love it on the desktop.

Problems I encountered:
  • After finally getting suspend working, I cannot get the wireless adapter to come back after resume without physically unplugging it and reinserting. It uses the rt73 chipset which Ubu comes with drivers for. Not a huge deal, but annoying.
  • Playing DVD's and video files either flat out doesn't work, or is very choppy. This is with VLC and mplayer. Unacceptable.
  • CD/DVD burning almost completely broken. Burn coasters every time.

Windows 7 recognizes all my hardware, suspends and resumes without any problems, including bringing my wireless adapter back up and joining my network properly.

VLC player under Win7 works perfectly. No chop. DVD's are fine, etc. I haven't tried burning a disk yet, but I bet that Infrarecord is going to work just fine with it.

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Recourse For Poor Customer Service? 593

eleventypie writes "I am in the Army and currently stationed in Afghanistan. Recently I found myself without a laptop so I decided to build a studio 17 from Dell. I designed/customized my laptop on 2008-09-17 and placed my order, which totaled approximately $1,700. The laptop was built and apparently shipped on 2008-09-28. Given my APO address, I know mail can sometimes take a little while to get here, though 7-10 days is normal. Dell said to give my laptop 6-8 business days and occasionally, it might take as much as 4-6 weeks. So on 2008-11-12 I sent another email to Dell informing them I still had not received my laptop. One person said to give it more time, while another person responded to my message telling me to send my address again and they would send me a replacement. So I sent my address immediately and never got a response. It is now the 30th of November and I still have no laptop and Dell seems to have quit responding to my emails. This is very frustrating being out $1,700 and not having a laptop to talk to my friends and family and do school work. Phone calls aren't easy so calling them is pretty much out of the question. Any advice on what I can or should do at this point to get the computer I ordered or get my money back?"

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