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Originally posted by danterner@Jan 30 2003, 03:37 PM
I wonder if there's any chance that Dell would issue a recall so that early adopters of the Axim don't suffer for their pioneering spirit...
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I haven't laughed like that in a long time.
Heh... Seriously, Dell recalling 50,000+ units? I'd LOVE to see it happen, but I can guarantee you that they'll just wait for people to complain, and until then they will just sit on it and wait it out.
Look at the Intel chipset they released back in the early days of the P3. I can't remember if it WAS the coppermine, or was before (or after - Ha, I'm useless) - but they had a fautly CPU that they discontinued, but there were *no* recalls. Intel is notorious for doing this. They have to keep up with the Mac and AMD competition (for PCs) so they just develop and shove stuff out the door much faster than they should, without proper testing and sometimes it ends up incredibly buggy, such as in this case.
In all honesty, it's the only intelligent way for Dell to do it without losing a ton of money. In all honesty, most people aren't even going to use the device enough to note a *major* problem, however those like us that do *will* call Dell and tell them where they can put the faulty XScale chips - and in this case, I'm pretty certain we'll get what's asked for :)
Nick