On Fri, Dec 03, 2004 at 10:57:12AM -0600, Brian Densmore wrote:
connectors. The reason being to be able to "lock-in" users to a proprietary adaptor. Much like what vendors have done with batteries. I could be wrong, it might be
It's true about laptop batteries. Just try to find a laptop vendor that will provide a warranty for a battery for over one year. You just can't do it. They'll be glad to sell you a new one though. I had to deal with some of this from IBM. For 1600 laptops. Not fun.
Regarding the Dell recall, I just had one replaced that was on the recall list. It was for a Latitude C640. Only specific ones are part of it though.
I'm guessing that a company wouldn't be too ethusiastic about taking the blame for their bad component causing damage to other components.
Jeremy