Re: [OT] New toys, new problems?

Lukas Mariman wrote:
> "Alric Knebel" <alric@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> schreef in bericht 
> news:QZidndGC5sJg1JbVnZ2dnUVZ_vSdnZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 
>> Lukas Mariman wrote:
>>
>>> "Lukas Mariman" <lukas.mariman@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> schreef in bericht 
>>> news:670losF2ma9dnU1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>
>>>> Greeting, carbon units!
>>>>
>>>> I just went crazy (again) and got me a new PC.
>>>>
>>>> After years of upgrading my existing box piece by piece every so 
>>>> often, I wanted to take the other route and got me a brand PC.
>>>>
>>>> I bought an Acer Aspire M3610, which has an Intel Core 2 Quad 
>>>> processor, and comes with Vista Home Premium (and some assorted 
>>>> software included) preloaded.
>>>>
>>>> Naturally, there don't seem to be any physical copies of Vista or 
>>>> anything else that was installed  - instead there's some bare-bones 
>>>> do***entation that doesn't really help at all, and a few blank 
>>>> "recovery" DVDs.
>>>>
>>>> Still figuring out how I am supposed to make a backup of Vista. :-/
>>>>
>>>> Anyway, just sharing this touching stuff with you dudes/dudettes. If 
>>>> any of you have Acer stuff as well, I'd love to read what you think 
>>>> of it. Any experiences, horror stories etc. :-)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> BTW, I'd like to formally give Hewlett-Packard the middle finger for 
>>> not bothering to write any Vista compatible drivers for my existing 
>>> Printer (Photosmart 7660) and scanner (Scanjet 3500c). Sure, they're 
>>> not the latest and greatest, but they're not exactly ancient 
>>> technology either!
>>>
>>> How much time and effort is it for a high-profile technology 
>>> multinational to have someone write some drivers for some of their 
>>> own products?
>>>
>>> I am NOT amused. :-(
>>
>>
>> That's an interesting complaint.  When it comes time for me to buy a 
>> new computer (which will be before the year's out), I'm going to make 
>> it an HP.  The reason is that they have excellent sup****t.  Whenever I 
>> wanted to make a change to my computer, I'd get online for the online 
>> sup****t chat, and I'd get what I needed to know in a live chat.  
>> Whenever I had hardware or software malfunctions I couldn't solve, I'd 
>> go online again. They provide this for their customers long after the 
>> warranty has expired.  If you CALL them for sup****t after the warranty 
>> has expired, you have to pay a hefty sum.  The online chat is free, 
>> and they've never failed to provide a solution.
> 
> 
> I see. Well, I'm not asking for much; just some working drivers would be

> nice.

Try the online chat.  They'll more than likely get you what you need.

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