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Title: Are you really sure you want a Dell?
Post by: bloodline on June 23, 2006, 06:49:48 PM

http://www.chipzilla.com/?article=32550

 :lol:

Title: Re: Are you really sure you want a Dell?
Post by: jkirk on June 23, 2006, 06:54:44 PM

owwwwcccchhhh!!!!

i bet that hurt someone's wallet. good thing they were not using it at the time.

Title: Re: Are you really sure you want a Dell?
Post by: Vincent on June 24, 2006, 02:17:16 AM

So, finally some real proof that using laptops causes impotence in men :lol:

Title: Re: Are you really sure you want a Dell?
Post by: whabang on June 24, 2006, 06:52:55 AM

:-o

This is going to get us a lot of calls on monday! :lol:

Title: Re: Are you really sure you want a Dell?
Post by: Karlos on June 24, 2006, 01:08:47 PM

Mmmmmm, burning semiconductors and plastics....

I bet that room stank afterwards!

Title: Re: Are you really sure you want a Dell?
Post by: Speelgoedmannetje on June 24, 2006, 02:39:16 PM

Ouch, I got myself a Dell laptop (with an extra big battery).

Btw. wasn't such happening with Nokia cell phones too?

Title: Re: Are you really sure you want a Dell?
Post by: odin on June 24, 2006, 02:48:31 PM

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Speelgoedmannetje wrote:
Ouch, I got myself a Dell laptop (with an extra big battery).

Btw. wasn't such happening with Nokia cell phones too?

Nah, that was with dodgy third-party batteries. I think those didn't have a thermal failsafe causing them go boom in some instances.

Title: Re: Are you really sure you want a Dell?
Post by: bloodline on June 25, 2006, 11:09:14 AM

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Karlos wrote:
Mmmmmm, burning semiconductors and plastics....

I bet that room stank afterwards!

Hmmm, :-D

Title: Re: Are you really sure you want a Dell?
Post by: Doobrey on June 25, 2006, 03:34:55 PM

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Karlos wrote:
I bet that room stank afterwards!

Yup..and that was just the Dell sales reps  :-)

Personally, I think it was the first public outing of a new RIAA endorsed TPM chip.

Title: Re: Are you really sure you want a Dell?
Post by: Vincent on June 25, 2006, 08:06:56 PM

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Doobrey wrote:
Personally, I think it was the first public outing of a new RIAA endorsed TPM chip.

:lol:

Title: Re: Are you really sure you want a Dell?
Post by: boing on June 26, 2006, 07:05:43 PM

TPM?

Would now be a good tme to mention that Michael Dell is close personal friends of both Bill Gates and G.W. Bush?  It explains a lot.

Title: Re: Are you really sure you want a Dell?
Post by: Vincent on June 26, 2006, 07:20:47 PM

IIRC, Trusted Platform Module.