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Fry's Matches Online Retailer Prices! With A Great Big Catch.

Commented by GoodBytes:
9:23 AM on February 9, 2012

Staples (or at least in Canada) does that too

California To Require More-Efficient Chargers For Mobile Devices

Commented by GoodBytes:
10:37 PM on January 12, 2012

You know that Dell Power Supply (like all power supplies) consumes what is required.
If the laptop consumes 80W... then about ~80-85W is drawn.. from a 90W power supply.

A more efficient power supply would mean that the level it takes from the wall will more closely match the laptop.

Example: My PC has a 750W... It doesn't draws 750W from the wall. But it is 80Plus Gold certified, In other words 90% efficient. Meaning that the power supply 10% more than what the computer needs, and not.. let's say 50-60%, like those cheap power supply for computer. Where goes the excess power? It turns in into heat. That is why Power Supply have a fan.
In my case, the fan doesn't spin when my system is at idle.. or listening to music and surf the web/check e-mails. But of course it does when I start using my computer for much more demanding tasks.

Microsoft Makes Gamers Promise Never To Sue It After Xbox Update

Commented by GoodBytes:
9:39 AM on December 8, 2011

This is fine. The reason for this is that usually the only winning of any class action suit are lawyers. You get at the end a few pennies only, or even lose money, depending on how expensive your lawyer is. And Microsoft loses millions to lawyers. It's just to stop this stupidity.
You got an issue with your service with Microsoft, just cancel your account and move on.

The PS3 lawsuit against the hack attack they got, is leading to nowhere. People just waist time and money, and they do it as a way (well they think), as a winning loto ticket.

If ASUS Installs Your Hard Drive Backwards, Your Computer Can't Overheat

Commented by GoodBytes:
2:23 PM on November 30, 2011

These are the times where I like Dell next business day on site service. You always have the system, and can view the work to make sure everything is done correctly, and that the problem is solved, before the tech leaves.

But it's a premium to pay, and I think it's on business class system, for many areas. But I think it's worth it. Beside Dell Business machine are far better than home, and mostly or fully (depending on your are) junk free, and OS disk provided.

71 Drivers Cross A Defective Bridge In Chicago Every Second

Commented by GoodBytes:
5:56 PM on October 20, 2011

These bridges need repair? Really?!
Come to Montreal, if you think these bridges are bad... oh boy! Us you have actual PARTS falling down, crashing onto cars, and they fall apeart.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/story/2011/07/31/ville-marie-closed.html
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2006/10/01/overpass-collapse.html (5 people killed)

We have bridges where all lines are closed except for 1, because the bridge can't sustain teh weight anymore, and it's a main access bridge to Montreal. Yes we will have a new one.... will take 10 years to build if no delay (year right), but funny thing... is that this bridge (Champlain bridge) is said by engineers that it won't last until that long. I guess Montreal will be isolated for a couple of years. Complete with toll fees of course.

http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Ville+Marie+roof+collapse+narrow+escape/5186168/story.html

http://i1231.photobucket.com/albums/ee505/knuckalicious/crash/roads%20and%20bridges/1.jpg
http://i1231.photobucket.com/albums/ee505/knuckalicious/crash/roads%20and%20bridges/7.jpg

Someone almost dies by falling part of the overpass.
http://tvanouvelles.ca/lcn/infos/faitsdivers/archives/2011/02/20110214-160913.html

http://savemontreal.ca/2011/09/15/summary-of-montreal-inspection-reports/
http://savemontreal.ca/2011/06/18/expert-says-mercier-bridge-hole-should-have-been-detected-long-time-ago/

and many more cases, and issues.

Netflix: Restricting Streams To One Per Account Was A Glitch

Commented by GoodBytes:
5:42 PM on September 6, 2011

You were not even suppose to do that.
Beside, spend more time together, watch a movie together :)

McDonald's Thinks People Like British Food, Tests "English Pub Burger"

Commented by GoodBytes:
6:43 PM on July 6, 2011

They should come to Canada.
American cheese is called Processed cheese :)

Man's 400 Minutes In Dell Hell Could Cost Them Millions

Commented by GoodBytes:
1:29 PM on June 1, 2011

It's ok, Dell new laptop redesign, says ultra cheap quality everywhere.
Especially now, they don't give you the OS disk (not even an option), and they give you with your laptop, this huge ass 90W brick power adapter, where you can't even roll the wire around it, as you used to be able to do with the normal Dell power adapters, and the used to be new slim version. The slim version was really nice. It was small and well, slim, and you had a nice blue LED indicator on the plug to say if there is power or not. Now you have nothing of sorts. They also lowered the resolution for the system monitor.

I feel like Dell is up and down company. Some period they provide really good service, and impressive solid systems (even the low end ones), where you want to say "Dell is awesome now!", and as soon as business goes well, they trash it down to the ground with poor service, poor quality products, and mediocre specification, despite even looking at Dell high-end business line system, the Latitude series, and pushing out a 2k price tag on a 14 or 13 inch laptop.

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