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Article #10Re: Don't buy Foxcon Mboards being sold with dodgy BIOS
From: §ñühwØ£f
Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2008 16:39
Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2008 16:39
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On Sat, 26 Jul 2008 22:13:43 +0100, ThePunisher aided th' terraists with the following claims : > "Folderol" <folderol@ukfsn.org> wrote in message > news:20080726192122.32c3c5de@folderol.ukfsn.org.ukfsn.org... > >> Hmmm. >> >> I'd never even heard of Foxcon before this thread popped up. Just how >> cheap are these mobos? I can buy quite a civilised one here for under >> 30ukp. >> > > How cheap do you think China's biggest exporter is? Foxconns been around fer fucking ages. The big connector in my Apple Performa circa 1994 is a foxconn. Mybe they used to be non-crappy? -- "Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities" - Voltaire http://www.bedoper.com
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