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Article #22Re: Don't buy Foxcon Mboards being sold with dodgy BIOS
From: Conor
Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2008 21:34
Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2008 21:34
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In article <20080726221744.0f2a11a4@bluemoon>, Rob Morley says... > On Sat, 26 Jul 2008 15:00:18 +0100 > Conor <conor_turton@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > In article <20080726130222.27f0837e@bluemoon>, Rob Morley says... > > > The fact that they seem to think that > > > getting MS approval is the same as fully complying with the standard > > > really doesn't say much for their skills or attitude, does it? > > > > > They never claimed such a thing. They claimed MS compatibility and it > > is. > > They wrote: > "You are incorrect in that the motherboard is not ACPI complaint. If it > were not, then it would not have received Microsoft Certification for > WHQL." > How does that contradict what I say? > > And it's Foxconn so hardly the kind of kit you'd put in a decent > > built. To be fair, it just further illustrates that most Linux users > > are cheapskates. > > > To be fair, that just further illustrates how much bullshit you spout. > Foxconn are cheap shit motherboards just one up from Asrock. -- Conor I only please one person per day. Today is not your day. Tomorrow isn't looking good either. - Scott Adams
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X-Google-Thread: 10d8ad,71aabdb4563c4437 X-Google-Thread: 1063f0,71aabdb4563c4437 X-Google-Thread: faa3c,71aabdb4563c4437 X-Google-Attributes: gid10d8ad,gid1063f0,gidfaa3c,domainid0,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!g2news1.google.com!news2.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!newsfeed01.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Conor <conor_turton@hotmail.com> Newsgroups: uk.comp.os.linux,uk.comp.homebuilt,24hoursupport.helpdesk Subject: Re: Don't buy Foxcon Mboards being sold with dodgy BIOS Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2008 22:34:14 +0100 Lines: 33 Message-ID: <6f1jimF9eemkU5@mid.individual.net> References: <WYCik.33137$E41.31782@text.news.virginmedia.com> <6f0faiF9bkjnU1@mid.individual.net> <20080726130222.27f0837e@bluemoon> <6f0oviF99pu5U1@mid.individual.net> <20080726221744.0f2a11a4@bluemoon> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net s6dkBYmCiVDeaQbJ70fDlQddJZw5NCydx/OG/36qPw0N4dny0O Cancel-Lock: sha1:W1+KYXeVaJt2NIAbe1/Q1eRIe18= User-Agent: MicroPlanet-Gravity/2.70.2067