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- How hard is it to build a power supply?
- by Tex Murphy PI September 2, 2004 5:21 PM PDT
- With millions of power bricks produced daily all over the world for laptops, modems, and all sorts of electronic equipment, you would imagine how hard it must be to screw up on the design and manufacture of one!
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- Reality check
- by ruibo September 2, 2004 8:55 PM PDT
- The automakers have been making card for >100 years and they sometimes need to recall products too. As do tire companies, consumer goods companies, etc., etc.
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- You are kidding right?
- by Jonathan September 3, 2004 6:04 AM PDT
- IBM dropped the proprietary nature of their laptops about 10 years ago. Grow a brain and a clue why don't ya.
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(3 Comments)But wait, this is IBM we are talking about - whos laptops can't even work with any industry standard non-IBM PS/2 mouse or keyboard. So I guess this isn't all that unbeleivable.
As for the mouse comment...huh? I use an IBM thinkpad with a non-ibm keyboard, non-ibm mouse, and I even have a generic non-ibm power brick (as a travel spare). They all work fine.
As for the adapter. Its called **** happens. Someone screwed up.