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::philcUK
11/24/05 5:47 PM GMT
Oh Dear.

**tries desperately to stifle laugh/act not too suprised **
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.Warrior_of_the_Eceni
11/24/05 5:55 PM GMT
hahahahahahahahahahaha... oh god, thats great. Im sorry but Mr gates has done it again.
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.scionlord
11/24/05 7:01 PM GMT
lmao....

'The reports suggest that the Xbox 360s are falling victim to a variety of errors rather than the crashes being caused by the same glitch. The scattered reports make it hard to gauge how widespread the problems are.'

'Microsoft spokeswoman Molly O'Donnell would not detail how many reports the company had received but did say the calls involved a "very, very small fraction" of all the consoles sold. The volume of calls was in line with Microsoft predictions, she said.'

I bolded the important bits....rotflmao
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::philcUK
11/24/05 11:08 PM GMT
I dont know whats more annoying - the fact they have released defective products or the fact they have done it knowingley fully expecting a percentile failing in the market.
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.scionlord
11/24/05 11:47 PM GMT
isn't it typical Microsoft?
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::Nikoli
11/25/05 12:06 AM GMT
PS3 Bluechip.
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::philcUK
11/25/05 12:08 AM GMT
but of course
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::Radjehuty
11/27/05 2:00 AM GMT
oH mY GoD!!1!!!1 a M$ system breaking??? Obsurd -.-

Kind of funny that they call it a next generation console, when another console twice as powerful (in performance statistics) comes out in another year or sooner lol
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+mayne
11/27/05 3:20 AM GMT
Microsoft should be selling this crap at the dollar store. Where else in this consumer market is continuous citrus product so well recieved by us. Guess what, I just bought a new car and I cant shut it off! My windows won't open! Looks for Microsofts 911 number and realizes that is the price per minute for help...great customer service. I think I just blew a gasket?
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::Radjehuty
11/27/05 3:31 AM GMT
lol interesting, defective products, with a helpline that makes you pay....maybe they are doing this on purpose..
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+tbob
11/27/05 5:42 AM GMT
Using Microsoft products has sucked the "I give a crap" right out of me,I just figure when you buy anything from them you automatically are enrolled in their Beta testing program
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+camerahound
11/27/05 10:57 AM GMT
He means well...
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.scionlord
11/27/05 12:45 AM GMT
you get paid for getting someone else to do the research. Nice earner.
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&prismmagic
11/29/05 3:08 AM GMT
Go figure a microsoft product that dose not work well!
tbob your right thats why you have eror repoting , we a the puplic are testing every product they put out.
The best thing we could do is turn of the eror repoting and make them start to fix it before it hits the market.

If they could make LINUX more user friendly I would switch. Put I'm not a programer or script writer, so I like a lot of us are screwed.
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::Radjehuty
11/29/05 6:52 AM GMT
AHH, there's user-friendly Linux's too!

Take a look at Ubuntu, or LinSpire..
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&prismmagic
11/29/05 7:04 AM GMT
You still have to be a script writer. you just can't up load a program you have to know where and how to put the peices and parts.
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::dreamer100
11/29/05 11:15 AM GMT
Being a gamer I've been watching and reading. I learned long ago never to be the first in line for any new technology. Every fifty dollar game needs a patch as soon as you load the disk. To keep up with production on the factory floor microsoft used three different DVD drives; Thompson, Samsung and Phillips. The problems reported, crashing,freezing, lost saves, cannot read disc, have come from the Thompson drive. You're playing roulette when you buy one right now.
Any other product might issue a recall but I seriously doubt that the masters of the universe will bow to public pressure to make good on the money you've laid out in trust of their technology. As a matter of fact they want another hundred dollars to fix the problem. Several threads from disgruntled consumers report that if you report the problem to the better buisness bureau they will offer to do it for fifty.
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+tbob
11/29/05 7:19 PM GMT
Why should they recall it?The X Box isnt the problem, its a TV problem.You must use a TV approved by Microsoft for use by the X Box.Besides that they work perfect till you turn them on.
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::philcUK
11/29/05 8:18 PM GMT
it's all nearly as (un) funny as the recent announcement that they have fixed the dreaded BSOD in the 'new' Vista operating system. And how of they fixed it permanently? why they've changed it to a red screen instead. obviously.
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akashastrega
11/30/05 5:25 AM GMT
My hubby wants this I told him (no if ands or buts) that he had to wait at least 6 months so that M$ could get the bugs out first. People want this so badly....I can wait...spend $400 on a buggy system or wait and get a cleaned up system...hmmmmm
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::Radjehuty
11/30/05 11:00 PM GMT
LOL tbob. Yes an MS TV, which means you need an MS VCR, MS DVD, Oh, and you need special MS CD's to write them to (with an MS CD Burner.)
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.scionlord
11/30/05 11:12 PM GMT
You forgot the MS power supplies.
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::Radjehuty
11/30/05 11:32 PM GMT
oh yea, with MS Outlets.
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.scionlord
11/30/05 11:39 PM GMT
with special MS switches
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::philcUK
12/06/05 8:37 PM GMT
and it just keeps getting worse and worse if you were 'lucky' enough to get one of these - my deepest sympathies.
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.scionlord
12/06/05 10:06 PM GMT
oh sod.
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::Radjehuty
12/08/05 4:43 AM GMT
Ok see now I really hate microsoft as much as the next guy, but sueing M$ over this is just asinine.

Just bring it back for a Refund or Replacement, don't freaking sue them. I wouldn't sue a computer parts company for a defective part. I swear some of these people either need attention, lives, or both.
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::philcUK
12/08/05 9:49 AM GMT
I know - its nearly as bad as all those morons sueing Apple for mental anguish because their iPod Nano's got scratched after they gave them to their dogs to play with despite already being offered a full refund and/or replacement and an extended warranty & return period.
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::Radjehuty
12/08/05 6:17 PM GMT
Are you kidding me? "Mental Anguish" is what they sued for? I don't know if we should put more blame on the idiots suing, or on our justice system for making it so easy to sue...
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::philcUK
12/08/05 9:17 PM GMT
its a 50/50 call on that one - need more judges to throw this type of case out on it's ear as soon as its put up before them.
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.scionlord
12/11/05 12:58 AM GMT
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::philcUK
12/11/05 1:07 AM GMT
yep they'll definitely need to sell more than 50 consoles in two hours to achieve that 'iminent market domination' they're after....
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::philcUK
12/14/05 10:50 AM GMT
when it goes bad it goes really bad - and in this case it just keeps getting worse......

monster size problems still plaguing what is fast becoming one of the most ill conceived product launches in history....
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.scionlord
12/14/05 10:16 PM GMT
doomed.
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.scionlord
12/15/05 11:15 PM GMT
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::Radjehuty
12/17/05 6:40 AM GMT
All I got to say is, when has Microsoft EVER provided its users with actual security? Are they even capable of it? This goes double for copy-write protection on their own software. People will always find a way...This doesn't surprise me in the least.
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.scionlord
12/19/05 10:41 PM GMT
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::philcUK
12/19/05 10:44 PM GMT
does anyone even use ie on mac? i cant remember the last time I had it installed...
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.animaniactoo
12/20/05 12:27 AM GMT
I do on rare occasion, because one licensor's site is still not fully compatible with anything else. *sigh*
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+Samatar
12/20/05 12:40 AM GMT
/\ Same here. What a pain in the neck.
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.animaniactoo
01/05/06 12:37 AM GMT
what a shock
an even bigger shock

I didn't think ms ever worked that fast. *snicker*
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