Bad Purchases

[Strummer]

@vV

Lenovo = IBM. I have no idea why Lenovo wants to elevate on IBM’s hardware. But whenever i see a Lenovo Thinkpad, it is just an IBM Thinkpad. The only difference is the Bios logo and perhaps the Windows wallpaper but nothing more. If you have to choose to pick between those two brands, i would definately pick the cheaper offer.

IBM IS Lenovo now. There are no IBM personal computers anymore, because IBM sold the PC division to Lenovo.

[DDspeed]

I once bought an iMac. Just to see if Macs were really THE thing.

I learned they were not. At least not for me.

I bought an M-Audio FW410. It’s drivers are loads of shit, and performed especially bad on the Mac. After I realized that Synth1, MR. Ray and SIR are not Mac-friendly and installed Windows on Bootcamp I discovered that the M-Audio gets really confused when switching between systems since the drivers are 90% the soundcard’s firmware. What’s worse, I quickly realized that I really need balanced outputs, at least 4 inputs and ADAT interface to do any kind of serious work, so the FW410 was really a bad choice.

[Garf]

Cubase in the early nineties, nothing but a waste of money and time trying to get myself to love it… so I know that Piano roll is not really for me, only that it can be slightly useful to nudge stuff around with.

[BYTE-Smasher]

BotB: Toshiba’s hit and miss. I had one model … I killed 4 of them because the HDD was right beside the processor, and the faulty cooling system caused it to overheat all the time. 2 HDDs shot, and 2 processors fried. Luckily, it was a lease… which I bought out in the end… and promptly replaced the HDD and lubed the fan.

[BotB]

@BYTE-Smasher

BotB: Toshiba’s hit and miss. I had one model … I killed 4 of them because the HDD was right beside the processor, and the faulty cooling system caused it to overheat all the time. 2 HDDs shot, and 2 processors fried. Luckily, it was a lease… which I bought out in the end… and promptly replaced the HDD and lubed the fan.

Yikes