QUOTE(ZZR-Pilot @ Mar 22 2007, 07:07 PM)
So basically, the conclusion is...
We should be prepared to pay RM1,400 for a low quality product from Microsoft.
Pay so much, but gamble la... if OK, OK la... if not, too bad la..
If it was a Proton, I'm sure we'd have a public stoning session by now. But since it's a Microsoft product.... well....
I wholeheartedly agree, we are getting shoddy products from them, with the alarming rate of 3ROD we see here. I am by no means defending MS when i posted that post you responded to. It is just that if you go legit, there shouldnt be much worry there since there are approachable avenues you can pursue to get warranty for your defective products. IF you are uncomfortable with that notion, then by all means , play the waiting game. The rest 10 million of us cannot wait that long.
Also, do you see the rest of the world worries? No. Because they have solid support and warranty services when the shit hits the fan. Why a lot of people here worries, including you i presume, is the lack of locally available warranty services, which we instead having to rely on local stores who had no direct contact with a local entity, but rather had to liase with entities outside of our country. If that is your source of worry and frustration, then i can only balme it on one thing: piracy. The rate we are doing nothing to discard that image of piracy from our country's forehead makes any corporate entity with anything IT-related to think twice before setting anything up around here. Go thank our fellow brothers who gladly dabble in this despicable acts for our lack of local support for this.
Added on March 23, 2007, 1:18 amAnd oh, i got mine circa November 22nd 2005, which makes mine almost 1.5 years old. The very first batch of 360 to be exact, coming from the deserts of Mohave during Zero Hour launch. Only had HDD failure to put with, and after changing to a new HDD, running without a squeak ever since. So much for "first bacth always buggy" presumptions, isnt it?
This post has been edited by stringfellow: Mar 23 2007, 01:23 AM