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Originally posted by ubuntu-addict
Yes, and my PC was one of the 0.0001% of intel PC's that don't work with SUSE. Did I stop to think of that when my work wasn't getting done with an $80 product that did absolutely nothing for me? A lot of people wouldn't.
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Yes, but a lot of people would have the common sense to figure out that the product must be working fine for other people or it wouldnt be selling. Also, a lot of people would try it on another computer, or try fixing/re-installing it a couple of times before deciding there was anything wrong with the product.
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Originally posted by ubuntu-addict
When I spent $80 on a product that did absolutely nothing for me did I stop to think of these things? Of course not.
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Did you use the Suse installation support that you paid for? Did you even attempt to use one of the free "LiveCD" iso's that lets you get a 100% free test of your hardware to see just how the system would run? Did you check or even look into the extensive list of supported hardware online on the suse website before purchasing and installing an operating system? Any one of these thngs might have told you it wouldnt work.
To use your earlier analogy...
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Originally posted by ubuntu-addict
Do you stop to think of these things or do you start cussing and swearing about what a piece of crap the car is and how Ford/Chevy/etc
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Probaby not, however, in referring to things I listed above...
Do you walk into the dealership, look at a car that looks nice cause people said nice things about it, slap down your money to buy it and drive off in it without giving it a test drive or looking into any part of its design/features only to take it home and find its too big for your garage?
When the car breaks down, do you sit there, whine and cuss about it and tell all the neighbors for the next few weeks leaving the car to sit broken? Or do you call the mechanic and see about getting it fixed.
Do you automatically go and pick the most expensive car on the car lot and decide that's the one you have to buy without any prior knowledge of how it will perform?
Sure, you spent 80$, you could have spent 40 instead just to try it out. Sure, it didn't work, you could spend some time on the 60 day installation support and try to resolve some of the issues.
There are a dozen things you could have done, and should have done first, and plenty of places (especially here) that you could have come and done the appropriate research first.
As other people have put it...
Yes, you are immature to have started a thread like you did.
If only because there are too many obvious things you could have done, and still havent.