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-----Original Message----- From: Greg Morphis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 12:20 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: #$%^& Microsoft... now I'm DEFINATELY getting a PS3 I've had mine for about 4 or 5 months with no problems.. I played over 200 hours worth of Oblivion, my wife played and beat Kameo, and I've been playing Saints Row a lot lately. No problems. Well, no system problem.. Oblivion heavily uses the harddrive and I've noticed sometimes the loading screen takes a while, you can defragment the drive and correct that though. I bought the extended warranty just in case though. On 11/27/06, loathe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Wow, that sucks. > > I'm gonna pass on a 360 now. Was going to get one for the boys for > Christmas too. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Jim Davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Sunday, November 26, 2006 10:49 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: #$%^& Microsoft... now I'm DEFINATELY getting a PS3 > > > > Just a tale of woe which may serve as a warning: > > > > I've had an XBox 360 for about 7 months now. I like it, not a whole lot > > of > > games that I want but plenty of casual games in the arcade and lots and > > lots > > of demos means that system sees quite a bit of usage. > > > > The only game that I've played a lot is "Oblivion" but that was worth it. > > > > The system locked up pretty often with "Oblivion" but not so much that I > > couldn't chalk it up to overheating or a dusty disc. Lately the lock-ups > > have become systemic and finally, last night the system just gave up the > > ghost: it won't boot, I get the apparently well-know ring of red lights. > > > > After trying all the at-home fixes I called MS. > > > > I spent well over 20 minutes with an incredibly frustrating "hipster" > > voice > > mail system. His name is "Max" and he REALLY wants to help me and I > > REALLY > > wanted to choke the living shit out him. > > > > The whole mess is a transparent and completely patronizing attempt to put > > already aggravated people at ease. All it really does is infuriate you. > > > > Finally getting to a human it's painfully clear that MS has outsourced its > > support. The thick accent, the inability to understand English, the glib > > attitude: all just scream that I'm going to be well cared for. > > > > It didn't start well. I gave my name. After a few seconds of flustered > > silence I was asked to spell my name, then specifically asked to spell my > > first name as well: > > > > J-I-M D-A-V-I-S > > > > When he couldn't find my name he spelled it back to me: G-I-N. I told him > > "No, it's J-I-M." He answered, "Yes - as in GEORGE-IDAHO-NANCY." "NO." I > > replied, "J-I-M. Jim. James. Jimmy." I thought only later of spelling > > it > > out: "JERKS-IDIOTS-MOTHERFUCKERS" but you always think of the best things > > to > > say later on. > > > > Anyway we get the name out. After some more language juggling we get the > > serial number out. My console is out of warranty. I asked "how can that > > be: the system hasn't even been out a year!" The warranty, it turns out, > > is > > only 90 days. > > > > I asked how he knew my console was out of warranty when he didn't know > > when > > I bought it. He said that the serial number determined the warranty > > length > > for MS. > > > > (What this means, in case you're not listening, is that if you bought your > > kid a 360, say, in September and set it aside for Christmas you might open > > up a broken system that is already out of warranty.) > > > > In any case my system (my $400 system), 7 months old, is out of warranty. > > The only way to get it fixed by MS is to spend $140. Yup - nearly half > > the > > cost of a new console to fix one less than a year old. > > > > Once I get it fixed they will warranty it for, you guessed it, another 90 > > days. I can purchase an extended warranty for $30 for a year or $60 for > > two > > years. So it'll cost me $170 to get it fixed and warranty that fix for a > > year. > > > > The value proposition of the PS3 is looking better everyday. Say what you > > will about Sony but they've got a one-year warranty from the time of > > purchase for all their gear. And in my experience the few times I've > > needed > > their support it's been excellent. > > > > I'm just really, really pissed at Microsoft right now. > > > > Jim Davis > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:221289 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
