it seems that companies dont spend any time developing the new products they just slap them together and release as quick as they can.
and then when enough people bought the product and complained they release an "updated version of product" with all the nice features that the first version didnt have.
then completely cut off the support or updates for the first version of the product. in other words kill it.
so back then, company would spend many hours making sure that they release a products that meets the standards, and works AS ADVERTIZED.
somehow the "consumers" got brainwashed into thinking that its OK to buy ****ty and not fully developed products.
its like the manufacturer just shifted the QA responsibility onto the customer and customers are so happy to spend their hard earned cash on some toy that should still be in testing but yet its on the market with 100s of bugs that shouldnt be there.
2 examples from my personal experience.
seagate freeagent home theater+ was great, for very short time and got killed off by the "new and improved" box from seagate.
leaving 1000s of users that literally just bought the freeagent theater+, pretty much "****ed" no other word to describe it.
and to add to the insult they have locked the firmware with their new update so we cant even attempt to make work out the bugs
and yes theres many bugs and with every new firmware the device worked slower and slower( i went from 1.55 to 2.23 back to 2.20) because latest update made it ridiculously slow.
second example
i literally just received the lenovo mini wireless keyboard
and of course theres no backlights on it( well duh who the f needs a backlight on a remote with full keyboard right?) its not like we gonna use it mostly for HTPC, like u know watching TV ONLY during the day or ducktape an LED light to it or something fancy..
so i go to lenovo page and surely theres an updated version with backlight and much better design.
now i bought it thinking that its at least fully functional keyboard, but now im stuck at a bios prompt askin me to press F1 key and yea theres none and i dont have a usb keyboard.
im so fkn frustrated right now with all this bs im ready to smash my netbook in pieces and send all these gadgets back to the manufacturer.
in addition i cant even get my windows to install on the foxconn nt525 netbook even after using windows7 usb boot tool. it just doesnt recognize it as bootable drive even with proper settings in bios
all of these **** manufacturers claim that their toys should make our life easier but i think its backwards, because everyone is trying to push their agenda and nobody wants to work together.
im just so **** tired of this crap and money wasting on stuff that doesnt work like advertized.
and then when enough people bought the product and complained they release an "updated version of product" with all the nice features that the first version didnt have.
then completely cut off the support or updates for the first version of the product. in other words kill it.
so back then, company would spend many hours making sure that they release a products that meets the standards, and works AS ADVERTIZED.
somehow the "consumers" got brainwashed into thinking that its OK to buy ****ty and not fully developed products.
its like the manufacturer just shifted the QA responsibility onto the customer and customers are so happy to spend their hard earned cash on some toy that should still be in testing but yet its on the market with 100s of bugs that shouldnt be there.
2 examples from my personal experience.
seagate freeagent home theater+ was great, for very short time and got killed off by the "new and improved" box from seagate.
leaving 1000s of users that literally just bought the freeagent theater+, pretty much "****ed" no other word to describe it.
and to add to the insult they have locked the firmware with their new update so we cant even attempt to make work out the bugs
and yes theres many bugs and with every new firmware the device worked slower and slower( i went from 1.55 to 2.23 back to 2.20) because latest update made it ridiculously slow.
second example
i literally just received the lenovo mini wireless keyboard
and of course theres no backlights on it( well duh who the f needs a backlight on a remote with full keyboard right?) its not like we gonna use it mostly for HTPC, like u know watching TV ONLY during the day or ducktape an LED light to it or something fancy..
so i go to lenovo page and surely theres an updated version with backlight and much better design.
now i bought it thinking that its at least fully functional keyboard, but now im stuck at a bios prompt askin me to press F1 key and yea theres none and i dont have a usb keyboard.
im so fkn frustrated right now with all this bs im ready to smash my netbook in pieces and send all these gadgets back to the manufacturer.
in addition i cant even get my windows to install on the foxconn nt525 netbook even after using windows7 usb boot tool. it just doesnt recognize it as bootable drive even with proper settings in bios
all of these **** manufacturers claim that their toys should make our life easier but i think its backwards, because everyone is trying to push their agenda and nobody wants to work together.
im just so **** tired of this crap and money wasting on stuff that doesnt work like advertized.