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   Lukas Mariman wrote:   
   > "Alric Knebel"  schreef in bericht   
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   >> Lukas Mariman wrote:   
   >>> "Alric Knebel"  schreef in bericht   
   >>> news:QZidndGC5sJg1JbVnZ2dnUVZ_vSdnZ2d@giganews.com...   
   >>>   
   >>>> Lukas Mariman wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> "Lukas Mariman"  schreef in bericht   
   >>>>> news:670losF2ma9dnU1@mid.individual.net...   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>> Greeting, carbon units!   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> I just went crazy (again) and got me a new PC.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> After years of upgrading my existing box piece by piece every so   
   >>>>>> often, I wanted to take the other route and got me a brand PC.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> I bought an Acer Aspire M3610, which has an Intel Core 2 Quad   
   >>>>>> processor, and comes with Vista Home Premium (and some assorted   
   >>>>>> software included) preloaded.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Naturally, there don't seem to be any physical copies of Vista or   
   >>>>>> anything else that was installed  - instead there's some   
   >>>>>> bare-bones documentation that doesn't really help at all, and a   
   >>>>>> few blank "recovery" DVDs.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Still figuring out how I am supposed to make a backup of Vista. :-/   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Anyway, just sharing this touching stuff with you dudes/dudettes.   
   >>>>>> If any of you have Acer stuff as well, I'd love to read what you   
   >>>>>> think of it. Any experiences, horror stories etc. :-)   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> BTW, I'd like to formally give Hewlett-Packard the middle finger   
   >>>>> for not bothering to write any Vista compatible drivers for my   
   >>>>> existing Printer (Photosmart 7660) and scanner (Scanjet 3500c).   
   >>>>> Sure, they're not the latest and greatest, but they're not exactly   
   >>>>> ancient technology either!   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> How much time and effort is it for a high-profile technology   
   >>>>> multinational to have someone write some drivers for some of their   
   >>>>> own products?   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> I am NOT amused. :-(   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> That's an interesting complaint.  When it comes time for me to buy a   
   >>>> new computer (which will be before the year's out), I'm going to   
   >>>> make it an HP.  The reason is that they have excellent support.   
   >>>> Whenever I wanted to make a change to my computer, I'd get online   
   >>>> for the online support chat, and I'd get what I needed to know in a   
   >>>> live chat.  Whenever I had hardware or software malfunctions I   
   >>>> couldn't solve, I'd go online again. They provide this for their   
   >>>> customers long after the warranty has expired.  If you CALL them for   
   >>>> support after the warranty has expired, you have to pay a hefty   
   >>>> sum.  The online chat is free, and they've never failed to provide a   
   >>>> solution.   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>> I see. Well, I'm not asking for much; just some working drivers would   
   >>> be nice.   
   >>   
   >> Try the online chat.  They'll more than likely get you what you need.   
   >   
   > Allright, that might be worth a try.   
   >   
   > You'd think though that there are more people out there with this   
   > problem. Or maybe I really AM the only Photosmart 7660 user left. :-)   
      
   Perhaps try the XP drivers if you haven't already? Sometimes they seem   
   to work with Vista, for certain hardware.   
      
   LH   
      
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