Thread: this is going to be interesting

Originally Posted by Judo

That maybe true but they don't create proportionately more heat. Even though they're getting faster some have lower power usage meaning less heat. Like everything it's not just the speed of the technology that's getting better, but its the supporting components around it too.

true, but that performance is being put to use by the OS to a greater degree and consumers are using them as entertainment devices more than ever. My 3 sons all have asus windows 8 machines and I'm forever picking them up around the house like my parents would pick up lego all those aeons ago!

The graphics demands are through the roof now days, with blueray players, and extremely heavy 3d games available, and then there is the issue of being switched on 24/7 to monitor social media.

If consumers where 'switched on' they would buy according to their actual needs, but as the saying goes "as good increase, so do those who consume them", the extra power is definitely being used simply because it is there, rather than any sort of need.

that and they are getting thinner, fanless, and running touch screens, and then all up being sold for $500, something was always going to give.

i would not want to be HN having to deal with these machines when they probably only made $50 gross profit to start with. there are easier ways to go broke than that.

I always assumed that warranties should be dealt with by the manufacturer?

Originally Posted by incisor

a retailer ends up with responsibility if the manufacturer / distributor shirks theirs... and which they have been doing for donkeys years

wow I didn't realise that. I guess the idea might have been that retailers would do their own contracts with the vender, but considering what has come out so far in the "Coles & Woolies Vs the People" it seems impossible that it would work in real life.

Its a shame that this is only coming to life with Harvey Norman, because in general people really don't have a lot of sympathy for them. Hell, I went to one of their much advertised "sales" looking for a Soda Stream. Once I got someones attention the girl who served me said "the cheap one will give you cancer" (I was speechless) and the more expensive one, including the "sale discount" was still MORE than RRP.

Are there any other industry groups Inc that you could use to shed light on the problem? Especially with the bullying highlighted in the recent cases I'm sure they would listen as it opens small business up to more bullying by vendors.