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NVIDIA Gets Away With Bait-and-Switch

Posted by Soulskill on from the can-we-blame-moore-for-this dept.

racquetballguy writes "As part of a December 2010 settlement agreement, NVIDIA agreed to provide all owners of laptops containing a defective NVIDIA GPU with a laptop of similar kind and value. In February, NVIDIA announced that a $279 single-core Compaq CQ56 would be provided as a replacement to all laptops — from $2500 dual-core tablet PCs to $2000 17" entertainment notebooks. Ted Frank, from the Center for Class Action Fairness, filed an objection to the court, which was overruled by Judge Ware today. Once again, the consumers of a class action lawsuit lose."

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  1. judge ware by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    which was overruled by Judge Ware today

    Is his first name Hard?

  2. Re:The consumers should shut up and be grateful by TaoPhoenix · · Score: 3, Funny

    Sorry man.

    The way to please the mods is to link prior stories.

    "They should be glad they didn't get a lousy month of service on an unsafe gaming network".

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  3. Re:The consumers should shut up and be grateful by couchslug · · Score: 4, Funny

    "that they didn't just get a gift certificate for a cup of McDonalds coffee."
    I could pour THAT on my crotch, get a better settlement, and suffer less than I would by accepting a Compaq.

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