I know of a few electronics chains up here in Canada that offer extended warranties on game systems for this exact reason. The system comes with a 90 day warranty and you can up the warranty to 2 years with the extended warranty. Benefits of the extended warranty at some places include an over the counter exchange if the system goes bad in that time frame. I know I am glad i got it on my PS2 because I replaced it in the first 6 months.
i bought a vaio at one of the ones in Toronto a few years ago and they wouldn't take it back 1 day after their return policy. their service was crap anyway.
the main problem with the 7 series was that the interface was too complex for it's target market. think about it, you have rich technophobic senior citizens buying these cars, not even knowing how to set the clock on their VCR, let alone how to manipulate a mouse-like control puck in a car. that is why BMW simplified and modified the interface for the launch of the new 5 series.
Running Windows in a car is nothing new to aftermarket car audio/multimedia enthusiasts. Clarion had the AutoPC out in 1998 and it ran WinCE. The AutoPC had decent voice recognition, navigation capabilities, the ability to load programs and even integrate with a cellphone.
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I know of a few electronics chains up here in Canada that offer extended warranties on game systems for this exact reason. The system comes with a 90 day warranty and you can up the warranty to 2 years with the extended warranty. Benefits of the extended warranty at some places include an over the counter exchange if the system goes bad in that time frame. I know I am glad i got it on my PS2 because I replaced it in the first 6 months.
now THAT could be useful.... erm waitasec, this is /. ... nevermind
i bought a vaio at one of the ones in Toronto a few years ago and they wouldn't take it back 1 day after their return policy. their service was crap anyway.
that doesn't work unless you want to get a ticket for having an unsafe motor vehicle...
Windows was in autos in 1998.
the main problem with the 7 series was that the interface was too complex for it's target market. think about it, you have rich technophobic senior citizens buying these cars, not even knowing how to set the clock on their VCR, let alone how to manipulate a mouse-like control puck in a car. that is why BMW simplified and modified the interface for the launch of the new 5 series.
Running Windows in a car is nothing new to aftermarket car audio/multimedia enthusiasts. Clarion had the AutoPC out in 1998 and it ran WinCE. The AutoPC had decent voice recognition, navigation capabilities, the ability to load programs and even integrate with a cellphone. http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,16635, 00.html