A good case in point would be Anarchy Online. Free MMORPG, but cities have Powerade ads playing on billboards. Also, I've seen some U.S. Air Force ads as well. I don't think it detracts a whole lot, I don't usually notice it anyway.
There wasn't a price on the equipment itself, but they seem to expect that it will "fall in a lake or get run over by a truck" so it can't be too expensive.
However, they mention paying a bounty in order to get people to return the equipment, that could get rather expensive after a while.
Don't think it's just limited to Dell, have you ever tried getting a problem solved from M$? More often then not, I end up solving my problem for them while talking to them. I guess Dell will be that bad now. (I wouldn't know, I only build my own computers.)
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A good case in point would be Anarchy Online. Free MMORPG, but cities have Powerade ads playing on billboards. Also, I've seen some U.S. Air Force ads as well. I don't think it detracts a whole lot, I don't usually notice it anyway.
There wasn't a price on the equipment itself, but they seem to expect that it will "fall in a lake or get run over by a truck" so it can't be too expensive. However, they mention paying a bounty in order to get people to return the equipment, that could get rather expensive after a while.
Don't think it's just limited to Dell, have you ever tried getting a problem solved from M$? More often then not, I end up solving my problem for them while talking to them. I guess Dell will be that bad now. (I wouldn't know, I only build my own computers.)
Wow, I must say that that was an entirely useless, and rather annoying comment, that really isnt necessary at all.