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Page 5 Blue Chips Magazine —December 2010
Topping the list, however, is the overall
totally unnecessary added expense of
the complete metamorphosis itself,
(you can just hear from here those cash
registers dinging like the incessant bells
of a Casino gaming oor (See graphic),
even as we speak? Ouch!). When you’ve
got something that works, why throw
it in the dumpster and start all over
again? “It’s the economy, stupid,” I’m
told repeatedly, with built-in planned
obsolescence that keeps America going/
growing.
Unfortunately, this situation is not
like when surrounded at Bastogne (WW
II Belgium, 1944), Brig. Gen. Anthony
McAuliffe’s historic answer to the sur-
rounding Germans demand of sur-
render, “To the German Commander,
NUTS!” And the rest is, as they say,
history. The 101st `Airborne Division,
“Screaming Eagles,” fought on until the
siege was lifted and the tide was turned
then toward the ultimate VE day.
This time, however, sad to say,
sooner rather than later, we’ll all be
forced to give in to the surrounding
enemy forces, as XP will no longer be
supported in any manner what-so-ever,
and of course, “Time (and the infamous
BSD) marches on!”
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First Things First
As my usual MO with any Review, I
have to resurrect, at the very minimum,
or at least get, my wayward children
awake and behaving properly for me.
It is no different this time, for sure. I
have spent the past month and a half,
and about $400+, on getting the “Boat
Anchor” up and running smoothly.
This has entailed me making a number
of trips to the “Doctors of Technol-
ogy,” as I mentioned above. Happened
again today, for the umpteenth time,
and it is not their fault, to be sure. It is
Review time, again, you know? They,
the “Doctors of Technology,” are very
trustworthy, friendly, reliable, repu-
table, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind,
et al., you know, the all-around “Good
Scouts” types?
Here’s a synopsis of another HI-
AWC
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problem concerning my getting
ready for this Review. This one is about
Tech Support on the Belkin 4x4 Periph-
eral Switch (FYI I paid $99 for it at Fry’s
Electronics here in Vegas) that I set up to
help me in converting the Vista machine
over to Win7. It then would be working
between both machines using four (4),
count them 4, USB devices between
them, with two (2) more PC’s yet to be
connected, just like “Gang Busters’?
Oh Ya!
Sirs [Belkin TS], “I followed the
directions listed in the support e-mail;
however, it did not correct the problem
on the F1u400 Belkin 4x4 Peripheral
Switch. Although the XP PC works per-
fectly, the Vista PC still does not display
the “Basket USB items” at all. Therefore,
although the agent was very helpful,
the corrective action was fruitless and
unsuccessful. Plus, the agent told me
he would have someone, a tier (level)
2 tech contact me ASAP at my home
telephone for further assistance in this
matter. This did not occur as promised,
so bottom line, there is absolutely no
way for me to be able to nd any
additional help to correct this ter-
rible and unforgivable problem.
“I just do not understand why Bel-
kin has such a great product, and yet, I
cannot nd it on the web site, nor get it
to work properly on the Vista machine.
I want very badly for this product to
work for me and am very disappointed
that I cannot get it to work properly, yet.
FYI Case is not closed, I am a Computer
Magazine Review Editor and will be
making reference to this “unaccept-
able” situation in the next issue (i.e.,
episode of “Happiness Is A Working
Computer” (HIAWC)) as I am writing
about upgrading the Vista machine to
a Windows 7 (Win7) machine using
the Laplink PCmover 6 product in the
process. I have my doubts about the 4x4
Peripheral Switch working there on the
Win7, as well? RSVP. Thank you for
your ne service, so far. Sincerely, Don
~, et cetera, et cetera.”
Update. After two (2) weeks of
Tech Support calls, we have cur-
rently moved up to level 3 support
and holding, because even during
the two (2) subsequent phone calls
with TS since I sent the above re-