IBM's PC division floundered for years after the PCjr proved too expensive and its new OS was nothing compared to Windows, allowing Lenovo to buy IBM in 2004.
It’s because they fill victim to the bad capacitor wave of 2k and burned billions of dollars replacing the mainboard from almost every Netvista desktop made. I know because I was the guy replacing them.
It’s because they fill victim to the bad capacitor wave of 2k and burned billions of dollars replacing the mainboard from almost every Netvista desktop made. I know because I was the guy replacing them.
did anyone ever sue the capacitor plague manufacturers to recoup their costs?
I recall it being a Chinese company, and it was the year 2000, so no.
the cap plague all came from a single chinese manufacturer? I thought it was across many manufacturers world wide
Something about experimenting with electrolytes in the capacitors or something, i think? i dont recall well enough to state it as fact.