My Lenovo laptop also has an accelerometer watching for hard-drive shocks...
On 26/10/2010, Ken Norton <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Um, no. Wrong. What would they use it "against" you for? Enough with the
>> back-handed ragging on Apple, it's lame and sounds whiny. Esp. since you
>> *own* an iPad. It can't be that bad if you threw down for one.
>>
>
> They use it against you for when it needs some warranty repair for something
> else. The G-force thing is a common item they use to void the warranty and
> charge you for repairs.
>
> For example, if the battery fails? Even if it is 100% unrelated to shock
> damage, the replacement of the battery is charged full-rate.
>
> I'm not backhanding on Apple. They build high-quality products that don't do
> very much, but what they do do, they do very well.
>
> AG
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