21st March 2008, 12:08 AM
From what I understand, the failure MAY have been addressed in the latest models, but when MS "repairs" systems they use older models and will continue to do so. They apparently have a billion dollar budget dedicated to system repairs, and their terrible customer support isn't helping matters much either.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)