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Note that this OT post is also listed on the Active Forum Topics. Does that make this a meta-post? The space-time continuum was just ripped to shreds!

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Note that this OT post is also listed on the Active Forum Topics. Does that make this a meta-post? The space-time continuum was just ripped to shreds!

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Note that this OT post is also listed on the Active Forum Topics. Does that make this a meta-post? The space-time continuum was just ripped to shreds!

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[quote=SmellsFeeshy]Reviews seem to be mostly negative on there, but the price is pretty cheap so as long as you’re happy with it that’s good.[/quote]

It had the best reviews of any portable AC I’ve come across in my weeks of research. Most are downright awful. The expensive one carried at Lowes ($599) had a 1-star average on 18 reviews at Amazon. Coscto was all sold out of their models and they mostly had mediocre reviews on their website. Sears had what looked like a decent one with decent reviews but they have a 30% restocking fee if I wanted to return it. The one I bought from newegg had a 4-star average on 38 reviews at newegg… and I tend to respect their techie userbase much more than your average Amazon userbase. I’ve been a loyal newegg customer for 10 years, so I always feel safe buying from them.

I have a feeling that reviews on portable AC units will vary greatly depending on many variables. For example, a person trying to cool a 200sq ft room in 90 degree San Diego will undoubtedly write mich higher reviews than a person trying to cool a 500sq ft room in 105 degree Texas using the same unit. Likewise, humidity plays a role, leading to the issue you mention with condensation. The unit I purchased has an auto-shutoff if the evaporator isn’t able to keep up with the condensation. We’re lucky here in San Diego with low humidity and average temperatures, so I took that into account when weighting the various reviews.

But like I said, I’ll wait until the hotter August days before passing judgment on this unit. Based on my tests yesterday though it is operating as expected.

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[quote=SmellsFeeshy]Reviews seem to be mostly negative on there, but the price is pretty cheap so as long as you’re happy with it that’s good.[/quote]

It had the best reviews of any portable AC I’ve come across in my weeks of research. Most are downright awful. The expensive one carried at Lowes ($599) had a 1-star average on 18 reviews at Amazon. Coscto was all sold out of their models and they mostly had mediocre reviews on their website. Sears had what looked like a decent one with decent reviews but they have a 30% restocking fee if I wanted to return it. The one I bought from newegg had a 4-star average on 38 reviews at newegg… and I tend to respect their techie userbase much more than your average Amazon userbase. I’ve been a loyal newegg customer for 10 years, so I always feel safe buying from them.

I have a feeling that reviews on portable AC units will vary greatly depending on many variables. For example, a person trying to cool a 200sq ft room in 90 degree San Diego will undoubtedly write mich higher reviews than a person trying to cool a 500sq ft room in 105 degree Texas using the same unit. Likewise, humidity plays a role, leading to the issue you mention with condensation. The unit I purchased has an auto-shutoff if the evaporator isn’t able to keep up with the condensation. We’re lucky here in San Diego with low humidity and average temperatures, so I took that into account when weighting the various reviews.

But like I said, I’ll wait until the hotter August days before passing judgment on this unit. Based on my tests yesterday though it is operating as expected.

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[quote=SmellsFeeshy]Reviews seem to be mostly negative on there, but the price is pretty cheap so as long as you’re happy with it that’s good.[/quote]

It had the best reviews of any portable AC I’ve come across in my weeks of research. Most are downright awful. The expensive one carried at Lowes ($599) had a 1-star average on 18 reviews at Amazon. Coscto was all sold out of their models and they mostly had mediocre reviews on their website. Sears had what looked like a decent one with decent reviews but they have a 30% restocking fee if I wanted to return it. The one I bought from newegg had a 4-star average on 38 reviews at newegg… and I tend to respect their techie userbase much more than your average Amazon userbase. I’ve been a loyal newegg customer for 10 years, so I always feel safe buying from them.

I have a feeling that reviews on portable AC units will vary greatly depending on many variables. For example, a person trying to cool a 200sq ft room in 90 degree San Diego will undoubtedly write mich higher reviews than a person trying to cool a 500sq ft room in 105 degree Texas using the same unit. Likewise, humidity plays a role, leading to the issue you mention with condensation. The unit I purchased has an auto-shutoff if the evaporator isn’t able to keep up with the condensation. We’re lucky here in San Diego with low humidity and average temperatures, so I took that into account when weighting the various reviews.

But like I said, I’ll wait until the hotter August days before passing judgment on this unit. Based on my tests yesterday though it is operating as expected.

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[quote=SmellsFeeshy]Reviews seem to be mostly negative on there, but the price is pretty cheap so as long as you’re happy with it that’s good.[/quote]

It had the best reviews of any portable AC I’ve come across in my weeks of research. Most are downright awful. The expensive one carried at Lowes ($599) had a 1-star average on 18 reviews at Amazon. Coscto was all sold out of their models and they mostly had mediocre reviews on their website. Sears had what looked like a decent one with decent reviews but they have a 30% restocking fee if I wanted to return it. The one I bought from newegg had a 4-star average on 38 reviews at newegg… and I tend to respect their techie userbase much more than your average Amazon userbase. I’ve been a loyal newegg customer for 10 years, so I always feel safe buying from them.

I have a feeling that reviews on portable AC units will vary greatly depending on many variables. For example, a person trying to cool a 200sq ft room in 90 degree San Diego will undoubtedly write mich higher reviews than a person trying to cool a 500sq ft room in 105 degree Texas using the same unit. Likewise, humidity plays a role, leading to the issue you mention with condensation. The unit I purchased has an auto-shutoff if the evaporator isn’t able to keep up with the condensation. We’re lucky here in San Diego with low humidity and average temperatures, so I took that into account when weighting the various reviews.

But like I said, I’ll wait until the hotter August days before passing judgment on this unit. Based on my tests yesterday though it is operating as expected.

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[quote=SmellsFeeshy]Reviews seem to be mostly negative on there, but the price is pretty cheap so as long as you’re happy with it that’s good.[/quote]

It had the best reviews of any portable AC I’ve come across in my weeks of research. Most are downright awful. The expensive one carried at Lowes ($599) had a 1-star average on 18 reviews at Amazon. Coscto was all sold out of their models and they mostly had mediocre reviews on their website. Sears had what looked like a decent one with decent reviews but they have a 30% restocking fee if I wanted to return it. The one I bought from newegg had a 4-star average on 38 reviews at newegg… and I tend to respect their techie userbase much more than your average Amazon userbase. I’ve been a loyal newegg customer for 10 years, so I always feel safe buying from them.

I have a feeling that reviews on portable AC units will vary greatly depending on many variables. For example, a person trying to cool a 200sq ft room in 90 degree San Diego will undoubtedly write mich higher reviews than a person trying to cool a 500sq ft room in 105 degree Texas using the same unit. Likewise, humidity plays a role, leading to the issue you mention with condensation. The unit I purchased has an auto-shutoff if the evaporator isn’t able to keep up with the condensation. We’re lucky here in San Diego with low humidity and average temperatures, so I took that into account when weighting the various reviews.

But like I said, I’ll wait until the hotter August days before passing judgment on this unit. Based on my tests yesterday though it is operating as expected.

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http://www.cringely.com/2010/05/death-by-foxconn/

What we do know is the annual suicide rate per 100,000 people in China is about 13.5, with slightly more women than men taking their own lives (the only major country where that is the case, by the way). That means the Foxconn factory, with 300,000 workers, ought to be experiencing almost 40 suicides per year, while the reported numbers are a lot less than that.

This story says more about the press than it does about Foxconn, because I’ve read about it for months and nobody else seems to have done the math, which isn’t hard to do. But doing the math makes the story weaker, so of course it isn’t mentioned.

Foxconn may be Hell for all I know, but it doesn’t appear to be killing people.

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http://www.cringely.com/2010/05/death-by-foxconn/

What we do know is the annual suicide rate per 100,000 people in China is about 13.5, with slightly more women than men taking their own lives (the only major country where that is the case, by the way). That means the Foxconn factory, with 300,000 workers, ought to be experiencing almost 40 suicides per year, while the reported numbers are a lot less than that.

This story says more about the press than it does about Foxconn, because I’ve read about it for months and nobody else seems to have done the math, which isn’t hard to do. But doing the math makes the story weaker, so of course it isn’t mentioned.

Foxconn may be Hell for all I know, but it doesn’t appear to be killing people.

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http://www.cringely.com/2010/05/death-by-foxconn/

What we do know is the annual suicide rate per 100,000 people in China is about 13.5, with slightly more women than men taking their own lives (the only major country where that is the case, by the way). That means the Foxconn factory, with 300,000 workers, ought to be experiencing almost 40 suicides per year, while the reported numbers are a lot less than that.

This story says more about the press than it does about Foxconn, because I’ve read about it for months and nobody else seems to have done the math, which isn’t hard to do. But doing the math makes the story weaker, so of course it isn’t mentioned.

Foxconn may be Hell for all I know, but it doesn’t appear to be killing people.

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http://www.cringely.com/2010/05/death-by-foxconn/

What we do know is the annual suicide rate per 100,000 people in China is about 13.5, with slightly more women than men taking their own lives (the only major country where that is the case, by the way). That means the Foxconn factory, with 300,000 workers, ought to be experiencing almost 40 suicides per year, while the reported numbers are a lot less than that.

This story says more about the press than it does about Foxconn, because I’ve read about it for months and nobody else seems to have done the math, which isn’t hard to do. But doing the math makes the story weaker, so of course it isn’t mentioned.

Foxconn may be Hell for all I know, but it doesn’t appear to be killing people.

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http://www.cringely.com/2010/05/death-by-foxconn/

What we do know is the annual suicide rate per 100,000 people in China is about 13.5, with slightly more women than men taking their own lives (the only major country where that is the case, by the way). That means the Foxconn factory, with 300,000 workers, ought to be experiencing almost 40 suicides per year, while the reported numbers are a lot less than that.

This story says more about the press than it does about Foxconn, because I’ve read about it for months and nobody else seems to have done the math, which isn’t hard to do. But doing the math makes the story weaker, so of course it isn’t mentioned.

Foxconn may be Hell for all I know, but it doesn’t appear to be killing people.

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[quote=meadandale]If it was unsuitable for the 3G it shouldn’t have been offered as an upgrade for me in itunes. It’s not like I went out of my way to install this. Itunes prompted me “there is an upgrade available for YOUR phone…”[/quote]

Well, it still works. Just a little slow, as to be expected. You certainly had the option to not install it. I know that I personally research any new software that is “pushed” to me before installing it because I like to know what’s being installed on my devices.

I’m not volunteering to be the Apple apologist on this board, it just seems that peoples’ expectations of technology don’t seem to match up with the reality these days. The average lifespan of a cell phone is 14 months. The 3G was released in July of 2008, so you’re now at 24 months. It is unrealistic to expect that software released last month will run quickly on a device that is two years old. Two years is ancient technology in the mobile space, and in two years we’ll all probably be complaining about how slow iOS5 runs on our iPhone 4’s.

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[quote=meadandale]If it was unsuitable for the 3G it shouldn’t have been offered as an upgrade for me in itunes. It’s not like I went out of my way to install this. Itunes prompted me “there is an upgrade available for YOUR phone…”[/quote]

Well, it still works. Just a little slow, as to be expected. You certainly had the option to not install it. I know that I personally research any new software that is “pushed” to me before installing it because I like to know what’s being installed on my devices.

I’m not volunteering to be the Apple apologist on this board, it just seems that peoples’ expectations of technology don’t seem to match up with the reality these days. The average lifespan of a cell phone is 14 months. The 3G was released in July of 2008, so you’re now at 24 months. It is unrealistic to expect that software released last month will run quickly on a device that is two years old. Two years is ancient technology in the mobile space, and in two years we’ll all probably be complaining about how slow iOS5 runs on our iPhone 4’s.

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