> If you've got a 64MB image, that could be 50 cents per > unit. I remember at times, even 1 cent savings was "rewarded". It really can get cut throat on cost

> If you've got a 64MB image, that could be 50 cents per > unit. I remember at times, even 1 cent savings was "rewarded". It really can get cut throat on cost savings. Luckily some of the things I worked on were automotive, so the potential cost of recall really was a consideration that we could hold over the heads of management, otherwise you would really struggle to make the case. > And I guarantee you it's not just this corner. Lots of > corners were cut. I think very large books could be filled with engineering stories about corner cutting. This is the sort of thing that wakes me up in the middle of the night in a cold sweat. > problem is consumers have no way to easily see this. This is why I end up buying slightly older hardware/software that has had some real user testing, but of course this doesn't always work.