nicolasgervais

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   by nicolasgervais 17y ago

   I was thinking the same thing. The poor English, and the even worse translations, seem like a dead giveaway that these are definitely the worst of the worst: FAKE DEMO UNITS! The world will implode in 5.4.3.2.1...
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   by nicolasgervais 17y ago

   Video of a pseudo unboxing of the fake i7 box / demo unit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54tDqM5-6RU ...and a little bit of commentary from another customer who received a fake/demo i7: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmEgSg9m89U
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   by nicolasgervais 17y ago

   You'll find all the information you need in this interview from Mixergy titled "Law 101 For Startups with Bill Schreiber of Fenwick & West". If you're not a subscriber, then find the video podcast on iTunes, and you'll be able to watch
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   by nicolasgervais 17y ago

   Do these photos support the claim that the boxes were just demos shipped mistakenly, or that they were indeed counterfeits that were inserted into the supply chain? Thoughts?
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   by nicolasgervais 17y ago

   Demo boxes? That would explain a lot
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   by nicolasgervais 17y ago

   According to Tom Merrit of CNET & Buzz out Loud, the complete package was fake - foam fan, plastic heatsink, plastic processor, misspelled packaging, etc... It seems like a case or two (nearly 300 processors) of i7 processors were switc