Class Action bait and switch

[ElNono]

"As part of a December 2010 settlement agreement, NVIDIA agreed to provide all owners of laptops containing a defective NVIDIA GPU with a laptop of similar kind and value. In February, NVIDIA announced that a $279 single-core Compaq CQ56 would be provided as a replacement to all laptops (http://blogs.wsj.com/deals/2011/03/24/dealpolitik-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-of-class-actions/) — from $2500 dual-core tablet PCs to $2000 17" entertainment notebooks. Ted Frank, from the Center for Class Action Fairness, filed an objection to the court, which was overruled by Judge Ware today (http://www.pointoflaw.com/archives/2011/05/court-rules-for.php). Once again, the consumers of a class action lawsuit lose"

[Wild Cobra]

Hasn't that always been the thing with lawyers in class action cases?

Any idea what the failure rate of the GPU(s) involved was? This was the first I heard of the story.

[ElNono]

Most of the legal papers are here: link (http://centerforclassactionfairness.blogspot.com/2011/02/motion-made-in-nvidia-gpu-class-action.html)

They probably describe what the issue is... apparently it also damaged nearby components, so thermals might be the main issue... looks like Apple and Dell simply repaired the machines, but HP owners were SOL.

[Wild Cobra]

Most of the legal papers are here: link (http://centerforclassactionfairness.blogspot.com/2011/02/motion-made-in-nvidia-gpu-class-action.html)

They probably describe what the issue is... apparently it also damaged nearby components, so thermals might be the main issue... looks like Apple and Dell simply repaired the machines, but HP owners were SOL.
I'll browse them later. No time at the moment. My initial thought is that the suit should be against HP.

[MannyIsGod]

Nvidia makes bad components and the suit should be against HP? The fuck?

[ElNono]

Not only that, NVIDIA agreed to the settlement because the lawsuit should be against HP? :lol

HP couldn't provide repairs because they were short of components for the damaged models, that's the only reason.

[mouse]

They should have had this bitch on the case.
http://i1006.photobucket.com/albums/af184/mmatic/Greatest%20Performances%20Actresses/erin-co3.jpg