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Compaq Presario V6120US

I've had this laptop for less than 3 years and the motherboard is cooked, already! Researched HP website and found that there was a recall on my model, but would only provide a limited enhance warranty! I don't understand this - they admit they have a defective product, but wouldn't replace it unless it is dead within a certain period! I scraped through their 'limited' warranty period and my motherboard is dead after this 'magic' period. So, I am stuck with no warranty and at the mercy of HP now! I called them and they graciously gave me a discounted price for repair (I agree it is cheaper than fixing it at a local computer shop or a service center), but still I don't feel it is fair to charge your customer who has a defective product to begin with! Am I expecting too much for the life of a laptop ?!? Or the life of a 'HP Laptop'?!

Jaswant Singh and his book

I am appalled to see the reaction to his book. I will state this - I HAVEN'T READ THE BOOK, YET. Why did BJP expel him? What is BJP scared off? Jaswant wasn't trying to appease any religion or sect. Why shouldn't he have a freedom to interpret the facts the way he wanted? If you are a member of a Political Party, shouldn't you have your own opinion or takes on things? Should you subscribe your life and allegiance to a doctrine of the party like a dictatorship? Is this freedom of speech? Is this democracy? Should we take pride in being a citizen of the so-called 'largest' democracy in the world? I am just glad that he was not jailed! Even Nehru (Congress) Party doesn't seem to react that much! What is wrong in expressing some opinion and bringing some transparency to age-old facts? British did a great job of sowing seeds of separatism as a strategy (just like they did elsewhere). What a cunning strategy that they used to turn the attention from them and to f