RE. Re: Buyer beware. As always.
Was given a netbook with a dodgy copy of 7 Home Premium on it because when I tried to reinstall the correct (basic) OS it refused to work even with a pressed disk.
HP want more than it is worth for a rebuild USB stick, so my only recourse as a consumer is to go through a convoluted rebuild process involving a second similar laptop and swap over drives on reboot.
FTDI may have acted to ruin the counterfeiters day but it has had massive repercussions such as bricking *MY* hardware which I paid good money for.
Multiply this by the number of people using Fakeduino to save a few pounds and this becomes a serious problem.
I also heard rumors that a certain brand of laser scanner used in a very large supermarket chain has been affected by this, not saying which due to hungry hungry lawyers but it has crippled a lot of their POS systems.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
