一直觉得国外的统计和review比较准,最近看到到处转载的scquaretrade调查的笔记本故障率让我非常昏倒,难道是枪手?先看看数据,根据此调查,从最可靠到最糟糕的依次是asus, toshiba, sony, apple, dell, lenovo, acer, gateway, HP。真的是很不可思议的结果,不提我没什么经验的asus, apple, acer和gateway。其他部分正好是完全颠倒了,我自己的排名是HP, lenovo, dell, sony, toshiba。HP我至少用过4台,三台是前compaq,基本没故障。lenovo朋友买的几个都是第一个月坏了硬盘,修好就没事了,包括从行李架上掉下在,真是扎实。dell电脑用起来不错,我们那边MBA班三四十个人,dell基本在第一年送去修了,HP,IBM,没事,几个toshiba基本是死翘了,保修的服务非常差。我老婆用的toshiba tablet用了两年,性能奇差(开机自启动的toshiba程序居然上十几二十个)不说,修了一次,最后死翘了。身边还有两个sony的fans,结果我经常跑去帮忙解决各种小故障,返修两次,保修服务比toshiba稍好而已。基本上对日本品牌的笔记本是很怕的,富士通质量还不错除外。dell东西一般,但保修真是好!HP,Lenovo的保修服务口碑就不用我说了。
不由带点恶意的演绎一下这个数据的来源,估计toshiba和sony的customer service太差,别人懒得去修或者他们干脆不接受别人送修(发生过的),统计数据才那么好看。HP,dell和前IBM是我知道的customer service非常好讲话的地方,大家都乐意去找他们解决麻烦,于是统计数据就变这样一个德行了。
Urgent! How to stop your car when gas pedal stuck.
Unfortunately I own a 09 toyota camry which is among the recalled models. Try to search the net and found some suggestion on what you could do when your gas pedal got stuck. Seems we have several options: 1. Turn off the engine (not sure if I can do it when the car is running); 2. Put the transmission in Park, Neutral or low gear. After doing this, your car should stop accelerating. Then, brake pedal and parking brake will stop the car.
Also found one video talking about this at around 3:04: