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Hardware Hell

ZDNet UK's Rupert Goodwins is at it again. He showed that bad software is annoying because it's in your face. Bad hardware is more subtle in its evil: annoyances that seem trivial at first can build over time like a pebble in your shoe into an eternal shaft of dismal misery. You'd hope that after quarter of a century of PC design, the worst excesses of thoughtless engineering would be behind us. You'd hope wrong. Here are just some of the mishaps that continue to take the shine off the technology that changes our lives.

Text written by Rupert Goodwins, ZDNet UK. Images produced by ZDNet UK

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RE: Mobile broadband modems (Gallery: 10 most annoying hardware headaches)
You missed out 64 bit CPU's, when hardly any software companies supports them.

The mobile phone thing? Why do I want everything on a phone? Am I wearing a red Star Trek uniform? then there is... (Read the rest)
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Just the tip of the iceberg klumper   | 06/13/08
RE: Mobile broadband modems (Gallery: 10 most annoying hardware headaches) Dkunzma   | 06/13/08
5 Powercords DonG43   | 06/16/08
This why I build Chad_z   | 06/13/08
What about the 20 different USB connectors? [nt] olePigeon   | 06/13/08
Agreed, we only need two: Standard and Mini. (nt) CobraA1   | 06/14/08
I HATE glossy screens... olePigeon   | 06/13/08
Ditto... Wolfie2K3   | 06/16/08
Ditto too Gradius2   | 06/16/08
OK why do we bash the notebook makers for the positioning of the USB port Michael Kelly   | 06/14/08
Mini-USB ports on all mobile devices notlehs   | 06/14/08
My ROKR E1 . . . JLHenry   | 06/15/08
But -- DonG43   | 06/16/08
2nd Mortgage...? Wolfie2K3   | 06/16/08
Heck even . . . . JLHenry   | 06/16/08
Amen! Shiloh   | 06/16/08
The other side... voyager529   | 06/14/08
humm CobraA1   | 06/14/08
Almost... voyager529   | 06/15/08
Let's start with the . . . JLHenry   | 06/15/08
PC Card vs Expresscard... Wolfie2K3   | 06/16/08
That also seems . . . JLHenry   | 06/16/08
Power Plugs DonG43   | 06/16/08
AGREE!!! CobraA1   | 06/14/08
That's probably why . . . JLHenry   | 06/15/08
The problem with Color Lasers... Wolfie2K3   | 06/16/08
same with inks CobraA1   | 06/16/08
Only Consumer Printers... Oh and HP is Evil brittonv   | 06/17/08
Gotta look around... Dr. John   | 06/17/08
You know I broke a buffer off of an ATI Video Card and it works the same.. rtirman37@...   | 06/16/08
RE: Mobile broadband modems (Gallery: 10 most annoying hardware headaches) mmmikkke@...   | 06/16/08
WIRELESS? INPUT DEVICES dawitts@...   | 06/16/08
Net loss of a cord = 1 p0figster   | 06/16/08
NUMBER 12 CABLES dawitts@...   | 06/16/08
Re-chargers. Grrrrrr!!!! Steve*1*   | 06/16/08
Some of these comments are just plain stupid... GrizzledGeezer   | 06/16/08
USB Port locations Dr. John   | 06/17/08
Wireless mouse is good mthornton   | 06/16/08
Wireless Input Devices pparks_2000   | 06/16/08
BLIMEI! Couldn't put it better myself ABERZO   | 06/16/08
RE: Mobile broadband modems (Gallery: 10 most annoying hardware headaches) zdnet@...   | 06/16/08
DC solution, inkjet printers Uncle Caleb   | 06/16/08
No reference to CD-RW structures? office@...   | 06/16/08
RE: Mobile broadband modems (Gallery: 10 most annoying hardware headaches) l.sarrazin@...   | 06/16/08
RE: 10 most annoying hardware headaches johnnyzero   | 06/16/08
Agree with 9 of 'em. russell.g.oneill@...   | 06/16/08
re: Agree with 9 of 'em. johnnyzero   | 06/16/08
RE: Power supply hell Update victim   | 06/16/08
RE: (Gallery: 10 most annoying hardware headaches) wblacroix@...   | 06/16/08
Telephone keypads kidtree   | 06/16/08
But I like My Eraser Head! admiralkymia   | 06/16/08
I'm with you Keywalker4God   | 06/16/08
RE: Mobile broadband modems (Gallery: 10 most annoying hardware headaches) jcpt928@...   | 06/16/08
Some of the ones I love to hate... swsmith@...   | 06/16/08
RE: Mobile broadband modems (Gallery: 10 most annoying hardware headaches) theraven50@...   | 06/16/08
HDD you cannot beat that! Gradius2   | 06/16/08
RE: Gallery: 10 most annoying hardware headaches TracyF   | 06/16/08
You Are My God!! (Except For The Graphics Cards) psychosmurf   | 06/16/08
and then there's the space... ejolson@...   | 06/16/08
RE: Mobile broadband modems (Gallery: 10 most annoying hardware headaches) noseda@...   | 06/16/08
RE: Mobile broadband modems (Gallery: 10 most annoying hardware headaches) atari8bit@...   | 06/18/08
Workarounds gsteele531@...   | 06/20/08
re: Workarounds... johnnyzero   | 06/20/08
I use Expresscard for... voyager529   | 06/20/08
RE: Mobile broadband modems (Gallery: 10 most annoying hardware headaches) horus9339@...   | 06/22/08

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