'Right to repair' law to come in this summer

[Dave Plowman (News]

In my case, yes. The PowerLite website suggests they have UK factories making the things. Very impressive. But my guess is they are simply a re-seller of something made elsewhere.

[Dave Plowman (News]

Remember Turnip is an ardent Trump supporter. So uses socialism as an insult. With not a clue as to what it actually is.

[Dave Plowman (News]

Willing to bet it's easy to get pirated software to do this. Same as all car maker's stuff.

[Jethro_uk]

Stuffed with viruses, malware, and if you are really lucky a crytolocker app to boot.

[Adrian]

In message <s2aq2c$huj$ [e-mail], Jethro_uk <jethro [e-mail] writes

IIRC not quite. If you bought W7 with a Pro licence, then you could download the XP VM software and run it for free, otherwise you had to buy a separate licence for it.

Adrian

[Fred]

I doubt it given that most is made in China now.

I doubt that too and that would certainly stifle innovation.

But would make it a lot harder to stand out from the competition.

[John Rumm]

It had windows virtual PC. Later supplanted by Hyper-V and Window subsystem for linux.

[Harry Bloomfield, Esq.]

Tricky Dicky explained on 10/03/2021 :

Cars have become very much more complex, the Haynes manual for the past two or three decades have not covered much of the car, or especially it's electrical systems.

[Fred]

But require much less routine maintenance and usually tell you with an error code what the car has decided has failed sensor wise etc.

But doesn't really need to most of the time now.

[Radio Man]

I think it is mainly aimed at white goods. In real terms most parts seem to be available if you do a search and many are common across several makes of while goods. Most people just don?t know what to do when it comes to fixing things.

Replacing an SMD component would be beyond most people. Even service people swap out boards.

I fix things but only if the hassle isn?t too much.

[Robin]

Some here might care that servers and welders are AIUI first out of the blocks!

[Fredxx]

I see, if it save resources then I don't see the issue in a 100% duty. However, old tyres do have alternative uses, such as tiles. Not all go to landfill.

[Fredxx]

Against a small population. They might treat Europe differently with nearly 2 orders of magnitude higher population.

[tim...]

this isn't about the consumer

it's about the environment

and "protecting" the environment always puts up costs

please, no discussion about where it's worthwhile or not

[tim...]

and that reason is:

so that you are forced to throw it away and buy a new phone when the battery dies

[Tim+]

Um, just because the back doesn?t flip off doesn?t mean that batteries aren?t replaceable. I?ve changed several iPhone batteries of various generations.

Tim

[tim...]

mine just indicated it was a choice of sensors

the garage said, we can guess and if we guess right first time it will cost you 80 quid

if we guess right last time, it will be 5-600

for a car that was only worth 1000, I was forced to scrap it (150 scrap value, drove it until the next MOT/Service required so that would have been another 200 cost)

[Dave Plowman (News]

First workshop manual I bought was in the 60s. A genuine factory one for an MG. it was head and shoulders above the Haynes one. And nothing changed since then.

[Dave Plowman (News]

That is the problem. Mechanics now rely on being told what to replace - rather than working it out themselves.

[Harry Bloomfield, Esq.]

tim... used his keyboard to write :

The diagnostics always require some skill in interpretation. Given clues by the diagnostics, you can usually get the test gear out to see what is happening.