OQO Update
I’ve had my OQO now about three months now so I figure a quick update:
I am still finding it very useful and love the machine, however it did have to go back and it wasn’t a pleasant experience. Shortly after I wrote my last blog entry (I know I need to update far more) I noticed the drive was making funky noises. In reading the OQOTalk forum I read that drive failure was common and the drive should be silent. So I called support, they agreed, and I sent it back.
I was also reading in the forum about people sending it back for repair on a Monday and getting it back fixed Friday, so I was hoping for quick. I even worked it so it would be a week I didn’t really need it. I hit troubled times with OQO. I got it back a month later. I was not happy. They do claim to be resolving the issues I hit, we’ll see. I hope if it has to go back again that it is a bit faster of a turn around.
(Note: The machine still makes the same noises, it’s either normal noise or they didn’t replace the drive. This time I am waiting for a complete failure.)
I do still want to emphasize that I love this machine. It’s one of those devices that you love even with quirks. If the drive fails and it has to go back I’ll really miss the machine. In fact, I have even considered buying another so that I will still have one when the other is in the shop (unfortunately that has to wait, too much money to justify a spare). It’s been a while since a device hooked me like this.
