Re: So Long Abit

On Sun, 21 Sep 2008 11:33:56 -0700 'nospam'
wrote this on alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.abit:

>Thanks for the great motherboards these past 20 years.
>
>You'll be missed.

What's happened to ABIT?

On Mon, 22 Sep 2008 18:41:33 -0700 'Bill'
wrote this on alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.abit:

>In article <gb9dat.1qc.1@localhost.127.0.0.1>,
> says...
>>
>> On Sun, 21 Sep 2008 11:33:56 -0700 'nospam'
>> wrote this on alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.abit:
>>
>> >Thanks for the great motherboards these past 20 years.
>> >
>> >You'll be missed.
>>
>> What's happened to ABIT?
>>
>
> http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&cl...al%20abit&um=1
>&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wn
>
> "No more margin
>
>HEXUS.channel can exclusively confirm that Taiwanese technology
>company abit, which is associated primarily with high-end and gaming
>mainboards, will stop producing all mainboards at the end of 2008."
>
> Bill

Thanks Bill, that's very sad ...I've been an ABIT mobo fan for
years.

On Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:28:37 -0700 'Bill'
wrote this on alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.abit:

>In article <gbat1i.3as.1@localhost.127.0.0.1>,
> says...
><snip>
>>
>> Thanks Bill, that's very sad ...I've been an ABIT mobo fan for
>> years.
>>
>
> Me too.
>
> They were the only manufacturer, AFAIK, that stood behind and made
>good on the motherboards that failed because of the crap cap fiasco a
>few years ago. The cost of that was probably a major nail in their
>coffin.
>
> Bill

I'm gonna try to get my next ABIT mobo over the next few weeks
before they disappear.