{"id":790,"date":"2007-05-16T17:15:59","date_gmt":"2007-05-16T16:15:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2007\/05\/if-only-all-warranty-calls-were-like-this.htm"},"modified":"2007-05-16T17:15:59","modified_gmt":"2007-05-16T16:15:59","slug":"if-only-all-warranty-calls-were-like-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2007\/05\/if-only-all-warranty-calls-were-like-this.htm","title":{"rendered":"If only all warranty calls were like this&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A couple of years ago, I had the misfortune to require <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2004\/09\/dell-fails-on-service-delivery.htm\">warranty support from Dell (a frustrating experience<\/a>).  Then, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2006\/05\/love-pc-hate-technical-support.htm\">problems with my IBM ThinkPad left me stuck between a 3-year hardware warranty and a 90-day software warranty<\/a>.  Well, thankfully my recent experiences with HP have been considerably better.<\/p>\n<p>Last year I had some warranty repairs carried out on a couple of my notebook PCs &#8211; the warranty cover was for a back-to-base repair: a courier arrived from DHL and packaged the computers, then a few days later they were returned with the faulty components replaced.<\/p>\n<p>Then, yesterday, one of my hard disks failed.  I checked the warranty status on the Seagate website (one of the reasons that I use Seagate drives is the 5-year warranty) but it wasn&#8217;t valid as the component was originally supplied by HP.  So, I called HP, who were happy to take my word that a few whirrs and clunks from the disk, then nothing (except a system that was stuck attempting to boot from drive C: ) meant that this device was broken and needed to be replaced (even if I did have to explain to an overseas call centre operator that I work for a company with 20,000 employees and I couldn&#8217;t check every address they had on their system for that company name, but that my home address certainly wouldn&#8217;t be there).  Half an hour later, HP (or one of their agents) called me to check the part number and promised me a replacement within 24 hours.<\/p>\n<p>By 9:00 this morning, I had a package containing a new drive in my hand (even if the courier didn&#8217;t know anything about collecting the faulty component) and a few minutes later I had installed it in my system.  By lunchtime, everything was up and running again.  Then, I found the instructions that told me to package the failed drive in the box used to ship the new replacement and peel off the label, underneath which was a pre-paid returns label. All that was needed then was a call to UPS to arrange collection and a few minutes ago, the same UPS driver returned to collect the package.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, it was a positive experience (as positive as a wrecked hard drive can be) &#8211; less than a day of downtime on a standard parts-only warranty.  Thank you HP.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A couple of years ago, I had the misfortune to require warranty support from Dell (a frustrating experience). Then, problems with my IBM ThinkPad left me stuck between a 3-year hardware warranty and a 90-day software warranty. Well, thankfully my recent experiences with HP have been considerably better. Last year I had some warranty repairs &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2007\/05\/if-only-all-warranty-calls-were-like-this.htm\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">If only all warranty calls were like this&#8230;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[114,113,69,32],"class_list":["post-790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-dell","tag-hp","tag-lenovo","tag-pc-hardware"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>If only all warranty calls were like this... - markwilson.it<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2007\/05\/if-only-all-warranty-calls-were-like-this.htm\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"If only all warranty calls were like this... - markwilson.it\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A couple of years ago, I had the misfortune to require warranty support from Dell (a frustrating experience). Then, problems with my IBM ThinkPad left me stuck between a 3-year hardware warranty and a 90-day software warranty. Well, thankfully my recent experiences with HP have been considerably better. Last year I had some warranty repairs &hellip; Continue reading If only all warranty calls were like this&#8230;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2007\/05\/if-only-all-warranty-calls-were-like-this.htm\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"markwilson.it\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2007-05-16T16:15:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Mark Wilson\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@markwilsonit\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@markwilsonit\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Mark Wilson\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2007\\\/05\\\/if-only-all-warranty-calls-were-like-this.htm#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2007\\\/05\\\/if-only-all-warranty-calls-were-like-this.htm\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Mark Wilson\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/98f61365e7c39d6be942174b8c4de468\"},\"headline\":\"If only all warranty calls were like this&#8230;\",\"datePublished\":\"2007-05-16T16:15:59+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2007\\\/05\\\/if-only-all-warranty-calls-were-like-this.htm\"},\"wordCount\":400,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/98f61365e7c39d6be942174b8c4de468\"},\"keywords\":[\"Dell\",\"Hewlett Packard\",\"Lenovo\",\"PC Hardware\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2007\\\/05\\\/if-only-all-warranty-calls-were-like-this.htm#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2007\\\/05\\\/if-only-all-warranty-calls-were-like-this.htm\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2007\\\/05\\\/if-only-all-warranty-calls-were-like-this.htm\",\"name\":\"If only all warranty calls were like this... - markwilson.it\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2007-05-16T16:15:59+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2007\\\/05\\\/if-only-all-warranty-calls-were-like-this.htm#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2007\\\/05\\\/if-only-all-warranty-calls-were-like-this.htm\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2007\\\/05\\\/if-only-all-warranty-calls-were-like-this.htm#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"If only all warranty calls were like this&#8230;\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"markwilson.it\",\"description\":\"get-info -class technology | write-output &gt; \\\/dev\\\/web\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/98f61365e7c39d6be942174b8c4de468\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":[\"Person\",\"Organization\"],\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/98f61365e7c39d6be942174b8c4de468\",\"name\":\"Mark Wilson\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/uploads\\\/image-4.png?fit=800%2C800&ssl=1\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/uploads\\\/image-4.png?fit=800%2C800&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/uploads\\\/image-4.png?fit=800%2C800&ssl=1\",\"width\":800,\"height\":800,\"caption\":\"Mark Wilson\"},\"logo\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/uploads\\\/image-4.png?fit=800%2C800&ssl=1\"},\"description\":\"A Chartered IT Professional, with recent experience in technology leadership, IT strategy and practice management roles, Mark Wilson is an Enterprise Architect in the Advisory and Management Group at risual. During a career spanning more than two decades, Mark has gained widespread recognition as an expert in his field including both industry and national press exposure. In addition to certifications from Microsoft, VMware, Red Hat, The Open Group and Axelos, Mark held a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award for three years and is now part of the MVP Reconnect programme. Mark is also well-known on social media and maintains an award-winning blog.\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/markwilsonuk\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/in\\\/markawilson\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/markwilsonit\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/channel\\\/UCWHlZCoHRTocdvtrOJ2IL4A\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/mark-wilson\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"If only all warranty calls were like this... - markwilson.it","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2007\/05\/if-only-all-warranty-calls-were-like-this.htm","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"If only all warranty calls were like this... - markwilson.it","og_description":"A couple of years ago, I had the misfortune to require warranty support from Dell (a frustrating experience). Then, problems with my IBM ThinkPad left me stuck between a 3-year hardware warranty and a 90-day software warranty. Well, thankfully my recent experiences with HP have been considerably better. Last year I had some warranty repairs &hellip; Continue reading If only all warranty calls were like this&#8230;","og_url":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2007\/05\/if-only-all-warranty-calls-were-like-this.htm","og_site_name":"markwilson.it","article_published_time":"2007-05-16T16:15:59+00:00","author":"Mark Wilson","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@markwilsonit","twitter_site":"@markwilsonit","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Mark Wilson","Estimated reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2007\/05\/if-only-all-warranty-calls-were-like-this.htm#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2007\/05\/if-only-all-warranty-calls-were-like-this.htm"},"author":{"name":"Mark Wilson","@id":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/98f61365e7c39d6be942174b8c4de468"},"headline":"If only all warranty calls were like this&#8230;","datePublished":"2007-05-16T16:15:59+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2007\/05\/if-only-all-warranty-calls-were-like-this.htm"},"wordCount":400,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/98f61365e7c39d6be942174b8c4de468"},"keywords":["Dell","Hewlett Packard","Lenovo","PC Hardware"],"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2007\/05\/if-only-all-warranty-calls-were-like-this.htm#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2007\/05\/if-only-all-warranty-calls-were-like-this.htm","url":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2007\/05\/if-only-all-warranty-calls-were-like-this.htm","name":"If only all warranty calls were like this... - markwilson.it","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2007-05-16T16:15:59+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2007\/05\/if-only-all-warranty-calls-were-like-this.htm#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2007\/05\/if-only-all-warranty-calls-were-like-this.htm"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2007\/05\/if-only-all-warranty-calls-were-like-this.htm#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"If only all warranty calls were like this&#8230;"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/","name":"markwilson.it","description":"get-info -class technology | write-output &gt; \/dev\/web","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/98f61365e7c39d6be942174b8c4de468"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/98f61365e7c39d6be942174b8c4de468","name":"Mark Wilson","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/uploads\/image-4.png?fit=800%2C800&ssl=1","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/uploads\/image-4.png?fit=800%2C800&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/uploads\/image-4.png?fit=800%2C800&ssl=1","width":800,"height":800,"caption":"Mark Wilson"},"logo":{"@id":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/uploads\/image-4.png?fit=800%2C800&ssl=1"},"description":"A Chartered IT Professional, with recent experience in technology leadership, IT strategy and practice management roles, Mark Wilson is an Enterprise Architect in the Advisory and Management Group at risual. During a career spanning more than two decades, Mark has gained widespread recognition as an expert in his field including both industry and national press exposure. In addition to certifications from Microsoft, VMware, Red Hat, The Open Group and Axelos, Mark held a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award for three years and is now part of the MVP Reconnect programme. Mark is also well-known on social media and maintains an award-winning blog.","sameAs":["http:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/markwilsonuk\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/markawilson\/","https:\/\/x.com\/markwilsonit","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCWHlZCoHRTocdvtrOJ2IL4A"],"url":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/author\/mark-wilson"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":733,"url":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2007\/03\/should-i-avoid-western-digital-hard-disks.htm","url_meta":{"origin":790,"position":0},"title":"Should I avoid Western Digital hard disks?","author":"Mark Wilson","date":"Tuesday 6 March 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Over the years I've had many hard drives and by and large they have been pretty reliable. I did lose data once when the hard disk in a Dell laptop died but then, last week, the disk in one of my external Toshiba PX1223E-1G32 (320GB 7200 RPM external USB 2.0\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"PC Hardware\"","block_context":{"text":"PC Hardware","link":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/tag\/pc-hardware"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":54,"url":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2005\/02\/even-more-problems-with-dell-latitude.htm","url_meta":{"origin":790,"position":1},"title":"Even more problems with a Dell Latitude D600","author":"Mark Wilson","date":"Tuesday 1 February 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"I've decided that the notebook PC that I use for work must have been built on a Friday afternoon (or a Monday morning). Over the last five months it has had a replacement motherboard (3 weeks, 4 engineer visits, 2 no-shows before the PC was fixed), a replacement hard disk,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"Dell\"","block_context":{"text":"Dell","link":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/tag\/dell"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":460,"url":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2006\/05\/love-pc-hate-technical-support.htm","url_meta":{"origin":790,"position":2},"title":"Love the PC &#8211; hate the technical support","author":"Mark Wilson","date":"Tuesday 2 May 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"I love my IBM ThinkPad T40 - it's easily the most solidly built of my three notebook PCs and whilst my everyday PC is a much more highly specified Fujitsu-Siemens Lifebook S7010D the ThinkPad is my machine of choice. Unfortunately, a few weeks back, I accidentally deleted the hidden protected\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"Lenovo\"","block_context":{"text":"Lenovo","link":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/tag\/lenovo"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":8337,"url":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2021\/09\/extended-warranties-and-my-experience-with-samsung-care.htm","url_meta":{"origin":790,"position":3},"title":"Extended warranties (and my experience with Samsung Care+)","author":"Mark Wilson","date":"Monday 6 September 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"In the UK, it's common practice for retailers to try and sell extended warranties with their products. Dixons Carphone (Curry's\/PC World) were early proponents of the practice, and most consumer electronics have some form of extended warranty on offer. I generally don't buy these warranties because: UK consumer protection law\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Technology&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Technology","link":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/topic\/technology"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/uploads\/Samsung-Care-Plus.png?fit=1200%2C573&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/uploads\/Samsung-Care-Plus.png?fit=1200%2C573&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/uploads\/Samsung-Care-Plus.png?fit=1200%2C573&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/uploads\/Samsung-Care-Plus.png?fit=1200%2C573&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/uploads\/Samsung-Care-Plus.png?fit=1200%2C573&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1111,"url":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2008\/07\/camera-warranty-not-worth-the-paper-its-written-on.htm","url_meta":{"origin":790,"position":4},"title":"Camera warranty &#8211; not worth the paper it&#8217;s written on","author":"Mark Wilson","date":"Wednesday 9 July 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Last year, I bought a Canon Digital Ixus 70 to carry with me in my pocket when I don't want to be lugging a DSLR and a bunch of lenses around. It's been a great camera but, whilst we were on holiday a few weeks back, it stopped working. I\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Technology&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Technology","link":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/topic\/technology"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":480,"url":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2005\/05\/why-consultants-should-leave-hardware.htm","url_meta":{"origin":790,"position":5},"title":"Why consultants should leave hardware alone&#8230;","author":"Mark Wilson","date":"Thursday 19 May 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"Today has not been a good day for me and computer hardware. It all started a couple of weeks back, when I dropped the bag in which I carry the Dell Latitude D600 that I use for work. When I took the computer out of the bag, I had cracked\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Waffle and randomness&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Waffle and randomness","link":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/topic\/inane-waffle"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/790","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=790"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/790\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}