| IllegalPaladin said: Like my above post, I've already disregarded the fingerprints. Apart from wondering about how much dust there is (especially on the inside), I'm also wondering how hard it is to really clean it up. One way to avoid a mass amount of dust is to keep an area cleaned up, no? There is no way I'm going to say clean up every day since I don't even do that, but it would be a good idea to be like "Okay, I'm seeing a layer of dust on my entertainment center and all of my electronics here, It's time to take five minutes and take care of it". Please, I use a freaken air compresser to blow out my PC tower every month or two (or whenver I take it home) and my PC is on at least twelve hours a day sitting directly on the carpet. I obviously still want to know what his PS3 looks like on the inside, but unless they caked dust and dirt on the dude's PS3, I find it difficult to want to fully side with him unless more information comes out (such as better photos). |
He said he wiped the outside. We either believe him, Sony, both or none - and I'm more inclined to go with one of the last two options.
He may very well have dusted it before sending it in, and then it gathered additional dust in transit, or at the warehouse. Where did that dust come from? From the inside of the PS3, is just one of many possibilities. This means both of them can be right. It also seems people have already forgotten this: http://kotaku.com/gaming/top/ps3s-kicks-ass-at-collecting-dusk-217197.php Notice how the finger barely shows any dust, whereas the flash photo of the piano black surface shows a disgusting amount of filth, with only about 2 weeks worth of dust. This means both parties can be, and probably are, simply exaggerating the truth.
Also, the amount of dust inside is pretty irrelevant. The consumer can't be expected to clean inside, in particular not when it voids the warranty. Whatever is inside, unless it's proof of misuse (and dust IMO isn't), is irrelevant.
Finally, yeah I know. I'm a filthy, filthy pig when it comes to my PC. I never once opened it up simply to dust the inside. Imagine that. I know, I know - shocking!! I should do it every month, no make that every week. And dust every day. Seriously, guys - get a life. No one besides us techies opens their devices, air blows the dust or vacuums the vents. People wipe the outside when it looks dirty. And they don't clean them very often because they're afraid to even touch them, so that's as far as they'll go. I hope you understand that the common man doesn't even know what an air can is. Only an insane company would require Joe six-pack to open his PC to clean it up. I mean - get real. Are these mass market products or what?
