In many ways, working with clipper has been quite a joy. Everything works well, I only have to reboot once every 2-3 days (hey for Windows, that's pretty good), and it's pretty zippy.
But part of my job includes teleconferences every morning, which requires a headset. Headsets need to be plugged into the Mic and Speaker jacks.
Some Dell designer decided that:
- The jacks should NOT be color coded. Basic black works great for everything! I now know intuitively that the Microphone jack is toward the 'back' of the laptop.
- The jacks are NOT duplicated on the docking station. This is just daft. The docking station is supposed to be used to dock and undock the laptop with a minimum of hassle. NOW I have to plug and unplug my headphones -everytime- I dock or undock the laptop.
- And, of course, I situated the laptop to the -right- of my monitor stand, so it's in the way whenever I need to do this. I blame Dell for that one too, while I'm at it.
Machines designed for the convenience of accounting programs.
Always a good combination. *nod*
Clearly, Dell hates you. I reboot on average once a week, and my jacks -are- color coded.
Which begs, once again, the question, "Why does reality hate Dave (and/or America)?"
My jacks (on the Dell) aren't color coded either. I don't have a docking station.
USB headsets avoid the whole non-colour-coded issue. Surprised they've gone back to pure black though - my 2002 laptop is pure black on the connectors, but has white pictures next to each one indicating the function. Must be a cost-saving excercise - coloured plastic must be expensive or something.