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HP SMB 15C LE ship date
Message #1 Posted by Scott Newell on 12 Dec 2011, 7:56 p.m.

Just got a notice from HP SMB: calcs should ship by December 22nd!

Hopefully the 3 month delay was productive.

      
Re: HP SMB 15C LE ship date
Message #2 Posted by jimi on 12 Dec 2011, 8:07 p.m.,
in response to message #1 by Scott Newell

I guessed I missed something... So the limited edition calculator is getting another run? I guess it's really not that limited?

            
Re: HP SMB 15C LE ship date
Message #3 Posted by Brandon Poindexter on 12 Dec 2011, 8:25 p.m.,
in response to message #2 by jimi

I think its more of a "lets-try-this-again" attempt by HP, as i think initially they silently recalled it. That's just my take though and i could be completely wrong.

                  
Re: HP SMB 15C LE ship date
Message #4 Posted by jimi on 12 Dec 2011, 9:13 p.m.,
in response to message #3 by Brandon Poindexter

Recalled? I hadn't heard that anywhere. I got one from the initial batch, but I've never gotten around to opening it. All my calcs have been packed up since I moved.

                        
Re: HP SMB 15C LE ship date
Message #5 Posted by Michael de Estrada on 12 Dec 2011, 9:20 p.m.,
in response to message #4 by jimi

I'd recommend that you run the keyboard self-test on it to make sure you don't have a defective keyboard. You should be able to get it replaced under warranty if you have a defective unit.

      
Re: HP SMB 15C LE ship date
Message #6 Posted by Namir on 12 Dec 2011, 8:55 p.m.,
in response to message #1 by Scott Newell

I think this is the boat shipment we have all been waiting for. My own guess is that these machines will have the same firmware as the ones flown, a few months ago, to the US.

Namir

            
Re: HP SMB 15C LE ship date
Message #7 Posted by Allen on 12 Dec 2011, 11:31 p.m.,
in response to message #6 by Namir

Namir, I think you are right. If that's true, the keyboard issue will still be resident in some 11% or so of the units. I have not had a faulty one yet, but I didn't buy very many.

                  
Re: HP SMB 15C LE ship date
Message #8 Posted by Eric Rechlin on 12 Dec 2011, 11:38 p.m.,
in response to message #7 by Allen

It only takes a few weeks for boats to get here from China, at the absolute most (giving time for slow dock workers to sit on the containers for a while), so I would think that this wasn't simply the shipment that was sent back in September.

Eric

                        
Re: HP SMB 15C LE ship date
Message #9 Posted by Michael de Estrada on 13 Dec 2011, 12:05 a.m.,
in response to message #8 by Eric Rechlin

I bet you're right. Also, I bet the LE numbers will begin with "1" and the serial / batch numbers will indicate manufacture date in October.

      
Re: HP SMB 15C LE ship date
Message #10 Posted by Scott Newell on 17 Dec 2011, 11:25 p.m.,
in response to message #1 by Scott Newell

And they're here! CNA132094S (#00446) and CNA132094H (#00296). Both have 2011-04-15 firmware. No printed self test addendum to the manual and no tape seal on the clear outer box. Keys feel fine. The f and g keys show the slight misalignment.

These are from an HP SMB order placed around 9/26.


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