NVidia handled this very badly.

So much so that I'm sure I'm not alone in advising people not to buy laptops, pc's or gfx cards with NVidia chips in them.

It's caused and will continue to cause NVidia a lot of problems.

We as customers have no idea which products are affected when we're making the purchase, so the only safe options is to specifiy "no nvidia inside" when shopping for the next 6-12 months. After this time it's possible that NVidia will have been so burned they will be extra careful, or the same fools will still be charge.

Since NVidia refused to fix the problem, and even spent months denying there was a problem, and still won't print a list of the affected parts, why should I spend my money with NVidia if they behave this way when something goes wrong?

Sony make exploding batteries, but they are replacing them all, so people will still buy Sony. At least they honour the customer-retailer relationship.

NVidia seem to think they can screw customers and it will have no repurcussions for them, lol, fools.

You know how bad Nvidia chips are?! My nvidia gpu in my laptop killed my mother, raped my father, and sold my sister. Honestly it’s interesting how ignorant people are. I have friends who work at ATI in vlsi and asic design. Their cards are not perfect either some of the problems that are know internally at ati where never publicized. This is how it is in industry. I think the most famous example is the xbox 360’s RROD. If you want to put things in perspective my laptop still hasn’t died and I’m on my 5th 360. All companies should be accountable for their defective products, but to think that nvidia is the only one is just ignorant.

My personal preference for video cards is based on the fastest video card and best bang for the buck. 

I think I heard and keep hearing (the "there is a new Macbook" bit) since March 2008. 

"There always a new MacBook (Pro) around the corner..." 

Move on, (and a Dell or something), nothing to see here.

Well, that really will be an expensive but very pretty paperweight when the Nvidia chip dies in one of these.

Charlie should have stumped upon this story. If apple goes NV, and NV's legendary chipset reliability busts apple, NV may end up buying apple then selling it to MS to make up for its fraudulent losses.

And you are the last (yes last) to know....
Chaaaaaarliiiieeeeeee..... where are you? Don't hide.