Reminds me of MSI Goes Green campaign: Motherboards Will No Longer Come with Manuals or Other Paper Materials.
Kind of defeats the point if you end up printing it at home though I suppose
Call me crazy but I like an actual book when reading, as apposed to a tablet or audio book too!
yeah and it actually has nothing to do with going green (really).
The cost of printing off the manual isn't a small amount and especially when you're including a manual with a high volume model (budget boards will sell in bucket loads versus a top of the range motherboard).
Not including the manual saves on other expenses like shipping and actually packing the motherboard and all components in the box and that includes hiring a team and hardware to create and print off the manuals.
When margins are tight and profits are being eroded due to raw material costs or shipping or whatever, it's easy to just not include extras, cut back on persons and claim you're going eco.
The thing is that I have an issue with is that the margins on a high end board are far better than any model below and the volume of high end boards sold is relatively low (not many people will buy a £1000 motherboard) it so it's easy to justify that they should include a manual as part of the premium experience that the buyer is paying for.
I can easily understand not including a manual for a budget board that sells by the many many thousands and has a tiny profit margin or is even a product that the manufacturer makes no profit on (sort of a loss leader product), just to get a buyer to start using their product and hope that they buy a midrange board later on.
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