It's also interesting to note that the only negative comments are a virtual role call of the people who've staked their reputation on this product not existing at all. I don't want to pick a fight, but at some point you may want to consider the long term implications of our company not being a scam.
The product doesn't exist. The product debated was 1.05GH @ 19.8W for $500. That product doesn't exist.
You have another product which seems very much real and at much more realistic performance metrics. I don't want to pick a fight but the only one who made a false claim was you. You "guaranteed" delivery of a product in 4-6 weeks (long since passed) that would achieve 1.05GH/s @ 19.8W for $500. A guarantee your very young company has already failed to live up to and likely never will.
DeathAndTaxes does make a very strong point here. I'm sure BFL is indeed going to produce a good quality unit, and deliver said unit to its customers in a respectful time frame. But, I do not think that product will be the product that they were first marketing. The original claims of 1.05 GH @ 19.8 watts for $500 (or $599) just isnt what is going to hit the market.
I think they were a victim of their own optimism, and jumped the gun a bit on making claims that couldn't be substantiated.
I do think they will get the power system corrected, and that will help with consumption. power run-aways are exponential by nature, and it appears they just had the circuit and chip underpowered in the demo. This by nature will cause alot of heat, and power draw, thus the exponential run-away problem.
I will say this, the BFL guys have been very open with the community and they seem to want to deliver a solid stable product. The first run of anything new will not always be the best. Sometimes you just have to get it in the end-users hands in a large scale to find the gremlins. Its one of the negatives about being an early adopter.
