356. Katcher (NVIDIA) declaration
- Mr. Keith Katcher is employed by NVIDIA as a VP of Operations, Assembly/Test
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- You can download the entire PDF file here (nvidia.356.keith katcher declaration)
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Page 1 Lines 23-25 – “Based on my review, the replacement notebook offers comparable or superior performance to the original notebook computers with approximate twice the performance capabilities of most of the original systems” This statement is completely unsubstantiated and in fact is in direct contradiction to 358.2 where none of the research indicates a 100% increase in performance.
Page 3, Line 4 “contains a newer version of Windows software than was available on the HP model”
This is true, but what it conveniently fails to mention, is the Starter Version of Windows 7 that comes with the Asus EEE T101-MT-EU17-BK does not utilize all the functions of a touch screen tablet (no multi-touch support).
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-windows_install/windows-7-starter-limitations/422801d5-89de-494d-8cc1-6f4fc21c2ac0
Where as the “old” Vista that came on my HP Tablet did utilize all the features of a touch screen.
You will notice that on the Asus website for Nvidia’s proposed replacement: http://commercial.asus.com/product/detail/55
Under the section Product Highlights, we see:
“Unique Touch Software
The netbook’s touch software supports intuitive and easy user interaction. With support for Windows 7 Multi-Touch gestures, users can perform tasks ranging from viewing photos to scrolling through documents with simple taps, drags, pinches, and flicks. Users can choose between Windows 7 Mode for the standard Windows interface or Touch Mode for a touch-based interface featuring larger icons for easier navigation.”
This leaves the user needing to upgrade Windows 7 Starter to at least Home Premium to even take advantage of the features that the HP tx1000 came ready to handle.
This is also reiterated on the Asus site under the Specifications if you scroll down, under LCD Resolution
(Multi-Touch only works with Windows 7 Home Prem or higher)
From Jeff Westerman’s declaration [1]:
I was told by NVIDIA’s counsel that they reviewed the replacement option carefully and that in reliance on their Vice-President – Operations, Assembly/Test Keith Katcher and their outside consultant/expert Jon Peddie, they were proposing the Compaq CQ-50 as the notebook replacement and the ASUS T101MT as the tablet replacement
However, John Peddie’s declaration NEVER mentions reviewing the CQ50 and states [2]:
Counsel for NVIDIA asked me in late February to evaluate whether the CQ56-115DX notebook…
So either Jeff Westerman lied, was lied to by Oreck, or John Peddie conveniently forgot to mention that he evaluated the CQ50 and believes it too is of “like kind and value.” Regardless of which of the above is true, they all contradict Jeff Westerman’s declaration where he states [3]:
At the beginning of his work, Professor Bagherzadeh asked for clarification of the models proposed and at that point NVIDIA advised that the CQ-50 was a mistaken designation, and they were proposing the CQ-56-115DX
If it was mistaken [3], then John Peddie must have evaluated the laptop in early January for [1] to be true. But, from [3], we know that Peddie didn’t evaluate the CQ56 until late February. So [1], [2], and [3] can’t all be true.
Moreover, if it was mistaken, why did Keith Katcher’s declaration, filed 3/4/2011, state: “The Presario CQ50 notebook Replacement Model that will be provided to HP purchases of notebook computers pursuant to the settlement agreement is generally of similar kind and value.”
It sounds like no one told Keith Katcher about the “mistake” (despite him being the sole “expert” that evaluated the computer at that point). I’d really love to see a timeline of the choosing and evaluation of the CQ50/56.