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From: Ballantyne, Merrill (no email)
Date: Wed Jul 05 2006 - 09:53:11 EDT
I concur. Ibm is junk in the sense of being tough. They have light
ones, and ones that have long battery life, but none are tough.
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Sent: Tuesday, July 04, 2006 4:40 PM
To: Rufus Laggren;
Subject: Re: lv-ab: [Fwd: Re: Panasonic Toughbook]
I can tell you from personal experiance that the Thinkpads are not
reliable. Yes the new Lenovo group that does all of the IBM
desktop/laptop sales and service for IBM is much better with repair work
then IBM used to be but things are failing that shouldn't be in the
first place.
Not only are they not hardened in any way but don't stand up to normal
usage. I have no choice but to use them as the place I work will only
let me have a Thinkpad.
My T-22 was OK. My T-40 was never right. I had all
kinds of USB problems and other strange things. IBM before Lenovo took
over said I spilled soda in it. I don't even drink soda so that would
be impossible. I got a T-42 to replace it. The T-42 lasted about 6
months before the HD failed and so did the motherboard. I am not sure
if it was the MB that caused the HD failure or not.
However the HD in this new machine was a referbed unit.
I was able to get them both fixed but if it weren't for the fact that
we do millions of dollars of business with them and I have some pretty
high contacts in IBM because of the project I am working it would have
been a lot harder to get fixed.
I would never buy an IBM machine for my own use.
Vern
s/v Nirvelli
On Tue, 04 Jul 2006 11:14:34 -0800
"Rufus Laggren" <> wrote:
>For reliable and "tough" laptops, I vote for IBM; most business's still
>standardize on IBM's because of the savings in the medium term at a
>slight additional cost up front. The laptop division was sold to a
>Chinese firm last year, but they optioned the IBM Thinkpad name for
>5(?) years and as I understand it's contingent on keeping the quality
>up. They sell most models refurbed for major discounts (1/3-1/2 new
>price). A friend bought one, but had to replace the hard disk w/in 6
>months of her purchase; but even w/that expense (from a local computer
>store) it was a great deal. Amazingly their tech support was able to
>talk her through the whole replacement process over the phone! (She's a
>writer/gardener, never had a computer apart before.)
>
> Cheers, Rufus
>
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