Fwd: Buying a new laptop
"Jeff Rollin" <[email protected]>
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---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jeff Rollin <[email protected]> Date: 28-Mar-2007 16:00 Subject: Re: Buying a new laptop To: Randy Bush <[email protected]> On 28/03/07, Randy Bush <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm like Randy - I pretty much just buy IBM/lenovo. I've had good > > repair experiences (something breaks, fixed and returned to me in 3 > > business days), and reliability has been good. > > my laptop is my ability to work. i can not afford to be without it. so > i buy the full on-site service. and they have come on-site to fix my > laptops the next day in bainbridge island, nairobi, yokohama, and kyoto. > > we have one top-end asus laptop. it is a really nice box, bought max > warranty. went dark, literally, in december. i had to make clear that, > if they did not ship it back from repair this week or refund our money, > it was lawyer time; and i meant it. it finally seems to be shipping > this week. > > otoh, this is better than sony. when a viao (sweet box but delicate) in > warranty went dead, they demanded more than the purchase price to repair it. > > some of the alternative boxes are sure sweet. when they work. it's > what happens when they don't work that leaves me with only dell and lenovo. > > randy > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]" > I had to double check there as I often confuse ASUS (which I've had no experience with) and Acer - but I might as well post about my experiences with Acer anyway. Screen failed within a week of the end of the warranty period but they would not replace it for love or money (well, they probably would have done for money, but unfortunately I can't afford to be spending £600 every year when the screen fails out of warranty.) Jeff. -- Q: What will happen in the Aftermath? A: Impossible to tell, since we're still in the Beforemath. http://latedeveloper.org.uk -- Q: What will happen in the Aftermath? A: Impossible to tell, since we're still in the Beforemath. http://latedeveloper.org.uk _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"