From owner-freebsd-mobile Wed Nov 29 21:34:21 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from ptldpop3.ptld.uswest.net (ptldpop3.ptld.uswest.net [198.36.160.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5C61737B401 for ; Wed, 29 Nov 2000 21:34:19 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 93496 invoked by alias); 30 Nov 2000 05:34:18 -0000 Delivered-To: fixup-freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org@fixme Received: (qmail 93486 invoked by uid 0); 30 Nov 2000 05:34:18 -0000 Received: from win2k.gplsucks.org (HELO win2k) (63.227.213.89) by ptldpop3.ptld.uswest.net with SMTP; 30 Nov 2000 05:34:18 -0000 From: "William Woods" To: "FreeBSD Filter" Cc: Subject: RE: Here is what IBM thinks about using FreeBSD on their newer Thinkpads Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 21:30:28 -0800 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: <200011300524.eAU5Odf06834@KIWI-Computer.com> Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Honestly, I don't consider it luck, I have owned several IBM ThinkPad's from the 700 series on up and have had excellent service when I need it. That is the MAIN reason I stick with IBM, their service is fantastic, IMHO -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG [mailto:owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of FreeBSD Filter Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2000 9:25 PM To: Bill Woods Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Here is what IBM thinks about using FreeBSD on their newer Thinkpads > > Don't worry; I won't buy an IBM laptop ever again. My 760E > > has had many, many problems -- including many that make > > it unusable even with Microsoft Windows. And I won't even > > get into how awful their service is if your laptop ever > > fails. > > Hmmmm....Their service has been REAL good to me, the basically replaced my > whole laptop when I spilled coffee on it, and it dident cost me a dime, it > was warreentee(sp), also on my other 600e, when my baby boy ripped the > keys off and broke the springs, they replaced the keyboard, in > warreentee. They shipped me a shipping box, and in 7 days I had my > repaired units........ Lucky you. My power connector on my Toshiba Tecra (a $4300 system) came loose, and when I sent it in (my first mistake) to get the screen fixed, they wouldn't send it back to me until they changed me $700 to replace the motherboard (even though I could resolder the power connector myself). I bit the bullet & paid them (my second mistake) and ever since I got it back it's never worked. Right now it crashes 1-5 minutes after power-on, no matter what OS I'm using, even hanging out in the BIOS. I've sent it in 5 times since, each time they've replaced the motherboard for free (ironic, don't you think?)-- they keep insisting I need to reinstall software, but I'm getting sick of doing that and they won't refund me money, provide a replacement, extend my warranty, or even fix the damn thing. (They did replace my 14" screen and CD-ROM and Hard drive for free-- go figure) My advice: Don't buy a Toshiba either. Ever. Unless you don't care about the warranty or service. Or maybe other have had better luck... --Rick C. Petty, aka Snoopy rick@kiwi-computer.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message