From: Bill Morrow (penzance_at_gate.net)
Date: Wed Nov 20 2002 - 19:04:46 EST
if the 760ED burns up system boards, let keep it from my 760ED that has been
gently cooking on the other side of my home-office for near 5 years
straight.. mostly 24/7..
FIVE YEARS..!!!
43,000 odd hours..
running a 3gig HDD with a few bad clusters that i could not sell because of
those bad clusters..
i took this machine in as a trade in..
not a good idea if one's business is SELLING thinkpads.. :-)
so..
1. the 760ED is near bulletproof..
2. the 560 series was a very successful thinkpad model..
3. the 770 was used by the army and THEY called them bulletproof..
4. two or three million 600 series made and sold makes that one another
success..
weak parts are the reason for warranties..
and thinkpad warranties are among the BEST..
<------------------------------->
Cordially, :-)
Bill Morrow
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce Markowitz" <scosgt_at_worldnet.att.net>
To: <davidmevis_at_homelessbob.com>; <thinkpad_at_stderr.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 5:37 PM
Subject: Re: [Fwd: Re: [Thinkpad] Crappy ThinkPads]
> The 760 series was top of the line, best in the world, in it's time.
> It is of course an excellent machine (with the exception of course of the
> 760ED, which regularily burns up system boards due to the lack of a fan)
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Mevis" <davidmevis_at_homelessbob.com>
> To: <thinkpad_at_stderr.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 4:58 PM
> Subject: RE: [Fwd: Re: [Thinkpad] Crappy ThinkPads]
>
>
> > Well... let me say this.
> >
> > I recently bought a 760 series for a friend after owning two myself, and
> due
> > to an accident, it fell three feet from a table to the floor.
> >
> > When it hit the floor the screen was blank, the case was shattered, it
> > appeared dead, but the modem was still connected.
> >
> > After reseating all the components and holding the case together, it
> booted
> > up as usual... no hard drive damage, no system damage, nothing but a
badly
> > cracked case.
> >
> > These three are the only experience I have with thinkpads, but as sold
as
> I
> > was on the 760 series, after this... they are little "data tanks".
> >
> > Don't add the 760 series to any "crappy thinkpad list"... Mine are
little
> > gems!
> >
> > David Mevis
> > underground.hypermart.net
> >
>
>
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