From: STeve Andre' (andres_at_msu.edu)
Date: Sat Sep 23 2000 - 23:46:53 EDT
Well, what you say is true, the conditions might have been
different. 'Twas last summer in
Michigan when it was in the mid 80's, and I left it in the car for about 5
hours. Long enough
to completely melt two candles I'd bought as a wedding present, nicely
flowing around my
computer. Still, I know that the system got completely cooked and it came
through just
fine.
I see what you say about it not being a fair complaint, but still, IBM has
made computers
that don't blister. If I had one, I would complain. I might settle for
paying a reduced price
to fix it, but I'd still make some noise about the peeling.
--STeve Andre'
At 10:57 AM 9/23/00 -0700, Randal Whittle wrote:
>At 01:07 PM 9/23/2000 -0400, you wrote:
>>To the extent that a non-operating thinkpad gets damaged physically, yes,
>>I think
>>thats a fair complaint.
>
> The owner subjected it to extreme conditions, else the "physical
> damage" would not have occurred. That's not a fair complaint at all.
>
>>I'll point out that I've left my 1451 i series in a scorching car, and it
>>didn't do that!
>>It was fine once I cooled it down. ;-)
>
> That's because the i-series isn't really a computer... ;-)
>
> Seriously though, you don't really know if the conditions were
> the same. Whether both PC's were in the sun, weather conditions the same
> or not, length of time in the car, time of day, etc.
>
> You could leave your laptop in the trunk for instance, and the
> conditions would be far less harsh than sitting on the dash.
>
> ...or you just got lucky while your friend didn't.
>
> Perhaps the melting/peeling point for his black paint is lower
> than the melting point of the plastic that comprises your i-series case
> (but the melting point of his metal case is a bit higher). ;-)
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