From: Bill Morrow (penzance_at_gate.net)
Date: Fri Dec 07 2001 - 15:17:40 EST
that "i" series machine is out of IBM warranty.. so they have no further
obligation other than to supply parts for a period of time..
it is pretty obsolete at this point in time..
once it was a fairly decent value for the $$..
IMO i would waste no more time on it, and take the $$ in lieu (if possible)
of repair..
or sell it on ebay (where a lot of people dump such lemons)..
then buy a used T or A series with the balance of the three year IBM
warranty..
for instance, my A21p is now worth little more than $1500..
and my T20 will sell for about $1000..
both of these machines are far better than the old i series..
smaller and lighter..
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Cordially, :-)
Bill Morrow
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Mad Dog" <maddog_at_richmond.infi.net>
To: <THINKPAD_at_cs.utk.edu>
Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 4:13 AM
Subject: IBM Thinkpad i1560 hell.....
> It's a long, long story, but my Thinkpad i1560 is getting its FOURTH
> replacement
> system board in 18 months. It started 2 weeks after I got the computer
> when the modem went out and since then it's been a constant problem
> and lately it's been one board after the other. (The last one had a
> bad PS/2 port and the brand new board is doing the same thing! Sure
> it's under third-party warranty (IBM didn't offer one at the time),
> but I've been renting computers, shipping mine off, and going through
> months of hell.
>
> I wrote to IBM six weeks ago. One letter to Customer Relations, one to
> the CEO and one to the President. The letter from Customer Relations
> was returned marked "Cannot deliver without a name" and there's been
> no reply from anyone else. Not the first acknowledgement.
>
> The system boards are hard to get (it can take three weeks to get one)
> and cost a ridiculous $1900 each. That's four times a normal system
> board! This tells me something is screwy here. Either they all go bad
> and they're in short supply or they abandoned this board for good
> reason.
>
> Needless to say, I'm getting no satisfaction (or even a response) from
> IBM. Does anyone know of similar problems with the 1560 or did I just
> get a complete lemon and have horrible computer karma all of a sudden?
>
> Thanks,
> Mad Dog
> md_at_maddogproductions.com
>
>
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