Re: [Thinkpad] First Impressions of PC Connection T23 (2648-LU7)

Here is the link to the warranty site:
http://www-3.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/warranty/warranty.vm
----- Original Message -----
From: "Aryeh Goretsky" <goretsky@adelphia.net>
To: <thinkpad@stderr.org>
Sent: Saturday, May 03, 2003 8:23 PM
Subject: [Thinkpad] First Impressions of PC Connection T23 (2648-LU7)

> Hello,
>
> My ThinkPad T23 arrived this morning.
>
> It came with everything expected, including a swappable floppy diskette
> drive which was not mentioned on PC Connection's web site.
>
> There were two minor surprises:
>
> 1. While the IBM box was sealed, the bag inside of it containing the
> ThinkPad had been opened. Messily.
>
> 2. In the accompanying literature was a Certificate of Authenticity/
> Software License for Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition. This matched
> the Windows XP Home Edition Product Key sticker on the bottom of the
> unit.
>
> When booted up, though, the familiar Windows 2000 Professional splash
> screen appeared. I suspect #1 and #2 may be related to a post-assembly
> hard disk drive swap-out
>
> There was no recovery disc included with the system, instead it had an
> ~800MB "recovery partition." I'm not particularly fond of these and
called
> EZ Serv to request a recovery disc, but their database was down. Which
was
> quite surprising since the person I spoke with was typing all my
information
> into something.
>
> In any case, I have half-a-dozen licenses left for Microsoft Windows XP
> Professional Edition and plan on installing that.
>
> Physically, the laptop is like any other T23.
>
> It may be my imagination, but for some reason the keyboard doesn't feel
> as "crisp" as my 770X's... more "mushy," if you know what I mean. But
> that may be the result of typing on IBM and Avant Stellar keyboards all
> day.
>
> The screen appears to have a couple of stuck pixels, one dark and one
> light. That's somewhat annoying--a 1024x768 TFT active-matrix screen
> isn't exactly the apex of LCD manufacturing difficulty these days, but
> survivable. Besides, the technician at EZ Serv said I need to have at
> least eight stuck pixels in order to get a replacement screen.
>
> Well, that's all for now. If anything interesting pops up I'll inform the
> list.
>
> Regards,
>
> Aryeh Goretsky
>
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Received on Sat May 3 20:47:42 2003