Re: [Thinkpad] 770 ED: Peeling surface, fading letters on keys.

Add to that most of the 7xx series , the tp701c, the 360's ..others
they all look like shit after 9 months .
Painted plastic is moronic and does not work !

We stopped buying thinkpads for a few years because they looked like crap in
less than a year .
It was not few, it was epidemic !

What the hell was IBM thinking ????

..peter..

rant mode over ...feel better now .
;-}

----- Original Message -----
From: "Rob Bell" <RobDBell@netscape.net>
To: <mje@foxall.com.au>
Cc: "ThinkPad" <thinkpad@stderr.org>
Sent: Friday, May 30, 2003 4:02 PM
Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] 770 ED: Peeling surface, fading letters on keys.

> This peeling was a known problem on the 770s, and maybe some 600s too,
> but it wasn't terribly widespread. IBM has changed the material and
> doesn't seem to have the problem anymore on newer models. Short of
> buying a new housing I don't think there is an easy remedy. As for the
> keyboard, that is probably pretty easy and cheap to replace.
>
> Rob
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