You can pay for extended warranty.
I'm an X aficionado -- stared with a TP600, then X20, X40, X61s.
-Scott
> Hi all,
>
> The fan crapped-out on my T42p. Unfortunately, its about 5 mos. out of
> warranty. Thanks to a list member who had a similar issue some months
(year?)
> ago, I found an inexpensive source for a new fan for $50 at
www.thermalfx.com
> (someone posted that here way back--thank you!). It sure beat the $500
price
> IBM/Lenovo was telling me...
>
> At any rate, although I'll be fixing this, this is the first time I've
been
> bit outside of warranty. Somehow over the last 13-14 years of TP
ownership,
> I've always replaced my machines within about a 3-year period so if
something
> went wrong, the warranty dealt with it.
>
> So I'm considering buying a new TP. And I was shocked to see that
apparently
> the T61 (seems to be the natural replacement) carries only a 1 year
warranty?
> Whatever happened to the 3-year warranties on the higher-end notebooks?
Can
> you buy additional warranty time?
>
> While I'm at it, are there any X-series aficionados, particularly with the
> Tablet versions? Anyone who remembers the 701C "Butterfly" (I owned one)
> can't help but remember it fondly. I thought maybe the X might be a
viable
> option, since I can't think of a particularly strong argument to carry
around
> the extra bulk of even the thin/light T series if you don't especially
need to
> CD/DVD drive all the time. I can just get the base for that occasional
need.
>
> So I get to thinking of maybe skipping the T61 and instead going to the X
in
> the tablet configuration. Any comments? I'd sure like to here 'em.
>
> Thank you!
> - Randy Whittle
>
>
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