Re: Thinkpad repair?

"Jon \"maddog\" Hall" writes: > > When I bought my Lenovo Thinkpad W510 through ebay, it was still under > warranty, but one of the LED backlights was not operational, which left > a dark spot on the screen. > > I took it to this Lenovo warranty service provider: > > Computer Hut of New England,

Re: Thinkpad repair?

> > As for Computer Hut (http://www.thecomputerhut.com), it is a long-established > NH business, though relatively recently moved from their digs on Elm St. I > can > vouch for them, as, yes, I worked there back in '93. And, unlike big shops, > turnover is incredibly low; indeed, the lead tech

Re: Without Dennis Ritchie, there would be no Jobs

> After rms's statement on Jobs[1] (which I basically agreed with), I was > a little surprised there wasn't one for Ritchie. Good point. I thought rms gave enough of the appropriate disclaimers about Jobs' death to make his point with the appropriate amount of taste. That ZDNet article obviou

Re: Thinkpad repair?

I should probably pipe up here. I've noticed two schools of thought that, on the face of things, seem to describe two different customer experiences: dissatisfaction at having to pay a diagnostic fee for no actual service, and satisfaction at being able to drop off a laptop and have it worked on b

Re: Without Dennis Ritchie, there would be no Jobs

David Rysdam writes: > > On Sat, 15 Oct 2011 09:49:57 -0400, Randy Edwards > wrote: > >One last comment/article about Dennis Ritchie. With their deaths so > > close > > together, the contrast between Dennis Ritchie and Steve Jobs seems apropos: > > After rms's statement on Jobs[1] (which

Re: Thinkpad repair?

When I bought my Lenovo Thinkpad W510 through ebay, it was still under warranty, but one of the LED backlights was not operational, which left a dark spot on the screen. I took it to this Lenovo warranty service provider: Computer Hut of New England, Inc. 358 Main Street, Suite 2 Nashua, NH, 0306

Re: Thinkpad repair?

On 10/14/2011 11:51 PM, Joshua Judson Rosen wrote: > I'm going to call this `on-topic' because there are so many > Thinkpads in the Linux community--and because, since our > software doesn't just spontaneously `rot', so many of us > run them until the hardware just fails irreparably. So, I'm > hopi

Re: Without Dennis Ritchie, there would be no Jobs

On Sat, 15 Oct 2011 09:49:57 -0400, Randy Edwards wrote: >One last comment/article about Dennis Ritchie. With their deaths so close > together, the contrast between Dennis Ritchie and Steve Jobs seems apropos: After rms's statement on Jobs[1] (which I basically agreed with), I was a little s

Re: Thinkpad repair?

I have three X61s and two X40s in my family... I love Thinkpads! I have found ebay to be an excellent source of parts, for short money. The other day my nephew's X40 died; the battery would not charge even with a new battery and a good power supply. So, I figured something had died on the mothe

Without Dennis Ritchie, there would be no Jobs

One last comment/article about Dennis Ritchie. With their deaths so close together, the contrast between Dennis Ritchie and Steve Jobs seems apropos: -- Asking an MSCE to make an unbiased choice about so

Re: Thinkpad repair?

I don't know of any local repair shops but there's a guy in Bow who knows all about them and can advise. Email him. He also can sell discounted new/returned computers under certain circumstances. If you go this route, check the price he offers against the web site. He quotes a huge discount but som

Re: Thinkpad repair?

I worked for IBM for 30 years and started in service. My family has many Thankpads. With appropriate parts I do repairs myself. Two things. 1) Parts are usually prohibitively expensive. You can often do web searches and find discount parts but that's hit or miss. 2) Lenovo seems to still