Comments on: ThinkPads pass mil spec test for rugged computing http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/02/24/74521/ Gadgets, gear and computer hardware. Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:41:01 -0500 hourly 1 By: Two Geeks and a Blog :: Geek News :: Quick Hits: Feb. 22 - 28 http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/02/24/74521/comment-page-1/#comment-988181 Two Geeks and a Blog :: Geek News :: Quick Hits: Feb. 22 - 28 Wed, 04 Mar 2009 01:48:34 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=74521#comment-988181 [...] ThinkPads test mil spec test for rugged computing - CrunchGear [...] [...] ThinkPads test mil spec test for rugged computing – CrunchGear [...]

]]> By: IsaacB http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/02/24/74521/comment-page-1/#comment-985398 IsaacB Tue, 24 Feb 2009 22:55:55 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=74521#comment-985398 Yeah? I bought a T40 refurb from IBM 2 years ago. Last June, video started crapping out and eventually died. Repeated calls to Lenovo/IBM came back with excuses such as "oh, you must have picked it up with one hand while it was running". Googling the problem revealed that there was a known problem with the Radeon chip coming off the system board. IBM/Lenovo said that they were no longer fixing them free. Quotes from IBM/Lenovo varied from $400-600. Mil spec? Yeah. Yeah? I bought a T40 refurb from IBM 2 years ago. Last June, video started crapping out and eventually died. Repeated calls to Lenovo/IBM came back with excuses such as “oh, you must have picked it up with one hand while it was running”. Googling the problem revealed that there was a known problem with the Radeon chip coming off the system board. IBM/Lenovo said that they were no longer fixing them free. Quotes from IBM/Lenovo varied from $400-600. Mil spec? Yeah.

]]> By: ThinkPads pass mil spec test for rugged computing | FocuSoft Tech Blog http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/02/24/74521/comment-page-1/#comment-985213 ThinkPads pass mil spec test for rugged computing | FocuSoft Tech Blog Tue, 24 Feb 2009 17:56:02 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=74521#comment-985213 [...] rest is here:  ThinkPads pass mil spec test for rugged computing    Posted in IT, Intel, Object, WiFi     affiliate [...] [...] rest is here:  ThinkPads pass mil spec test for rugged computing    Posted in IT, Intel, Object, WiFi     affiliate [...]

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