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Subject: Re: Our Transmonde Was Stolen!!!

Author:
Ken

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Date Posted: 13:30:28 05/24/00 Wed
In reply to: Midas Gold 's message, "Our Transmonde Was Stolen!!!" on 14:07:54 05/18/00 Thu

My current employer just bought me a new IBM ThinkPad 600E with DVD. IBM is typically on the expensive side, but the product and service is steller!! IBM has a history of outstanding support and service, it usually loses points when it comes to the price. While I still miss my Transmonde notebook, the TP has been more than adequate.

> Our Vivante XL (Pentium II 400 / 128 RAM / 10 GB / all
> the bells and whistles) was stolen from our rental car
> while on vacation. Fortunately it was insured, and
> our insurance company should soon be sending us a
> check for $3000-3500. Gee, and we had just jumped
> through all of ASE-USA's hoops to get it repaired...
>
> *** Is this a blessing in disguise??? ***
>
> (No, cynics: we did *not* orchestrate this theft; we
> would *never* do such a thing - we just got "lucky," I
> guess. Besides, who in his/her right mind would go to
> the trouble and expense of shipping the thing to ASE
> for repairs if we didn't intend to keep it?)
>
> ...So, folks, what should we replace it with? We'd
> rather not repeat the experience of having our
> laptop's manufacturer vaporize just weeks after buying
> it, but we sure would like to find a company that has
> some semblance of the kind of technical support that
> Transmonde boasted in its heyday - not to mention get
> ourselves a real nice replacement. (I guess this is
> our second chance to get the laptop we should've
> gotten in the first place instead of gambling on
> Transmonde...)
>
> What what you get, if you were in our shoes?

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