[Tfug] IBM service center

[Claude Rubinson]

----- Message from caldodge at gmail.com ---------    Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2008
13:22:25 -0700    From: Calvin Dodge <caldodge at gmail.com>Reply-To: Tucson Free
Unix Group <tfug at tfug.org> Subject: Re: [Tfug] IBM service center      To:
Tucson Free Unix Group <tfug at tfug.org>

> On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 1:05 PM, Claude Rubinson 
> <rubinson at u.arizona.edu> wrote:
>> Can anybody recommend an IBM service provider in town?  After years 
>> and years of
>> faithful service, it seems that my Thinkpad's mainboard has finally bit the
>> dust.
>
> If the mainboard has truly bitten the dust, I think you will find it
> more cost-effective to replace the laptop. Thanks to their proprietary
> nature, laptop motherboards are generally available only from the
> manufacturer, so you pay monopoly (rather than competitive) prices.

Ach!  Obviously I gave too much information.  Costs may be covered by my
insurance policy.  But I need a diagnosis from a service center.  Hence, the
question.

C.