I would suggest that it belies your undoubted professional expertise to make
the assumption that this failure has anything to do with RoHS-compliance or
lead-free. Frankly, it smacks of hysteria. Surely you can think of at least
a dozen other potential failure modes, all equally likely? Let's see some
evidence in this case before you throw your toys out of the playpen.

Dave
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On 26/05/07, Joe Fjelstad <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Greetings folks,
>
> I don't know, (nor will I likely ever know) what the problem is but
> my  brand
> new RoHS compliant laptop has the distinction of being the shortest  lived
> one I ever owned.
>
> It is a trusted brand name supplier from Japan and I have always been
> pleased with their bullet proof reliability. My earlier version is still
> working
> very well, just a little slow. The new one was a high-end
> small,  lightweight
> model that touted reliability in ads. On this one,  however, 4 weeks after
> purchase and with very little use, the CD just  stopped working for no
> apparent
> reason.
>
> I would really be curious to know what went wrong but I am going to be
> returning it to the store and will now be looking for something cheaper
> and
> hopefully non RoHS compliant. I cannot afford to pay big bucks  for
> unreliable
> products.
>
> (I almost wonder if someone out there is getting back at me for protesting
> lead-free too much.. ;-)
>
> Wishing better luck to the rest of you.
> Joe
>
>
>
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