Thanks for sharing your thoughts Dave As I noted in my opening words, I will most likely never know what the cause was. My data poimnt count is only one but is was not a good experience and I would not characterize my comments as "hysterical". We can go there should the data points mount but I don't think it will be necessary until then... ;-) I did get a full refund and an appology, so there is something to take pleasure in. Kind regards, Joe -----Original Message----- From: David Hudson <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Sent: Tue, 29 May 2007 1:02 am Subject: Re: [TN] RoHS compliant laptop with early failure 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 -- ++++++++++++++++++++ David Hudson 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 > > > > ************************************** See what's free at > http://www.aol.com. > > --------------------------------------------------- > Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 15.0 > To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in > the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet > To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to > [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) > To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to > [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest > Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives > Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at > [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 > ----------------------------------------------------- > --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 15.0 To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 ----------------------------------------------------- ________________________________________________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com. --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 15.0 To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 -----------------------------------------------------