lost confidence..not at all..rather even much more inspiring talk, Joe ! It's just so, that when all around me start howling, I need think a little before I start howling too. Have a nice and frustrated day! Inge -----Original Message----- From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Joe Fjelstad Sent: den 30 maj 2007 07:14 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [TN] RoHS compliant laptop with early failure Dear Inge, Thank you for your note and thoughts. I greatly appreciate your sharing them as you are a balanced thinker whose opinions i greatly respect. (I hope I have not lost completely your confidence in my abilities to do so... ;-) My message was just a personal experience and I do not question that there are "many trees still standing in the forest". I was simply sharing an ironic event given my long standing opposition. I have owned and/or used more than a dozen laptops in the last 17 years and this is the most expensive one and the most hyped (in terms of reliability) among them. It is also first one among them to have failed without apparent cause. I cannot predict the future but I can read and interpret scientific data and indications are that we are looking at a very bumpy road ahead. I listened to a talk by Dr. Fay Hua at a recent SMTA event and it was very sobering. The failure aside, my greatest frustration remains that the RoHS products we are now being forced to buy are not as environmentally friendly as the earlier products. Moreover, if we are to recycle, (which I am in accord with) then the matter of lead in solder is moot. Best wishes, 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=4.3.16 for 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 -----------------------------------------------------