Laptop recommendations

[dave at microway.com (David Backeberg)]

If the drive is in a detachable carrier, can you pull it out, run the serial 
number on the manufacturer's website and get warranty coverage from them? It 
sounds like you're not going to void your warranty by opening the carrier.

Maybe it's an IBM hard drive? FedEx shipping charges are cheaper than a new 
hard drive.

On Friday 14 May 2004 08:45, Mike Gorse wrote:
> I briefly had Linux on my Thinkpad R40, and it worked fine; it was just XP
> that stopped working...
>
> Actually, I have an off-topic question.  If a laptop supports Ultra ATA
> 100, then does the hard disk need to be an Ultra ATA 100 drive?  The hard
> disk seems to have gone on my R40, and I sent it to be repaired, but it is
> a refurbished laptop currently covered by a Mack Camera warranty, and they
> said that the hard disk is removable and wasn't covered under the
> warranty.  They offered to put in a new 60gb ATA 100 drive for $280.  My
> boss seemed irritated with them for not covering it since it wasn't clear
> from reading the warranty that it wouldn't be covered and elected not to
> have them fix it, so presumably we're going to find a drive for it some
> other way, and I want to be clear on what the options are.
>
> Tia,
>
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