Laptop computers

[Don]

Hi,

I live in laptop hell. We get -40 to +95 each and every year. I have beein
*carrying* a laptop in my vehicle for over ten years. I have never had a
screen failure. I did have one hard drive crash but that was a summer and
the failure happened when the machine had not been moved for about 3 weeks.

Yes I took the computer out 4 times a day. I am sold on having my database
with me at all times. 

At 07:23 PM 9/26/98 EDT, you wrote:
>In a message dated 98-09-26 15:08:05 EDT, you write:
>
><< The RCT will never be able to compete with the compactness, and battery
> life of the SAT. As I have stated before, you can't view the RCT
> Powerbook from dead ahead on all pianos. If I have to twist to see, I
> end up with sore muscles and kinks.
> One other thing, can a powerbook take the accidental drop test? I know
> the SAT can.
> Regards,
> John M. Ross
>  >>
>List:
>
>If I might add my 3cents worth: when going to Florida last Winter, I took
with
>me a laptop computor.  It was stored with lots of spongy material, in the
>trunk of the car . When we arrived 4 days after leaving Ohio, we found the
>computor screen had been damaged.  It had not been dropped, nor been
subjected
>to unusual heat variations.  It was carefully and securely packed- and yet it
>failed.  The manufacturer at first refused to honor any warranty and wanted
>-gasp- $850.00 to replace the screen.  After much communication back and
>forth, he agreed to replace the screen at no cost to us. 
>
>My question is how much jostling can these screens really take in an in -and
>-out -of the- carrying case situation which occurs 4-5 times every day (that
>you are working).
> Has anyone ruined a screen on the job and if so what coverage did you have
>and what satisfaction did you recieve form the supplier?
>
>Bob Bergantino,RPT
>South Euclid, Ohio
>
>
Regards,
Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T.
"Tuner for the Centre of the Arts"
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REGINA, SK
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