Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 08:52:25 +0100 From: Brian Somers <brian@FreeBSD.org.uk> To: Dirk-Willem van Gulik <dirkx@webweaving.org> Cc: Brian Somers <brian@FreeBSD.org.uk>, Terje Elde <delta@xti.org>, freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Which laptop? Any comment on the vaios? Message-ID: <199908130752.IAA00462@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 12 Aug 1999 19:48:39 %2B0200." <Pine.BSF.4.05.9908121946080.17545-100000@kim.ispra.webweaving.org>
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> On Thu, 12 Aug 1999, Brian Somers wrote:
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> > <RANT>
> .... cut ... cut ...
> > And now I find myself out-of-pocket by #90 and with an unusable
> > laptop, but at least I was permitted to ``buy'' back my disk drive.
> > </RANT>
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> Which support drone's where this ? UK or US. I've had very good experience
> with the Japanese folks; but was dealing through JPD.com. That might have
> helped. Mind you, I have had exactly the same sort of fun with the Compaq
> folks for an Armada. It is just incredible how much cluelessness they
> exhibit, especially as with this unit the 'fault' was a 6 inch nail
> through the bottom part of the battery/housing. Nothing else. The machine
> even worked/booted just fine. But they claimed they _had_ to replace the
> motherboard and swap the screen.
:-) Nice to hear I'm not alone... I think.
Sony VAIO support are based in Belgium only. They have local-rate
phone numbers just about everywhere and the Belgian's English is
pretty good. There's no choice about who to call though.
> Dw
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