> That would have been completely possible had he still been under the manufacturer's warranty, as yours seems to have been. Yes, mine has been under warranty.

> That would have been completely possible had he still been under the manufacturer's warranty, as yours seems to have been. Yes, mine has been under warranty. It is important to note however, that this Thinkpad came with 3 years warranty as a standard. (Looks like they scaled that down to 2 years since then). > Their current systems allow them to have parts on order within 12 hours and they don't have to hang on to your machine, I assume this is US-specific thing. As I wrote, I was always waiting for weeks for the spares to arrive (once for HDD and twice for power supply). There is only third party service center - only 8 out of 28 EU countries have Apple Stores - and they are not allowed to stock spares. They also have to send the swapped parts back to mothership.