[LAU] PATA or SATA? Yonah or Merom?

[Eric Dantan Rzewnicki]

On Wed, Apr 04, 2007 at 09:37:24PM +0200, Arnold Krille wrote:
> Am Mittwoch, 4. April 2007 schrieb david:
> > Eric Dantan Rzewnicki wrote:
> > > -The backlight died 2 days before the box was to be used at LAC for
> > > streaming. I've since learned that this is a fairly common problem for
> > > all notebooks and laptops. But, it seems some models from some makers
> > > have better track records than others.
> > I've never encountered that in my personal experience with five
> > different laptops (two Toshiba, two Sonys, one IBM Thinkpad). Makes me
> > think that if it's common, it's common to junk laptops ... ;-)
> 
> I have never encountered this with my two ASUS laptops aged 5 and 1.5 
> years. :-P

Well, then, maybe the people who told me it was common were just trying
to make me feel better about my rotten luck.

-Eric Rz.