you'd think. Of course, I've never seen a ThinkPad disassembled.
Personally, I'd get the parts and try to do it myself.
--BenD
Chunshen (Don) Li wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Here's the situation, I have a IBM ThinkPad i Series Notebook, however,
> the left bottom corner of the panel is broken (the panel needs
> replacement), though it is still usable it has lost its appeal.
>
> Two local IBM authorized repair stores indicated that diagnosis costs
> $80 (non-refundable), parts is usually cheap, labor at $100/100 an hour,
> could be 2 hours, sounds like about $300, and it could take a week or
> more to get the job done. And here's what I'm thinking a new low-end
> notebook would cost me a mere $600, should I go into the trouble of
> bringing back the compromised notebook back to life? One justification
> is the hard drive's data and programs would be way more than $300/400.
>
> What's your thought or idea? TIA.
>
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