If you consider the problems that I and other T40/p users discuss here as merely imperfection and willing to accept them, it is your opinion. Let me states the obvious again, everyone have different standard and opinions. You might consider something as normal and merely an incovenient or just an annoyance, while some people might consider the same problem as something that need to be fixed. Everyone is entitle to their own opinion and if you don't have anything useful to discuss on the topic of a thread, then please don't. By saying that I sent few of laptops back to mfg because of the problems I have will cost IBM doesn't help anything since you don't even know why did I sent them back. Understand that everytime I sent laptops back to mfg (I did this a few times in the past since I purchased at least 20 of them in the past few years, both for myself and for works), I pay for the new one and accept the double charges in the mean time before they refund my account. If the machines are not defective, I would not bother sending them back and accept the charges and waste my time on them.
Most of the time I sent the laptop back is because they have obvious defect such as the casing is dent or the laptop is DOA. On the current T40 and T40p, I didn't sent them back nor have any plan to do so. I sent one in FOR SERVICE because of the broken LCD (permanent vertical lines on the LCD). So, if you don't have any insight or anything useful about the topics, please don't post here. It is not only distract people from the discussion but also rude (as per stealing people thread). Not to mention, you attack me without understanding the whole saga. If you must know, the T40p I sent back to IBM have a BIG dent on the palmrest area which any idiot will notice it (still don't understand how can it pass the QC). Another one have SCRATCH (permanent if you must know) on the LCD which again make me doubt the IBM QC very much. I don't normally return anything unless it cannot be solved via support or it is obvious that there is something wrong with it.
As per T40 user is picky by nature, then you must also think that people that buy top-of-the-line Acura, Mercedez, etc. are also the same. Evryone entitle to their expectation for something they buy, don't put your opinion or pass your judgement on others just because you are not like them.
Mocca