My recent laptop experience
After graduating school, I had to return the laptop they provided while attending there. I decided I needed a new laptop and really liked the IBM Thinkpads, which is what we used at Neumont. So I ordered me a Thinkpad T60P, the best laptop they have (they being Lenovo after buying the laptop market from IBM.) The T60s were on back-order and I was told I’d have to wait two months before it shipped. I was okay with that because I really wanted this particular laptop. Two weeks after I ordered mine two of my friends each ordered one as well, them getting estimated ship dates after mine (which I expected.) Not long after they order theirs, they receive them, early. Well, I was completely shocked and immediately got on the phone and called up Lenovo asking where mine is. They said it was still scheduled to ship on the original date. I wasn’t okay with this, so I kept calling trying to get answers of why my friends got theirs and I didn’t. Well, I never got an answer, but I did end up waiting until it shipped (which was actually a week later than the original ship date.) After receiving it, I was finally okay with everything and was just happy to have it and to start enjoying it, but the troubles didn’t stop there. After I started using it and installing the software I need to work with on it, I ran into problems with installing my software. It wasn’t the software ’cause I’ve installed it on multiple other computers with no problems. It also wasn’t just the software, but the the Windows Update and other various software kept freezing and just not working right. I called Lenovo, once again and complained about the new problems with my BRAND NEW laptop. They sent me out the restore discs to restore the computer to its original factory state. This didn’t help. Well, I was fed up, for them to replace it I’d have to wait at least 10 more days (probably more.) I wasn’t willing to do this, since I had already waited almost three months for this one. So, the happy ending is I sent the Thinkpad back and bought me an Apple MacBook Pro. Now that they are intel based I can have the sleek design and great graphics of the Mac and still be able to run Windows on it to do my work. I love it and am finally happy with my new laptop.