[Off topic] Engraving Hebrew on US laptop keyboard

[Micha Feigin]

On Tue, 2 Jun 2009 14:31:45 +0300
Dotan Cohen <dotancohen at gmail.com> wrote:

> > 1. Engraving Hebrew on keyboard
> 
> I actually just painted the keyboard letter keys black, so there are
> no English or Hebrew letters! Now my laptop is less usable to thieves,
> and my typing speed has increased dramatically.
> 
> > 2. Service/warranty
> >
> 
> Dell told me that I would have no warranty on my Inspiron, and in fact
> I did not try to get the laptop serviced at all despite having some
> problems. I think that IBM (now Lenovo) had a worldwide warranty
> program once, designed for business travelers.
> 

On T and X models you can expand you standard 1 year warranty to an
international 3 year one. Some places already sell it with the international
warranty, they are not always aware of it though and where it is honored
depends on the specific model (you can check on the lenovo site based on model
number and serial number). Didn't try to service a model supposedly not covered
in Israel to see if they still honor it though.

By the way, if you are buying a thinkpad in the states and have a about 3-5
weeks advance notice, it can be a lot cheaper ordering directly from lenovo as
you can customize your laptop quite a bit and cut costs on things that you
don't want.