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Frustratingly,atthispointin
timeIcan’tconfirmiftheparts
areinplaceornotinthisversion,
asopeningthebackofthe
machinewouldvoidthewarranty,
accordingtoDynabook.
So,Dynabookadvertisesa
“DualSSD/HDD”machine,
doesn’tprovidethepartstodo
soandthentellsyou,despite
publishingthefullinstructions,
“youcan’taddtheupgrade
withoutinvalidatingthe
warranty”.Sinceitdoesn’toffer
modelswithbothdrives,Ifeel
dupedbyDynabook.
I’dbepreparedforthese
partsifitcanbeshownthatthe
publishedspecfor“L50”doesnot
covertheJvariant–butIwantto
addtheharddisk,andwondered
ifyoucanwadethroughthefog
createdbyDynabookonfittingparts
withoutkillingoffthewarranty?
CCLhasbeengreatthroughoutand
Icannotfaultit–thisisclearlyan
issuewithDynabook.BobStimpson

ContributingeditorLeeGrantreplies:
Manufacturerscanaltercertainaspectsof
theirmachinesduringtheproduction run,
andit’s notalwayseasyto spot.My
recommendationisalways to talktothe
vendorasyou mayhavea “coolingoff”
periodtoreturn/exchangethelaptop.
Weallhavea righttorepair/upgrade our
devicesandasthestatutorywarrantyis with
yourvendor, youcouldseekitsreassurance
aboutthesecond-driveupdatekit.Finally,
always checkthespecwiththevendor.
Modelnumberscanbeficklefellows, andI
thinkyou’vebeenunlucky onthisoccasion.

Keepthechange
NicoleKobie’sviewpointonphysical
cashseemstoassumecardpaymentis
alwaysanoption(seeissue 325 ,p 21 ).
Thesouth-eastcoastofAustraliaisa
popularbutsparselysettledholiday
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withoutinternetaccess.Folding
moneyisanecessarybackupas
internetaccesscannotbetotally
reliedupon.JimBeeston

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