IBM Warranty Details

As I know there are many IBM lovers around here, could you suggest where to find some details on their warranty. Their site is noticeably lacking in this regard.

Perhaps some personal opinions out there based on experience with their service dept, etc?

Lastly, is the 802.11g wireless mode sufficient for many public wifi spots these days? All teh T41's seem to have this and the absence of the 802.11b seems odd to me? Am I missing something here.

Is it an easy add-on? ...(802.11b)

Regards

 

The standard warranty is their EZserve. Basically if you have a problem, you call IBM. They will either over-night you the part (if it is easily replacable) or send you a box for you to return your laptop to them. They will fix the problem and over-night it back to you. Very nice.

Recently the CMOS backup battery on my T23 died. I called them around 4 PM and the new battery was at my door around 2 PM the next day.

802.11g is the newer and faster standard. It is backward compatible to the 802.11b.

 

Communications
Here's the details with the model.
<pre>
Fax/modem description 56K V.92 designed modem
Fax/modem speed[3] 56Kbps data/14.4Kbps fax
Communication features Infrared port
Infrared port Yes
Infrared port speed 4Mbps
Wireless type LAN
Wireless standard[10] Intel PRO/Wireless Network Connection 802.11b
Ethernet description Integrated Intel PRO/1000 Gigabit Ethernet
Ethernet interface type Gigabit Ethernet- Integrated
Ethernet on motherboard Yes </pre>

 

I mixed that last question, in reality it is the other way around -

Why is it that all the T41's by IBM are carrying the 802.11b if it is outdated?

Even Dell at least makes the 802.11b/g standard.

ANy suggestions "before/or after" I buy this from IBM on how to upgrade this spec?

 

Unless your planning on getting an 802.11g access point at home to do faster data transfers between computers on your local network, there is really no advantage to getting the 802.11g over the 802.11b.
For surfing the web, both will perform the same cause the bottle neck won't be the speed of the 802.11b it will be the speed of your ISP connection. I would say go with whatever is cheapest(802.11b)or none at all and get your own wireless card afterwards cause there is a big difference in power output between different manufacturers and that increase in power will give you more range.

Sure Dell may make 802.11g standard on their notebooks and cut corners on something else (like build quality)that cannot be listed in the spec sheet.
I've used notebooks with both 802.11b and g, and to me there is no difference as every access point is 802.11b compatible. no diff in range or speed to the net as far as I can tell.

Jack