Being into computer industry from last seven years I always knew that copaq is a giant. I had been installing compaq servers without any problems. Finally I bought a Compaq 3500 note book for fairly high price infact more than my budget from one store in US. To my surprise. within four months the hard drive faild for no reason. I could not even take backup. It so happened that I had just restarted the machine. So much so that the bios would not recognise the harddisk attached. When I approach one dealer in dubai to claim the international warranty. I was turned back. I did every possible thing to get a new drive but without sucess. Today I am 100% concvinced that technically as well as service IBM thinkpad is best choice.