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I just received my new 760ED last week. Yes, it gets very hot, and I would assume that since the units are very similar, the 760E will do the same. You can call IBM (after your experience I'm sure you are glad to hear that!) and they will ship you a new bottom cover with a 'thermal plastic transfer compound' that is supposed to help this problem, although it will not stop it. As far as the 365 memory working with the 760, I cannot say for sure, but I do not think that it will. I'm sure that someone else will clear this up. I strongly recomend the 760 series. The performance, screen quality, and fit and finish are incredible. Hopefully you won't ever have to send back to IBM! Hope this helps-- Eric Giles ---------- > From: Costas S. Iliopoulos <csi@dcs.kcl.ac.uk> > To: thinkpad@cs.utk.edu > Subject: Comatose 365X v 760E > Date: Tuesday, January 14, 1997 3:00 PM > > Hi there, > > IBM UK is sending me a refund check for my comatose 365X (see below) and I am > thinking of buying a 760E. Two questions: > > Do the 760Es really get very hot? > > Will the memory of the 365X work in a 760E? > > > > My 365X story: > > 1 October. I buy a 365X. The right arrow on the keyboard sticks. I FedEx > the machine to IBM Service. The 365X gets nicked while on transport. > Insurance claims, refunds etc > > 20 October. I buy a new 365X. I add 16MB of Memory. The bloody 365X refuses to > suspend/hybernate. I send it to IBM service. Ooops, the 365X gets roasted while > in service. Yeap , I get a refund. > > 1 November. I buy a new 365X. Yes, after a FABULOUS continuous 4 > day work, the 365x says, I have an error 714, get me bloody > serviced. I send it to the IBM service. New motherboard. New Hard > drive. > > 16 November. The serviceperson drops my 365X and breaks into peices > like watermelon. Yeap, they give me a new machine. > > 3 December. The Hard drive spins endlessly. Service/new hard drive. > etc The new hard drive starts getting a new bad sector every minute. > Then, I say to IBM UK, give up fixing the bloody thing ... > and they are giving me my money back > > My first 365X was a P100 (which became obsolete in the process), the > rest P120's (yes I used the latest bios). All the hard drives were > 810MB and they only failed when I filled them near to capacity > (~750MB). Although, I always had the same model, no two 365X's were > 100% identical, the keyboards varied, the plastic used varied, the > adaptors varied, the under the keyboard cover varied, the batteries > varied, ... All drivers/bioses installed were old or very old. > > Overall I liked the 365Xs but they showed a clear addition to IBM > service depots. > > The IBM UK (Glasgow) Software support is/was/will be a complete > joke,,, Don't bother to call them. > > Cheers > Costas > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Costas S. Iliopoulos > > Algorithm Design Group Tel: 44 (171) 873 2809 > Dept of Computer Science Fax: 44 (171) 873 2851 > King's College London Sec: 44 (171) 873 2588 > Strand > England http://www.dcs.kcl.ac.uk/staff/csi > _______________________________________________________________________