QUOTE(LightningFist @ Nov 24 2010, 02:08 PM)
I would go so far as to say they (Lenovo) owed me more than the original price of the laptop. The law allows for inflation to be taken into account, which is considerable given that the entire ordeal lasted nearly a year. I also had to needlessly travel to their service center on several occasions, and spend countless hours of my time (as well as the time of others) on the phone and using email trying to fix this problem - not to mention my phone bill itself.
If you're in US, yes, you're welcome to file a lawsuit. In Malaysia though, you still can file a lawsuit but it is not beneficial for both parties. Time consuming is one thing, but Malaysia's jurisdiction has a bit flaw especially when you want the oppose party to pay back your time+$$ spent during the whole incident. I'm not the expert on this, which is why I said, if you want less hassle, just go for Dell. I got a Dell laptop too before I bought my Y460, and it's still fine after 6 years(just the CPU tends to get hot easily... what to do, it's a P4 3.06Ghz XD)
P/S: I bought my Dell laptop while I was in the States, apparently a friend of mine bought the same model too and it broke down after the warranty expired. Because there's a lawsuit on another state which my friend and I found out later related to our laptop. Dell will replace the parts(any) for us once for free even the warranty expired since it's an order from the court and it applies to the whole nation. Nice indeed.