Most of you don't understand the real issue here. Some of the people originally purchased a low end laptop and is getting it replaced with such. In my case, and many others, I purchased a TX1410 with a swivel touch screen, dual core processor with all the connections and ports I wanted. Here is what my original TX has that the replacement does not have: Touch screen, dual core processor, card reader, finger print scanner, web cam, port replicator connection, IR remote control, and a few other things I am sure I overlooked. So the bottom line here is not the depreciation in $$ value, but the fact the replacement doesn't even have half of the performance or connections I originally paid for. I can handle the $$ depreciation, if it only had half the things my original had. Heck, my 3 year old TX with failed wireless still benchmarks almost twice as fast as what the new replacement does. How is this even close to fair? No matter if you bought a $400 budget machine, or a $2000 entertainment laptop, we are all getting the same CQ56 as a replacement....
