I bought my L8400B when I was in Thailand sometime 1999( about NT$ 75000 !!!!). P450, Ram=128+64, HD20MB. No problem since then and the CPU was upgraded to 850 in 2003. I do not have ANY PROBLEM at all till today. Not happy was that the LCD display is a litter "brown" from day one. The battery still can last about an hour . BUT, I bought a new ACER3201 last month. Just wanted to use a dif brand. My ACER working very well. I am probably just lucky my friends.