From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 8 06:14:21 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7E88E16A4DA for ; Fri, 8 Sep 2006 06:14:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from parv@pair.com) Received: from mta10.adelphia.net (mta10.adelphia.net [68.168.78.202]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1797C43D49 for ; Fri, 8 Sep 2006 06:14:21 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from parv@pair.com) Received: from default.chvlva.adelphia.net ([69.160.66.115]) by mta10.adelphia.net (InterMail vM.6.01.05.02 201-2131-123-102-20050715) with ESMTP id <20060908061420.GDFA22989.mta10.adelphia.net@default.chvlva.adelphia.net> for ; Fri, 8 Sep 2006 02:14:20 -0400 Received: by default.chvlva.adelphia.net (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 28684B6B5; Fri, 8 Sep 2006 02:14:26 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2006 02:14:26 -0400 From: Parv To: f-q Message-ID: <20060908061426.GB87811@holestein.holy.cow> Mail-Followup-To: f-q Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Subject: Re: hp or Toshiba laptop? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2006 06:14:21 -0000 Sorry for using somebody else's reply to reply to OP as I had deleted the OP. in message <1157643522.667.6.camel@localhost>, wrote Joel Dahl thusly... > > On Thu, 2006-09-07 at 08:38 -0400, Christian Lopez de Castilla > Wagner wrote: > > > I'm looking into buying a new laptop in the next week ... > > Toshiba Tecra A6-SP3032 (Core Duo 1.83GHz, Intel PRO/Wireless > > 3945ABG (802.11a/b/g) ... I happen to be currently using Toshiba Satellite A105-40xx (work computer), which cost around $800-900 from Circuit City or Best Buy (US chain stores). After few weeks of usage, the keyboard turns out to be rather crappy. When i type -- my typing speed is around 25 wpm & not much of a touch typist -- the keys (more likely the spring) whine as if they need lubrication & have become rather loose. On another Toshiba Satellite, about a year old (as overheard from a coworker; I used it for 2-3 months), Fn key has become so ridiculously loose it behaves like a loose leaf paper covering a sauce pan. So, be mindful of Tecra's keyboard. OTOH, two year old IBM Thinkpad T42's ($1600) keyboard is working wonderfully; five old Dell Inspiron 5000e's (a thousand some dollars at the time) keyboard is still better than above mentioned new Toshiba Satellite. - Parv --