From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 8 20:55:35 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 CF2FF16A403 for ; Fri, 8 Sep 2006 20:55:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from b_bonev@mail.orbitel.bg) Received: from smtp.orbitel.bg (smtp.orbitel.bg [195.24.32.22]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5A68E43D49 for ; Fri, 8 Sep 2006 20:55:32 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from b_bonev@mail.orbitel.bg) Received: (qmail 25441 invoked from network); 8 Sep 2006 20:55:31 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO localhost) (10.0.0.4) by smtp.orbitel.bg with SMTP; 8 Sep 2006 20:55:31 -0000 X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at mail.orbitel.bg Received: from smtp.orbitel.bg ([10.0.0.3]) by localhost (sof-rv2.orbitel.bg [10.0.0.4]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 8QLYeFHjwuqE for ; Fri, 8 Sep 2006 14:50:18 +0300 (EEST) Received: from home (unknown [87.126.108.8]) by smtp.orbitel.bg (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0D01BA5CAE0 for ; Fri, 8 Sep 2006 23:55:31 +0300 (EEST) To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: "Ivailo Bonev" Organization: Orac Ltd. Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; delsp=yes; charset=windows-1251 MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20060908061426.GB87811@holestein.holy.cow> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2006 23:57:06 +0300 Message-ID: In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Opera Mail/9.01 (Win32) Subject: Fwd: 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 20:55:35 -0000 From: "Ivailo Bonev" To: Parv Cc: Subject: Re: hp or Toshiba laptop? Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2006 23:52:44 +0300 On Fri, 08 Sep 2006 09:14:26 +0300, Parv wrote: > 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 > And my 2-year Toshiba Portege burned. Sorry Toshiba, but thats the truth.