Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2006 23:57:06 +0300 From: "Ivailo Bonev" <b_bonev@mail.orbitel.bg> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Fwd: Re: hp or Toshiba laptop? Message-ID: <op.tfku5gkr7cty9y@home> In-Reply-To: <op.tfkux7b27cty9y@home> References: <20060908061426.GB87811@holestein.holy.cow> <op.tfkux7b27cty9y@home>
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From: "Ivailo Bonev" <b_bonev@mail.orbitel.bg> To: Parv <parv@pair.com> 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 <parv@pair.com> 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.
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