Fwd: Re: hp or Toshiba laptop?

[Ivailo Bonev]

From: "Ivailo Bonev" <b_bonev at mail.orbitel.bg>
To: Parv <parv at 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 at 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 at 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.