Miscellaneous laptop discussions forum: Sony, Toshiba or Dell?

On the expensive side, but a faboulous machine. Extremely high end, great features, looks good and very portable. I have the TX series, I love it really great machine. Good Luck

Apple. :]

Apple sucks anyway.

I am a Dell customer, but I know many happy Apple customers. They have their advantages and disadvantages.

But you are a dell user. Tell user about your experience

Do yourself a HUGE favour and stay away from Toshiba. Their costomer service is garbage. Toshiba Satellite A70 laptops, a75 and 1 other one which I cannot remember the name of, have many issues. First off, the clog up with dust fast and overheat, meaning taking it apart and cleaning out the heatsink will be something you will have to do every few months. But I suppose sometimes you have to do that with every laptop/computer. Some of them suffer from an issue with static electricity that when you touch the speaker grills, the touch pad or the buttons, the laptop will freeze and reboot. That problem happens frequently in those models. Another problem occurs with the DC in power jack (which I am currently suffering from) where one of the solder joints on the system board comes loose, and you need to take apart the laptop and re-solder it. Since Toshiba is in it all for the money, once the warranty is up, they figure its your own problem. Even though so many toshiba users are having the same problem, they still wont awknowledge that its an engineering problem, and half the time you send it in for work while its still under warranty, they change the system board and hard drive, send you back the laptop and tell you its fixed, and you will still have the same problem. BOYCOTT TOSHIBA!

Exactly my point.. Toshiba is a joke.

Hey, make jokes all you want. My opinion isnt going to change of this company because their customer service is garbage.. and so is their credibility as far as im concerned. dont believe me? search on the net for toshiba a70 or a75 problems.. look at all the people experiencing problems... yet toshiba wont take the blame for their own mistakes in these machines. People are filing law suits.. so maybe you should do your research before you comment.

I took my laptop to a toshiba certified repair center yesterday, and they said that the warranty had expired. they also told me a new Board to replace my fried one would cost me between $500 and $700.. thats before installation. I wouldnt pay for the installation because Ive taken that laptop apart before.. which the techs for some reasons seemed surprised that I was able to do that. But they still told me its better to get a new laptop instead of replacing the board. But thats still besides my arguement. Toshiba knows they are having a problem with these machines, there SHOULD HAVE BEEN A FULL RECALL. They are DEFECTIVE. What happens when the warranty extension runs out for all those users who are having these problems every 6-12 months? Toshiba says too bad, pay for it yourself. Toshiba is a joke.

I don't recall seeing that as a restriction on the extension. Be sure.

Powerslave15 is right!....... STAY AWAY FROM Toshiba!!
.....I lost the CDs of my SATELLITE 2085-S402 purchased
in USA....so here in Italy I cannot get any HELP!to have
a copy of them,they told me to contact Toshiba USA.I did
with no result!a friend of mine living in the States called
at Irvine customer-service offices...Sorry! they say the
model is too old(2001) we cannot help!what a shame for a big
company!!! having a lot of problems with it(no audio,etc,etc)
I cannot use+restore as it was coming out of the factory....
So I do myself a favor!!! I stay off the Toshiba for good.
I do the same to them......I BOYCOTT their products!Claudio T.

Yes! daym115. but my problem is that I live in Italy and the Pc has been
bought in the USA(big mistake!)so this model(Satellite 2805-S402)isn't
available in all Europe....and to me is already a HELL!!
I have to search on the ebay(Usa) looking for someone selling the same computer and ask if gently can I have a copy of the CDs(restore,recovery,reconfiguration)...and this has going on for more than one year now....even try with my Skype contact: claudio29751
I contacted quite a few Toshiba repair-center ..and you know what they all say? We cannot make a copy(because of copy-write legislation)
bring the machine to us and will be restored as it was from factory.Can
you imagine that!!it cost more to send than fix it....Ciao all Claudio T.

I also might add, reading some others posts, you probably find the more expensive (of any make) will be better, particuarly with Toshiba. They will have almost put more effort into designing the more expensive ones.