Take apart a toshiba and you'll never buy another! The ones I've seen have no internal metal reinforcements, not even for the LCD hinge mounts, all copper coated plastic & fragile.
On Sat, Jul 26, 2014 at 6:53 AM, Vincent Winterling <[email protected]> wrote: > I have always liked Dell. That said yesterday I bought a refurbed Apple > MacBook. > > A couple of years ago I bought my wife and granddaughter Toshiba L series > laptops. While mostly plastic at the time their recent offerings are here: > > http://www.toshiba.com/us/customlanding.to?page=Satellite_L_Series > > I spent about $600 / per laptop and both are running well presently. > > Vincent Winterling > Vineland, NJ > > -----Original Message----- > From: Hardware [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Steve Tomporowski > Sent: Friday, July 25, 2014 4:56 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [H] Laptop for College Student > > My friend down in Florida is sending his daughter to college. She's > saved up money in the range of $500 to $600 for a laptop. I haven't > nailed down all her requirements, but she did mention she'd like one > with the detachable keyboard, then rattled off some standard stuff like > storing stuff to flash memory, printing and then camera/mic. > > I know this is vague, but I don't do laptops, so I'm not sure what's out > there that is decent. She mentioned that the ones she's seen either > don't meet her requirements or cost too much. Yeah, I'll have to get > her to explain. > > Any ideas? > > Thanks....Steve
