I also have a Toshiba Satellite Pro, purchased July 2009, with Vista for Business. I had to have the keyboard replaced after a grandchild stood on it shortly after purchase (Toshiba did it for free!), but apart from that t's been excellent. Slow start-up, as Mark said., but quick in operation. Two years ago I bought my wife a Toshiba Netbook, and that's a pretty neat little machine for her use.
John Coyle Brisbane, Australia -----Original Message----- From: PDML [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mark C Sent: Friday, 14 February 2014 10:18 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: OT: Lenovo Computers I have a 7 year old Toshiba Satellite that is still running well. The dual core processor and 4 gigs of ram are good enough to support Photoshop CS5.1. It's taken its licks over the years and the pins that hold the top cover/screen down broke off when I dropped it a few years ago, but otherwise I have no complaints about the machine. I'm not a fan of the Vista OS but aside from unduly long bootup times and the annoying habit of disabling the USB ports after downloading updates (re-enabled on the next reboot) it is OK. My wife bought a Toshiba 4 or 5 years ago and it has also held up very well. When I go to get a new laptop someday I'll check out Toshiba - I'm not current on whether or not they are still good. The HP Elite Books that the IT folks at work give me are pretty nice as well. Mark On 2/13/2014 6:20 PM, Bill wrote: > On 13/02/2014 4:03 PM, John wrote: >> They used to be good quality back when IBM owned the company. They >> weren't the fastest or the most bang for the buck, but their quality >> was ROCK SOLID. >> >> Who does give you good value for your money in a laptop PC nowadays? >> > > That was my next question. > I only have two criteria that must be met. > It must be Windows 7, and it must not be Lenovo. > > bill > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
