Fwd: Re: hp or Toshiba laptop?
From: "Ivailo Bonev" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Parv <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Sorry for using somebody else's reply to reply to OP as I had deleted the OP. in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, 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. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: hp or Toshiba laptop?
Sorry for using somebody else's reply to reply to OP as I had deleted the OP. in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, 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 -- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: hp or Toshiba laptop?
On Thu, 2006-09-07 at 08:38 -0400, Christian Lopez de Castilla Wagner wrote: > Hi guys, > I'm looking into buying a new laptop in the next week, > due to budget, time and the fact that I'm near the end of civilization > right now, > I have the following choices: > Toshiba Tecra A6-SP3032 (Core Duo 1.83GHz, Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG > (802.11a/b/g), Intel PRO/1000 VE 10/100/1000 Base-TX, FastIR, Intel > GMA950, Realtek ALC861 Audio, 5-in-1 cardreader, FireWire) > or > hp nx6320 (Same specs, except Broadcom NetLink Gig-Ethernet (BCM5788M) > and ADI1981HD audio, no cardreader). I'd go for the HP. I bought a HP nx7400 2 weeks ago (which has similar specs) and everything except sound and the wireless stuff seems to work. A Beta driver for the sound exists and it works well on my laptop, but it hasn't been committed to current yet. Dunno about the status of wireless support, but I heard rumors about a port of the wpi(4) driver from OpenBSD. -- Joel ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
