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Originally Posted by DaiNasty
I'd be interested to know if anyone has a similar 'Tosh' and what they think of it. I've been seriously considering that ebuyer model for myself.
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Absolute tosh if you ask me.
Crap screen, crap battery life, crap wireless that rarely works, crap touchpad placement (though a very good touchpad), crap hard drives that have the highest failure rates I've ever seen.
Toshiba are extremely variable when it comes to build quality but far as I'm concerned their low-end machines look, feel, and perform absolutely crap. The only reason I kept it was because it was free. Even then I avoid using it where possible.
As part of my "all things IT" job I work in laptop repairs and I've been through a fair few thousand working and broken laptops. Every manufacturer has it's duds and there's no manufacturer that's universally better than any other. But that particular range of Toshibas I'd definately avoid.
For low to mid-range value I'd say Acer are the ones to beat, mid to upper midrange HP & Samsung, top end Toshiba and Sony make various machines that are unbeatable at the top of their respective categories.
Dell machines tend to be quite reliable and serviceable across the range, and have great customizeability but just lack any particular unique selling points that'd let me recommend them.