Do you like your Toshiba?

[alexUW]

I see Toshiba laptops as less for enthusiasts, and more for working individuals. By working individuals I mean people who are not the most up on the tech scene and buy laptops to supplement their professional, home business and casual computer habits; the same type of people that would probably not have the time to come on forums on a regular basis.

Whereas enthusiasts buy other brands [boutiques like SAGER, or Apple, SONY, ASUS, Samsung, etc...]. In my opinion, many see Toshiba as a brand that can get the job done, but is not something worth bragging about or showing off.

Just my 2 cents

[takovr]

I have owned 2 qosmio lap-tops and have never had a problem with either.
They both are fast, and reliable and can handle anything I throw at it.

[Ichinenjuu]

Toshiba is often seen as a "budget brand" in many cases. Toshiba doesn't offer the most premium options on many of their laptops (for example, making you choose between a better wireless card and bluetooth, not offering higher processor upgrades, etc.). Their Satellite series doesn't offer anything beyond 1366x768 panels on 15" and below, whereas other brands, like HP, Sony, Dell, etc. all have at least one 15" laptop that allows a full HD 1920x1080 panel, both bluetooth and WiDi, faster processors, etc.

Also, Toshibas tend to be plasticky and bulky.

The Qosmio is really their only truly high-end laptop.

[1994F7PT]

i think its more the fact that less seems to go wrong about them, theres nothing to discuss really after first impression and an update a bit later about how usage is going

after that if it doesnt break why talk about it?! lol!

[hydra]

Yea, I knew that!

I read these forums and and took notice of the user base before i bought my laptop for son. The bugger snagged my old FX.. so now I'm the proud owner Look at the forum user count.

LOL, yeah, you need a massive amount of young "game" based users to tear these things apart; from our rather glacial pace.

Then again you have some who pop in the odd CPU and may never report in? Finding info for parts is like pulling teeth, I got no help from Toshiba but plenty on this forum and google.

[teno4]

Im using qosmio x 300 for 2 years and i like it . But i dont like new qosmio's specs they arent fast enough.

[bozz514]

love my toshiba, have had 2 in the previous 6 years and both are running strong, technical support however is a different story

[kimiraikkonen]

I purchased, used 3 different brands so far, Toshiba Satellite, Asus G53JW, Acer Aspire...

I don't have an Toshiba currently to compare updated engineering and build quality, however based on my past experiences, Toshiba notebooks were the best ones i got related to build quality, component engineering. Asus had lots of material and build flaws, still i'm being affected, and Acer was a matter of luck if you were lucky enough to get their Quality-checked parts.

Both of their services extremely SUCK. Neither Toshiba nor other brands provide well-orginized and knowledgable service employees here, at least in Turkey, however what i read about numerous RMA nightmares proove that the RMA employees aren't much different around the world when it comes to fix a broken computer. So, the matter is how frequent and seriously your computer is needed to be RMAed.

All of us must accept that build quality and quality-check costs have raised so the total quality have decreased notably. That's why lots of forum posts here appear about silly and various types of problems.

What i really hope to get the quality and seriousness of my payoff.

My thoughts.

[Ipaqman]

I liked the Portege R705 and R835 from BestBuy as great bargains in the metal casing, long battery life arena.

I first bought the R705 and it worked very well for me with an occasional problem with my bluetooth dongle. When the R835 came out at an astounding price of $629 after discounts, I jumped at this for a faster CPU and longer battery life.

I did have a problem with the USB 3.0 port (apparently a common issue). The Toshiba rep followed my troubleshooting steps (restore, used latest updates, and so on) and shipped me a box to send them the notebook and several days later I got back the notebook in perfect working condition.

I have since added a 750GB 7200 RPM hybrid drive and I get really great disk speed at the cost of more vibration.

[rak007]

I liked the Portege R705 and R835 from BestBuy as great bargains in the metal casing, long battery life arena.

I first bought the R705 and it worked very well for me with an occasional problem with my bluetooth dongle. When the R835 came out at an astounding price of $629 after discounts, I jumped at this for a faster CPU and longer battery life.

I did have a problem with the USB 3.0 port (apparently a common issue). The Toshiba rep followed my troubleshooting steps (restore, used latest updates, and so on) and shipped me a box to send them the notebook and several days later I got back the notebook in perfect working condition.

I have since added a 750GB 7200 RPM hybrid drive and I get really great disk speed at the cost of more vibration.

Can you tell me what issue you had the USB 3.0 port ? I am soon planning to get the R835.