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The last windows machine I owned was a Toshiba laptop, though it was years ago. The machine had driver problems on OS updates, don't even think about downgradin
by hrktb 14y ago
The last windows machine I owned was a Toshiba laptop, though it was years ago. The machine had driver problems on OS updates, don't even think about downgrading the OS, linux was a royal PITA as well because of the slightly odd versions of the components, don't ever expect to have audio.
The hardware was pushed to it's limit on basic use, it would get hot as hell, and battery life was about 2h.
Out of the box it was a so so machine, but every steps aside from the base install was an additional risk of loosing some functionality.
That's not what I would consider careful engineering nor reliable software, and I don't think they see any upside to people looking close at their hardware and risking bricking it while trying to service it.
- petepete 14y agoMy current notebook is a Toshiba Tecra M11-17Z; the first boot and 'Toshiba Setup' nonsense took an hour, it installed Toshiba utilities for just about everything. I was left with a slightly sluggish Windows 7. For a machine with such a high spec I can see why people might be disappointed. I'm not a Windows guy, so I wiped it and installed Arch Linux. Everything 'just worked' (other than the fingerprint reader which required additional firmware), and I'm thoroughly satisfied with it. I still use it daily and have had no problems at all. I just wish that hardware companies would stick to hardware.