yep, that's certainly true. windows based computer companies, are, if anything, worse then apple, when it comes to repairs. you may, or may not, get a fully working system back. lol. herd stories from a friend of mine of sending his laptop in for repairs, only to have it come back with more problems then it went in with. toshiba though are very good. mind you, i've not once had to have a toshiba computer repaired, and that's in some 16 or 17 years of using them. almost all of my computers, keep collecting up, as i upgrade to a faster machine. lol. cause they just don't die. i look after my machines well, either that, or i have a nack for picking good machines. not sure which. i just never seem to have half the problems i hear about people having. the only thing i've ever had to have repaired, was my old iPhone 3gs. it bricked itself somehow, randomly one day. so i had to send it off. and after a bit of a problem of them sending me a 16 gb one in return, in stead of a 32 as mine was, i found the replacement, probably refurbished one, to have a far better battery life, then the original! lol. so that's my only experience with having to have an apple product repaired. and they did mess up. but after it was sent back and replaced with the right capasity one, it was all good. and i still have it to this day, and it is still working. it's now something like 3 years old. lol. i never did buy apple care for that though. but for my iPhone 5, and my new iPad mini, i do have apple care. it's an extra cost, but it covers them for 2 years of phone and web support, and 2 years of cover if anything gos wrong with them. i just wish that the devices themselves were cheaper. i mean, i payed a thousand bucks for the iphone 5, and the iPhone 5s is even worse! 1000 for a 64 gb iPhone 5, and it's closer to 1150! dollars for the 64 gb iPhone 5s! that is just a rip off! for a smartphone! never the less, most computer companies, aren't too good when it comes to repairs. it's a bit iffy if you will get a repaired one back, or one that's in worse condition then when you sent it in. lol even apple though, have problems. saw a story about a person in sydney, that send their mac in to a store to be repaired. .... they got it back, ... 4 months later! ... yes, 4 months later. that's just horrible! and the excuse? ... well, it was transfered from one store to another, and then they just seemed to sort of, .. forget ... that it was there, and had to be worked on. if the person didn't keep ringing up to find out where on earth their computer was, they probably wouldn't have ever seen it again. so, the only thing you can get out of this, is ... not one of the computer companies is relyable. lol. not one of them. not microsoft, not apple, and not one of the others. even toshiba has some bad stories out there. they are all as bad. it's just that, apple charges you a premium, and then forgets your computer. lol. ok, anyways, off to find something to shoot. i'm bored, and it's time for something to die, painfully, with a million bullets through it. preferably a zombie. lol. dallas
On 15/12/2013, Davy Kager <m...@davykager.nl> wrote: > Hi, > > I bought my Toshiba about five years ago. The only thing that needed > servicing, after two years, was the keyboard - Q9 and Pipe2 had me hittin' > that Control key and spacebar a little too much. I arranged pick-up on > Friday, they came to collect on Monday, and came to return four days later. > Meanwhile I could track the repair progress, and all was covered under > warranty, including the pick-up. Next I wanted to replace the RAM and HDD. > I believe I had to unscrew three screws to do that. To top it off I can > connect anything from USB to FireWire, SD-card to PCMCIA-card, 1 Gbps > Ethernet to oldskool modem, dock to eSATA. > That is why I chose this machine. I can't afford to be without a PC for a > few weeks and/or spend a good deal of money or shipping or repairs. To me, > that is one of the concerns with Apple's default warranty: it falls short. > Of course, so do most consumer Windows laptops, that's why I avoid them. > > Davy > > -----Original Message----- > From: Gamers [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of Sabahattin > Gucukoglu > Sent: Sunday, December 15, 2013 03:12 > To: Gamers Discussion list > Subject: Re: [Audyssey] mac versus windows sales plus iOS question > > Mmm, yeah, definitely agree that Toshiba had a good run. I don't believe > they're up there nowadays though, as they've mostly thrown their consumer > products to the wolves and that includes all the gaming machines. Now the > new hotness appears to be Lenovo, at least hardware wise. But I no longer > trifle myself with such things, as all my machines are (obviously) all now > Macs. :) > > Cheers, > Sabahattin > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, > send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. > --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
