Poll: How Reliable is Your Toshiba So Far?

I give mine a 4. Details are in the signature. Not a bit of trouble since purchasing it Nov 04. I am about to get a two year warranty extension. I plan on keeping this puppy for a while.

No problems since the purchase, everything's been great.

M.

No problems with my M40-YP3 so far. I gave it a 4 because the battery lock is broken, but it was like that when i bought it and Staples gave me an additional $150 off.

purchased my A70 at the end of january05 and it has had 3 motherboards replaced because it won't charge and on the last repair the shop toshiba themselves arranged for me to send it to sent it back with a malfunctioning keyboard. I would never buy another toshiba laptop again.

mines only a week or so old, so all I can give it is a 5

Same, there should be an option for 0, or below!

The poor build quality and customer service is what hurts them severely. I can go get some Funaki brand laptop made in Iceland with much better build mechanics.

I think this poll will be flawed as most people who are happy with their laptops aren't running around on forums trying to find information about them.

Either way, great computers for the most part...

M.

2 Had to send it for service for a power problem right off the bat. 3 wks to replace system board. Works great now. M4-S435 eBay from authorised reseller?

m40 runs fine, screen could be better but the computer runs fine i gave it a 5.

Tosh Reliabilty

I have an M2 and P25, both for about a year old now. I just took the M2 in for repair of the SD card reader and CDrom drive flakey. Other than that, perfect.
I agree with the notion that (mostly) only people with problems hang out here. That's why I thought I'd put in my $.02. I check in here regularly to catch reviews on new models, currently M60 (WSGA+).

BTW, I have a 5005 that I registered with the class action lawsuit. I got $500 bucks back. I still use it for backup. Thank you Toshiba.

i've had my notebook for 9 months and it's been fine, aside from a rattling fan noise when it is at full RPM.. i guess i dont think it would be enough for me to send in for repairs, so i am satisfied.

apparently it was not the keyboard that was faulty, yet again another faulty motherboard, that is now 5 including the original in 8 months, have little faith that the current one will last.

Service is not up to par

I have a Toshiba Tecra M2 which has worked fine until about a month ago. I was getting ready for a trip to Egypt and was backing up my file when the system hung up after pushing the power but the system would not bootup any more. It has been in the repair depot for a month waiting for a motherboard replacement. Why does this take so long I used to work in the industry and it never took a month to fix a computer.

MB was replaced twice, LCD was replaced once otherwise beautyfull laptop

Well, when mine was working I'd give it a 4 (due to minor little bugs pertaining to running older software on XP, otherwise it was fine.)

But, however, mine is 3 1/2 years old now and I've had the hinges replaced a couple of years ago after cracks started appearing on the silver part near the back part of the monitor shell. Since the replacement, the cracks are re-appearing (I find the plastic Toshiba is using is not as reliable as the older models.)

I recently had to undergo a motherboard replacement, now I appear to have a dead HDD (I'll start scrounging around on eBay for a new one this coming month) and it may have to have the mb looked at again b/c of no display or keyboard recognition showing up.

I had went with a Toshiba due to having a previou one (this one was a mid- 90's Satellite T2135CS) Specs on that one were:

90 MB Intel (pre-Pentium I)
8 MB ram (was expandable to 32 MB)
550 MB HDD
floppy drive

and Windows 95 had been preinstalled (I acquired this one secondhand in exchange for some work on a desktop computer.) It lasted for almost 2 years until it wouldn't even come on.

My current one is a Satellite 1005-S157, which has the following:

1.06 GB Celeron
128 MB Ram
15 GB HDD
56K modem
14.1 TFT display
Intel graphics card (830 M series)
DVD/CD rom drive (modular)
Floppy drive (modular)
Windows XP Pro

When I get ready to purchase another laptop, I may go for a different brand (a friend just recently bought an HP and so far she loves it.) But it seems to me that Toshiba isn't known for the reliability that it used to have.

So as far as the scale from 1 to 5 goes, I'll be generous and give it a 3.

I have a Satellite A70-259 that has been a miserable experience for eleven months. I have seen the Blue Screen of Death more times than I care to count; I have seen the Black Screen of Death more times than I care to count. I have become numb to the number of times I have had to shut down and restart because screens freeze, programs lock up and getting the message "Your computer has experienced a serious error." My IBM Stinkpad was bad; the Toshiba is far worse. By the emails I see here, I am guessing the MB is about to die.

Old Toshiba Was bullet proof

I had an old Toshiba S2805. The TOSH was carried with me all over the world. Bounced from plane to plane, and helicopter to helicopter. Never caused any grief. Not for the usual picking you do when you get it. But once it was setup the way I wanted it, ran like a dream. The DVD/CDrw Finally crapped out after 4 years of abuse. Replaced it and now my son still uses it. Good job on toshiba's part. I now have a Dell XPSgen2. Had to repalce the screen already. And my order was shipped incorrectly. Not so good for Dell I am affraid to say. And when you deal with Dell you had best be prepared to learn a second language. Cause I am sure the guy I had spoken to, didn't speak much english. Or my english is different then his.

Cheers
Newf

5 - no problems since purchase 4/05 great laptop.. fast as hell. specs in sig

5 - no problems at all. but some screen problems.