Congrats on the new laptop. Keep an eye on it though. We have a Toshiba and one thing we found out is that they have horrible heat management. They regularly pack things too tight with inadequate ventilation and cooling.
Ours is not even two years old and sounds like it's trying to lift off when the fan gets going. Granted, it's worse when we're gaming. Playing an MMO like LOTRO and it starts approaching critical overheating after less than an hour. Kira's been unhappy since we got it since the only two games she plays are LOTRO and Oblivion and Toshiba often uses POS Intel faux-graphics chips that aren't supported by, well, anything. It plays LOTRO on ultra-low graphics settings but won't play Oblivion at all.
On the plus side, as long as you don't do anything graphics intensive, a Toshiba will often last 4-5 years or more which is pretty decent for a notebook. And if I remember right, you mostly use your laptop for work and the internet now. Just be careful using it when your down south anywhere without AC.
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Date: 2008-12-06 07:44 am (UTC)Ours is not even two years old and sounds like it's trying to lift off when the fan gets going. Granted, it's worse when we're gaming. Playing an MMO like LOTRO and it starts approaching critical overheating after less than an hour. Kira's been unhappy since we got it since the only two games she plays are LOTRO and Oblivion and Toshiba often uses POS Intel faux-graphics chips that aren't supported by, well, anything. It plays LOTRO on ultra-low graphics settings but won't play Oblivion at all.
On the plus side, as long as you don't do anything graphics intensive, a Toshiba will often last 4-5 years or more which is pretty decent for a notebook. And if I remember right, you mostly use your laptop for work and the internet now. Just be careful using it when your down south anywhere without AC.