Hardware: XSI and nVidia GeForce FX GO5700 2005-03-06 - By Alan Jones
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Hi Kim,
It stuffed up within the first month or so, but the next day it was
working so the repair people said not to bring it as they'd only
replace it if it was failing at the time I brought it in. Never failed
again until now. The machine is great when it's running, but a couple
of hardware errors like this and it's a paperweight.
Something like �500 to get it fixed in this state - not really worth
it for a 2.4ghz P4 with 512meg ram.
I'd suggest no one buys a satellite from ebay for the next few weeks ;-P
Cheers,
Alan.
On Sun, 6 Mar 2005 17:40:42 -0000, kim aldis <kim@(protected)> wrote:
> Interesting you should say that, Alan. I used to have a Toshiba and the hard
> drive trashed itself after about 4 months and I've heard of at least 3
> people now that have had the same problem. Apparently they run them hot.
> Other than that small thing, it was a great laptop. I think Simon Pickard
> has it now, do you Simon?
>
> K.
>
>
> > -- --Original Message-- --
> > From: owner-xsi@(protected)
> > [mailto:owner-xsi@(protected)] On Behalf Of Alan Jones
> > Sent: 06 March 2005 14:24
> > To: XSI@(protected)
> > Subject: Re: Hardware: XSI and nVidia GeForce FX GO5700
> >
> > Felt I should add something more to this. My laptop is
> > (was???) a Toshiba Satellite 5220. I bought it in June 2003.
> > About 6 months ago the dvd writer started stuffing up and
> > then died completely. I figured I was unlucky - an AUD$6200
> > laptop should last longer, but I guess there's a reason they
> > only offer 12 months warranty.
> >
> > Anyway - it gets better. This morning the hard drive failed
> > and it's now completely unusuable. So if you do go with the
> > toshiba - get an extended warranty.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Alan.
> >
> >
> > On Sat, 05 Mar 2005 21:00:16 -0500, Sylvain Moreau
> > <sylvain.moreau@(protected)> wrote:
> > > I saw a Qosmio in a store a few weeks ago and looked at pictures on
> > > it, pictures I know well coming from the web. I was
> > surprised by the
> > > bad quality of the display, everything looked washed out, high
> > > contrast with no detail in the higlights and shadows.
> > > I am not saying this is a bad machine, my tests lasted
> > 30sec and I did
> > > not try to adjust the display. As I understand it the screen is
> > > optimized for everything, watching TV, working in
> > spreadsheet, etc...
> > > Optimized for everything is generally an interesting
> > oxymoron, this is
> > > a just a warning, try before you buy.
> > >
> > > syl
> > >
> > >
> > > -- -- Original Message -- --
> > > From: "Bradley R. Gabe" <withanar@(protected)>
> > > To: <xsi@(protected)>
> > > Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2005 3:41 PM
> > > Subject: Hardware: XSI and nVidia GeForce FX GO5700
> > >
> > > > Has anyone been running XSI with the nVidia GeForce FX GO5700?
> > > >
> > > > I still haven't been brave enough to take the plunge on a
> > notebook,
> > > > but the Toshiba Qosmio G15-AV501 is looking like a really nice
> > > > option. Seems as though the latest, post holiday batch of
> > notebooks
> > > > is starting to offer more nVidia card options.
> > > >
> > > > -Brad
> > > >
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