Notebook Purchase Fiasco!

Discussion in 'Reviews & Articles' started by Dashken, Dec 3, 2004.

  1. zy

    zy zynine.com Staff Member

    yea... discontinued model .. :mrgreen: of cause can give free ... not much value :whistle:
     
  2. hyper_raider

    hyper_raider shutdown -h now

    what model is it??and how many MP ?
     
  3. peaz

    peaz ARP Webmaster Staff Member

  4. hyper_raider

    hyper_raider shutdown -h now

  5. Adrian Wong

    Adrian Wong Da Boss Staff Member

    Woah.. That's odd. Toshiba's support in the US should be top-notch. :think:
     
  6. Adrian Wong

    Adrian Wong Da Boss Staff Member

    Maybe. :wicked:
     
  7. zy

    zy zynine.com Staff Member

    maybe you should consider putting it in humour section ? :mrgreen:
     
  8. SAMSAMHA

    SAMSAMHA Newbie

    well, like I said, they have a fine support. The problem is that the machine sucks big time and instead of gettting my problem fixed quickly, they keep blaming on me, . Once they accept it's their fault, they do try to fix it fast.
    It's funny because with all the shipping and fixing the parts, I think they ended up paying more money than if I would buy a new laptop.
     
  9. Adrian Wong

    Adrian Wong Da Boss Staff Member

    Hmm... My Toshiba M30 was a solid notebook. Great build.. Reliable operation. No complaints here. :think:
     
  10. SAMSAMHA

    SAMSAMHA Newbie

    maybe you got the expensive one? Mine was purchased like a year a year and half ago for like 700AR. Maybe that's why it's so poorly build. Like I said, they do try to fix it fast but it's getting it fixed that's the problem. Of course, I can't expect all machine are build equal, I just can't believe that after it has been fixed, the same problem still occur, this just tells me that something seriously wrong with the laptop, not just small part.
     
  11. RzaX

    RzaX Newbie

    About the dead pixels on the screen..My mom bought a Fujitsu notebook (very nice for the price at that time). Took it home, turn it on, played around a few hours and found there's a white pixel at the bottom of the screen. Tried changing resolution etc etc. and it is a dead pixel. Brought it back to the shop and you know what the guy said? If there's 7 dead pixels then we can change for you..it's the international standard for this type of problem. I've found out from other websites pertaining about dead pixels and has concluded that it is true and I was really disappointed. Luckily my mom was not perturbed (sp?) by this small white pixel at the bottom of the screen. But to me, it's like buying a new car with a short scratch on the body.. :(
     
  12. Adrian Wong

    Adrian Wong Da Boss Staff Member

    Yeah, they have this "standard". Varies from company to company but 7 pixels is a common number. :wall:

    That's why it's important to check the display BEFORE buying the notebook. If you can't stand the dead pixel, at least you can ask for ANOTHER notebook. Once you pay up, they can't be bothered. :hand:
     
  13. Chai

    Chai Administrator Staff Member

    What about standalone LCD monitors? Do they have this policy?
     
  14. Adrian Wong

    Adrian Wong Da Boss Staff Member

    Same policy, I think. :think:
     
  15. gogo2

    gogo2 Newbie

    Yes. They have the same policy.
    However, if you hate dead pixel, get the one with Zero Bright Pixel. I think Viewsonic or Philips have it.
     
  16. zy

    zy zynine.com Staff Member

    what is Zero Bright Pixel ?
     
  17. gogo2

    gogo2 Newbie

    No bright pixel or dead pixel. :p
     
  18. zy

    zy zynine.com Staff Member

    ermm .. so it wont have all this problems ?? .. cool ..
     
  19. Adrian Wong

    Adrian Wong Da Boss Staff Member

    Hmm.. I didn't know there was such a thing.. :think:
     
  20. nomoreacers

    nomoreacers Newbie

    acer he11

    Well it appears that I am not the only one so peeved at Acer theyre head spins.
    I got my travelmate 1yr and 8 mos ago and always treated it like gold...my second laptop...was my baby.
    However there was always an overheating issue with it that acer simply told me that I needed to make sure there was proper ventilation....ok so I put the laptop up on a rack that was wire and was 6 inches up high.
    This made typing a challenge but to keep it from getting hot I sufficed convienence over a overheated machine....which consequently still got oven hot....could have baked cookies under that rack below the laptop.
    Another call to acer and now I get this "all laptops get hot if left on too long"....um excuse me but a half an hour is too long?
    I think not!
    I had gotten this laptop through this technical school that included these oh so wonderful acers as part of sighning up.
    So I had some ammo.
    I called the other students and found that with three people, they had the same issues as I did.
    I cannot stress enough how much I think that Acers suck!
    One person sold his acer laptop because of its issues of getting too hot and shutting down. The other has sent his in for repairs to the mb because it simply got too hot. The other still has hers but she hardly ever uses it because....you guess it...it gets hot.
    I am now looking at a very dead laptop that is just barely 8 months out of warranty and no relief in sight.
    I cannot afford to get another and my credit...like acer....sucks so getting one on credit is way out of the question.
    I'm smelling a class action lawsuit my friends...if I can muster enough people, I think that its dooable.
    email me if you have these issues on your acer laptop at [email protected]
     

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