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Friday 22 June 2007, 5:32 PM
My love hate relationship with Toshiba!
Toshiba were in my good books this week for hosting an interesting launch event for their new ultra-portable PC which was based around explorer David Hempleman-Adams plans to take one of the machines on a crazy ballooning adventure. All interesting stuff and I was suitable impressed by one, if not the, lightest laptop ever made – the R500.
Toshiba launches world's lightest laptop
However – my admiration for all things Tosh was shattered on Friday when during a very busy morning of furious content posting – my new Toshiba Satellite Pro U200 packed up on me – again. The cursed machine just freezes up – something that I have not experienced since the bad old days of Windows NT. I wouldn't mind but it has already been back to Toshiba once to have its motherboard replaced but the problems still persist. And I am not the only one, two or three other journos in CNET Networks UK have had the same model U200 and had the same problems – not the best piece of PR for Toshiba it has to be said.
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It is slightly alarming your machine is freezing. I have not had any problem with my Satellite U200-115 and have had it for three months: what model number do you have? Mind you, I did wipe Windows and put Ubuntu on it.
Hey,
Thanks for your interest - as far as I know it's just a U200 - no other model information on there - but maybe I am missing something? Have scoured the underside for more information.
Wiping Windows sounds like a plan but not sure the tech dept here would sympathise - am also considering dropping it out of a window - maybe onto the head of the next Toshiba product manager who comes around to CNET Towers...I may even set up a meeting just for that purpose in fact.
