I've become more disgusted lately with all of these Fortune 500 companies that attempt to push their overly priced tech upon us, as they are trying to knock down the Right To Repair Movement and this evening just surpassed a new high, or more like low, trying to diagnose and repair my main Windows Laptop produced by you can only guess who, Toshiba. With a $16.00 keyboard found on Amazon, which in itself would be a 10 minute swap, something is keeping the unit from powering up and since Toshiba will not allow anyone to reprint or post their coveted "Copywritten" Service Docs online, found this article and just thought that I would put my three cents in the comments section.
Normally I wouldn't have purchased a Toshiba product, as they are mostly plastic garbage, like My Satellite C75D-A7114, but it was given to me as a gift from my father, so I enjoy using it when I can, or more like, was able to. I actually loaned it to my brother, as he's not tech savvy and didn't own his own computer, and managed to get some very sticky cola all over the keyboard, LOL. I did replace it once and it was working great till the OEM replacement I had started falling apart. I've since found a better designed replacement on Amazon and after putting it in, isn't powering up. Seeing I had to use 3M Double Sided tape affix the wrist rest back to the frame because all of the small cheap plastic connectors snapped when gingerly taking it apart, some of that aluminum or tin tape came up with the double sided stuff so I don't know if that might have had something to do with it. Go Figure Eh? Well, I guess I'll have to see what I can find online, although not too optimistic because Google loves to filter their results and give me tons of links with all of my search terms removed from the results.
What the hell is this world coming to? Between me giving up on Apple as a long time customer and some of the other crappy companies out there I need to find a better laptop manufacturer. Any Suggestions?
Hope you all are having a great evening/weekend and have a Happy & Safe Holiday Season.
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Just When I Thought Apple Was Bad Enough
Normally I wouldn't have purchased a Toshiba product, as they are mostly plastic garbage, like My Satellite C75D-A7114, but it was given to me as a gift from my father, so I enjoy using it when I can, or more like, was able to. I actually loaned it to my brother, as he's not tech savvy and didn't own his own computer, and managed to get some very sticky cola all over the keyboard, LOL. I did replace it once and it was working great till the OEM replacement I had started falling apart. I've since found a better designed replacement on Amazon and after putting it in, isn't powering up. Seeing I had to use 3M Double Sided tape affix the wrist rest back to the frame because all of the small cheap plastic connectors snapped when gingerly taking it apart, some of that aluminum or tin tape came up with the double sided stuff so I don't know if that might have had something to do with it. Go Figure Eh? Well, I guess I'll have to see what I can find online, although not too optimistic because Google loves to filter their results and give me tons of links with all of my search terms removed from the results.
What the hell is this world coming to? Between me giving up on Apple as a long time customer and some of the other crappy companies out there I need to find a better laptop manufacturer. Any Suggestions?
Hope you all are having a great evening/weekend and have a Happy & Safe Holiday Season.
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