Bad design at Toshiba 3000 A425

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I don't know the particular modell to which you refer, but there are
Toshiba laptops and Toshiba laptops. As I recall, The Satellite models
are the cheapest and have the shortest warranties. Then come the
Satellite Pro models. Then there used to be (are there still?) the Tecra
models. Etc.

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On 11/24/04 07:01 am Matthew Pollock tossed the following ingredients
into the ever-growing pot of cybersoup:

> I'm giving up on Toshiba latops. The early ones I had were great -
> small, reliable, and above all STURDY. Nowadays, they have become
> larger, and much less solid. It's time to move on!
>
> The problem is basically a question of poor design. My 3000 A425 has
> a latch made of plastic, an absurd material for such a small,
> high-impact and vitally important part. It has broken twice. The
> replacement cost is $100 per latch.
>
> The surround to the catch is made out of the same fragile plastic. On
> it hinges the whole architecture of the machine, not strong anyway
> because of the two removable bays (CD bay and battery bay). To
> replace the plastic part in which the catch is embedded would require
> replacing the casing of the whole machine - a huge operation, very
> costly.
>
> This is just bad design.