[ale] OT: Opinion on Toshiba Laptop hardware?

[griffisb at bellsouth.net]

>  
> From: "Jeffrey B. Layton" <laytonjb at comcast.net> 
>    I'm looking around for a laptop (probably won't 
> run Linux - long story) and I was wondering about 
> people's opinion of Toshiba laptop hardware. 
>  
 
My wife's had a few problems. Just had the mother board replaced to the tune of 
$450 or so. Don't know what model, but it's about 2 years old. My Thinkpad T23 
needs to go in for a new hard drive. It's making a lovely crunchy, grinding 
sound.