I bought a Toshiba A75 laptop in 2005. By 2006, it needed to have the 'motherboard' replaced, while still under warrantee. I had to drive approximately 1 hour away to a Toshiba provider, and had to pay $60 to get the computer back in 2 weeks, otherwise I would not have gotten it back for 6 weeks. It still never worked properly, it would run loud, get hot, and shut down. I bought an Apple Macbook in 2007, and I love it. The Apple folks couldn't even transfer my files because the Toshiba piece of crap wouldn't stay on long enough, it would get hot and shut itself off. The Toshiba piece of crap sat and collected dust until I got around to wiping the hard drive, I decided maybe I could sell it for what few parts worked. I inserted the Recovery disk, and the Toshiba piece of crap wouldn't recognize it. I called "Toshiba", and of course had to speak with someone whom I could barely understand and was clearly located halfway around the world based on the poor connection and delay, and they told me I would have to take it to the service provider at my own expense. I took the Toshiba piece of crap outside and smashed it with a sledge hammer into as many pieces as I could until I felt satisfied. I WILL NEVER BUY TOSHIBA PRODUCTS, AND I HOPE THIS MESSAGE GETS OUT FOR OTHERS NOT TO BUY TOSHIBA PRODUCTS. TOSHIBA SUCKS!!! DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY!!!