2010-10-20
Broadcom SUCKS!
...and every company that uses their WiFi chips, also suck! :(
Yeah, I'm talking about you, Toshiba!
Love my Toshiba Tecra and Qosmio i5 and i7 laptops, but my latest one has the most stupid and sucky WiFi performance I've ever experienced, EVER!
Why ? Because someone at Toshiba decided to use Broadcom chips on the latest Satellite A665-11T
Worse thing ? Toshiba Support asked me to send that laptop back and... 3 weeks have passed and no news, no explanations, no solution, no laptop, no money back, nothing.
For now, I'm feeling as if those hard earned 1800€ have been just stolen from me.
*GRUNF*!
...not buying another Toshiba so soon, that's for sure.
(so that tasty Libretto W100 is absolutely out of the question now)
Same happened to me with ASUS... haven't bought an ASUS laptop for almost 2 decades, just because of a sucky support experience... they had my laptop for 3 months and it came exactly like it went, with the same problem, and only after I demanded that they gave it back.
UPDATE: 1 month later... the feared reply "Sorry for the late reply. That's how Broadcom chipset work." and... that's that. 1 month without the laptop, only to be told that I'm stuck with it that way.
*ARGH*! >:(
Labels: Broadcom, issues, Satellite, Toshiba, WiFi
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GOOD TO KNOW THIS!
Just found your post while searching for info about this Tosh 3D screen laptop.
I won't be buying that one, for sure now, and I'll be extra careful with choosing my next laptop's wireless card!
Thanks man!
Just found your post while searching for info about this Tosh 3D screen laptop.
I won't be buying that one, for sure now, and I'll be extra careful with choosing my next laptop's wireless card!
Thanks man!
I'm terribly disappointed with only that WiFi part of it.
The rest of the A665-11T is amazing, the nVidia GT350M GPU gives what we ask of it, the i7, the 8Gb and Blu-ray and even the screen and the 3D Vision, all work like a charm. I even like the design too and the unexpected built-in TV tuner, all are great... but, those Broadcom chips make the WiFi performance almost non-existent, since recently (before sending it to Toshiba) the speed got so low to the point of disconnection, time and time again.
I'm very very very disappointed and frustrated with this otherwise lovely machine.
I wished they collected all the Toshiba Satellite A665-11T's and refurbished'em with new WiFi (Intel?) chips... but, I know I'm only dreaming.
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The rest of the A665-11T is amazing, the nVidia GT350M GPU gives what we ask of it, the i7, the 8Gb and Blu-ray and even the screen and the 3D Vision, all work like a charm. I even like the design too and the unexpected built-in TV tuner, all are great... but, those Broadcom chips make the WiFi performance almost non-existent, since recently (before sending it to Toshiba) the speed got so low to the point of disconnection, time and time again.
I'm very very very disappointed and frustrated with this otherwise lovely machine.
I wished they collected all the Toshiba Satellite A665-11T's and refurbished'em with new WiFi (Intel?) chips... but, I know I'm only dreaming.
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