Toshiba says to cut 900 jobs in PC restructuring

[Ethnod]

Toshiba to end making PC's for consumers in some markets, I assume that they mean selling laptops in fairness but regardless it is a very competitive market. They do not mention which markets or where the job losses will be

Interesting though

 

Source:

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/18/us-toshiba-restructuring-idUSKBN0HD0JJ20140918?feedType=RSS&feedName=technologyNews

[GoodBytes]

From my understanding they are shrinking drastically only. Not pulling fully. However, it not very clear.

I don't think Toshiba was ever been able to, in the recent years, to capture consumers with their product.

As a consumer point of view, I always see something wrong with their system without even touching it, or looking at the specs.

For example, they have a laptop, but it's full glossy, even the keyboard. Or it's super thick, and bulky for no reason. Or has poor battery life, because, probably, it is because they put 600 lights around the system, or the system look flimsy, or simply is mediocre in all aspects. It doesn't help that they driver page is a mess. And there is a lot more, but those are the ones that come to mind.

All to say, is that they look like they were the "me too" and not understanding the user or even what they are really doing in term of design. I don't recall Toshiba ever innovating on their consumer grade systems. I am sure i am wrong, but it shows the lack of impact they have.

[bob345]

Well, their laptops absolutely sucked

, so i'm not too surprised. I have had 4 toshiba satellites and every one had a major hardware failure within a year of purchase.

[SovietOnion]

From my understanding they are shrinking drastically only. Not pulling fully. However, it not very clear.

I don't think Toshiba was ever been able to, in the recent years, to capture consumers with their product.

As a consumer point of view, I always see something wrong with their system without even touching it, or looking at the specs.

For example, they have a laptop, but it's full glossy, even the keyboard. Or it's super thick, and bulky for no reason. Or has poor battery life, because, probably, it is because they put 600 lights around the system, or the system look flimsy, or simply is mediocre in all aspects. It doesn't help that they driver page is a mess. And there is a lot more, but those are the ones that come to mind.

All to say, is that they look like they were the "me too" and not understanding the user or even what they are really doing in term of design. I don't recall Toshiba ever innovating on their consumer grade systems. I am sure i am wrong, but it shows the lack of impact they have.

 

That's what i use to think but my first gaming laptop was a Toshiba, I literally put thing through absolute and utter hell, GPU & CPU & RAM overclocking like madness( through software because of locked BIOS), 5 Windows Reinstalls, around 10 Linux Distros, keyboard smashing, breaking the fan housing for the CPU, dropping off a bed about 100-200 times, spilling coffee on the keyboard 5-10 times, multiple attempts at unlocking BIOS/ faulty firmware.... I have no idea how in the hell it still works to this day, my brother has it and he says it runs 10/10 prime besides the Wireless Adapter which I had to fix a few days ago (drivers). 

 

Honestly I they made super high end gaming Laptops, if I was in the market I'd probably go back to them.