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Originally Posted by KSig RC
Sadly, 'slowness' is generally an operator issue - whether it be excess runtime 'noise' in the background, 'spyware' or lack of upkeep, or keeping it on too long, etc . . . or the computer simply being underpowered for what it's being asked to do.
Overheating may be a technical issue (poor design of the heat fan in the back), but there are steps you can take (keeping the laptop away from a wall, not working on a bed, etc.) to help in that situation, and often it's because of where the laptop is located and how it sits more than a bad design.
Sure sounds like a technical problem - this is the kind of thing people should be looking into, to see whether their particular model shows these kinds of endemic problems.
Things like 'crashing' or 'losing files' are usually not a problem with the actual computer - they're often issues with the OS or other software. Remember - Dell/Toshiba/whoever has little to do with that (which gets back to the Mac/Windows debate more than anything).
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And please people.. back up your files...
A friend of mine is a special education major and must provide a portfolio of all of her work at the end of her schooling. Last year her laptop crashed (she was a junior) Had she backed up any of her files? Of course not!
Much much easier to save that stuff ahead of time than to pay someone beaucoup bucks to access it later.
KLPDaisy, if your laptop was otherwise fine.. I would suspect the fan was the issue, overheating can cause it to run funny.
The thing is, laptops are really really touchy beasts.