I'm Using M40. Alot of people say the speakers are so so but IMHO i think the Harman/Kardon speakers are excellent for a laptop. Never compare it with your PC's speaker ler. But for the clarity and EQ, it's very good compare to most of the laptops. But the downside of the speaker is sometimes it;s too soft. and there's no other way to boost it up. esp when i watch Pirated DVDs...haha

Keyboard is okay for me...except ctrl is missing on the right hand side.
Built quality of the entire laptop should improve. Dont have a solid feel to it. Card reader cover is abit hard to open and close. the SD Card reader should use spring for Card ejection instead of need to slowly pull it out. Monitor is sweet. Nice wide screen. Like watching Videos on it. Good for my photo editing software and multitasking too. Battery life can last me 2 HOURS and 30 mins the max. There's a 12 cell battery which TOSHIBA claim that it can last for 6-8 hours. But the batt cost around 1k+ (enquired at KLCC laptop shop)

So for me, there's only 2 things that i wish i could change in my M40. Add the CTRL key on the right side and extend my battery life...haha..

wow tienhou18. That's quite a deal for ur laptop. I got my M40 around July last year. And it cost 6k. nVdia (32MB or 64MB forgot liao) and 1GB of Memory. 1.6 Ghz....and yeah..it gets quite hot if there's no proper air flow. If not mistaken my toshiba laptop sucks in air from the bottom through a hole and then blows out the hot air on the left side. So i always put a book or something to tilt the laptop abit. so that there's more space and therefore better air flow. Budget laptop cooler..haha

project-o, u satisfied with your A80? other than the built quality. how about performance?
I got a friend which work as an Aerospace engineer...he told me in this world there's only 3 types of laptop that is good. IBM, Toshiba and Apple. Wonder how true is it. But i know apple and IBM is defiintely in the list la...haha

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Yes, i've sent my M40 back to Tele Dynamics before (the service center in shah alam). Service is very good IMHO. just that it's very very far! Well you can send it back to the shop which you bought the laptop from but it'll take you ages to wait.
They will surely claim that the laptop will be sent within that week but you know lah...you can barely trust those "customer service" dudes...haha...some shops are more efficient ler..they will really send it the next day or within that week but most of the shops wont. My laptop RMA for 2 weeks. Sent it there my self. If you ask the shop to send it for you. expect around 1 month if you don't push them.

anyway here is the map for Toshiba service centers.
Nearest to KL is Shah Alam.

http://www.teledynamics.com.my/aboutus/contactus.asp

all the best, mervyn!

I've sent my laptop twice. Their service is very good. Usually take only 2 working days to fix. But Service centre is abit far i guess. all the way at Shah Alam...

1st Service i changed Harddisk. (Moved laptop around while it's running)
2nd Service i changed wireless and nVidia (which means the whole motherboard i think...haha)

mumeichan, teledynamics is the sole distributor in Malaysia...so matter where u buy the battery..it'll come from them too...but maybe you can scout around for Toshiba dealers that can provide a more competitive price..I'm thinking of getting a 12 cell battery. But it cost almost 1k. haha..

NekoRacing, I own a M40 too. you mean you leave the WIFI on even when you shutdown or restart right? last time i used to have this problem too. But after i reinstall the driver..then it's fine already.