And the week just keeps getting better...well no, not really

[alfreda89]

Turns out that Microsoft don' know nuthin about being able to downgrade your operating system.

Toshiba does -- but if you machine turns out to have Windows 8 standard on it, and not Windows 8 Pro, you're not allowed to downgrade your machine. You must pay for the upgrade first, or you must pay for Windows 7. Why was this "guarantee" part of the software agreement I had to click through to originally boot the machine? Why do I not have the WIN 8 Pro I thought I bought?

Mysteries of the universe.

There are 45 drivers listed for the S955 laptop. Nowhere do I see that they will work with WIN 7 on this machine.

I'm guessing that I continue to be #$%^#@ over on this purchase.

Oh -- the nice young woman at Costco Concierge says that the keys wearing off is a manufacturer's defect, and I can send my machine back into have the keyboard replaced.

Yeah -- like I'm going to risk having a computer that works, however poorly, re-enter the factory and have the keys pried off because of the key alphanumerics wearing off in four months? And will we do this again in another four months?

I got news for them -- I'm getting glow in the dark keyboard stickers. WIN!

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[dancinghorse.livejournal.com]

OH, BLESS YOU. I have been going nutty because when I bought my laptop I got distracted in mid-order, clicked the wrong thing, and did not get the one with the backlit keyboard. I can't type passwords after dark because I can't see the keys.

Just ordered two sheets of glow-in-the-dark keys from ebay. $4.95 each. Free shipping.

[sheilagh.livejournal.com]

did you order the Toshiba online, or go in person? have receipt?