Hi there, just a quick post. At 1 January 2010 my BenQ Joybook S41-447 gave me a big surprise: the VGA chipset (nvidia 8600m GS) was broken all of sudden. Using my sister’s laptop, I able to connect to internet and found out this Joybook S41-447 was equipped with a defective VGA card. Many people complained similar symptomps. Their monitor goes blank all of sudden.
Unfortunately, my warranty has over (the warranty only covers one year for spare part), and I most probably must pay $300 for damage I didn’t do.
Congratulation BenQ, you just have destroyed my customer loyality. I swear I will never ever buy any product from this manufacturer in the future.
For these who want to buy a gaming notebook, just follow my tips: NEVER buy anything from BenQ, especially their joybook series, because it has a lot of problems and equipped with crappy optic drive.
If you still decide to buy a BenQ Joybook even after reading this post, dont tell me I didnt warn you.
I’m ( very) sorry for you. I’ll take your lesson at heart, though I seriously doubt whether I ever will be into gaming.
PS: to the left of this post I read this ad ( in DutchP): “B&Q SP 831. Low Price. Good Service. No shipping costs”. I love irony.
^actually, we buy laptops according to our own need, in my case, I have occasional need for gaming, business people might find it waste of money, so they should buy light and durable notebook suitable for their mobile need
but this case really hurts my customer loyalty. -_-
nice..nice notification…
thanks for share your experience about using BenQ product and comment in my blog post
what do you think about DVD RW BenQ?is it have bad quality too,because ! still use it n works well
the DVD-rw is crappy. but luckily the replaced one was performing better than the old one. Still, it’s disappointing -_-