My friend, who bought a FTEC laptop 2 months ago, right after he bought the laptop, the screen screwed up. Yes.. Right after mean after he took out from the box and power on.
So, he went to change a new one and plan to resell online. After the changed, he never open up from the box, until yesterday.. He decided not to sell because can’t get a good buyer, and today.. What happened? New model, out from the box, the screen screwed up again!
LoL.. FTEC, Amber Chia endorse, oh yaa.. My friend bought the laptop because of Amber Chia is FTEC endorsee, he love Amber Chia… then now his wallet screwed up 😛
FTEC also awarded Malaysia Super Brand product.. Haha.. I think Malaysia Super Brand council has to reconsider the award, else I am wondering how the Super Brand Council measure the so called _Super Brand_ products.
If you ever think of buy FTEC laptops/products, please think twice before you throw the money. I recommend you buy IBM/Powerbook/iBook! 😛 I do recommend my friend that, but he is so in love with Amber..
What can I say… I’m a sucker for marketing.
Ftec you better watch out… never piss off a journalist.
finally. my friend is here to make noice 🙂
anyways, u shud show your journalist power 🙂
Aiyoh yoh. Amber what are you doing, endorsing such a pro—–duck? You have stole one more fan lah. Looks like we also can’t trust those pads, the sani—- ones that she endorses
Lesson to learn, don’t always trust a pretty face nor a pretty smile. To Paul’s friend, Acer not bad lah especially the Ferrari one.:)
Please replace “stole” with the word “lost”. Now what was i thinking of??? Aiyah, “hantu typo”. 🙁
hahaha.. Lone, no worry, u just want to make the point. FTEC SUCK 🙂
Actually, your expensive camera took some pretty impressive shots… well… the camera man also quite good lah…
Borrow me on Monday when I go Ftec can ah? 😀
LoL…
go Ftec F them ah? 😛
Sony VAIOs are the best! 🙂
That’s the reason FTEC got Amber Chia for their promo, and u spoiled it for them Paul. 😉
Ftec says will replace for me. But I don’t want ANOTHER faulty comp. Niama!
good luck 😛
didn’t you know that FTEC stands for Faulty Technology Embedded Computer ? btw, Amber doesnt use FTEC, so why support FTEC in the 1st place ? *lol*
i guess she won’t use it, but friend is kind of dumbass…. 😛
Amber know how to use a computer? :-O
lucky nvr buy yet, now i know wat is ftech.
Anonymous, so hows your brand new laptop now. Working fine. Is Ftec that bad.
oic……..
ya, the lcd screen r really s**k……
and i’ll change 2 buy acer , dell , IBM or something………
hope this help u 🙂
Ben, the status still the same.. the graphic card problem
Ok guys, its been a while since this blog has been up.
The bottomline is I never managed to send my laptop back to Ftec. I didn’t get ANOTHER new laptop.
But I patched EVERYTHING – graphic card driver, XP, bios – everything I could think off and more!
It didn’t help. I deactivated SPEED STEP, and lo-and-behold – It hasn’t crashed for more than a month.
So far XP has NEVER CRASHED on me. Apps crashing is nothing new to me lah.
But I have a 3 year warranty. Not scared. MUAHAHAAJ
But I Do have to backup everything.
Better watch trio.the new tv show, the promote ftec like hell..
hahaha.. Ftec.. suck like hell still waste the time promote, just like tmnet, don’t invest in technologies but in Advertisement.
I didn’t know Ftec laptop is so screwed up. That reminds me of my cousin’s wife. Just bought the Ftec laptop during the last PC fair in KL. I heard she got problem with her laptop within 2 weeks. Couldn’t remember what was the exact problem.
For people in Kuching, I recommend they buy laptops from either Acer or HP… maybe Sony. These vendors got service stations in Kuching.
Better to get an internationally recognized brand. Might be more expensive even though got the same specs, but its damn worth it if you need reliability. I bought a HP. If HP is used by administrative depts. in the USA, then you should know whats best lah.
mmm…….i was wondering about buying a ftec but now i dont know…..for those who thing hp its a great computer….i have a notebook hp pavilion zd7000 a lot of problems with the power source conection in the notebook and returned man times to the store and they just chane the cables but the problem repeats again and again…..im from mexico and bought the hp directly in the usa so i think the best its to get a good warranty……i want to change it any one knows where can i get great deals for notebooks in kl or kunatan???
Get IBM the best 😉
geez…
i dun think so…
not evry ftec suck la…
i’m oso usin ftec laptop, i bought frm the pc fair last yr(2005)
then now until today (11.1.2006), my laptop is still ok, no problems happening…
i’m a big user, lik…
juz a big user la
i’m usin this to on9 wireless (Wi-Fi), its vey steady..
i think ur fren’s laptop is old model
max, my friend bought a brand new model in last year (2005) PC Fair as well 😉
ic……
thanks, i just want to buy buy i know the driver is hard to get……..
like that the guy which was selling is cheat me……
lucky not pay yet …….
thanks your guy …….
i will change to other brand is that acer good???
never mind i will seach i ….
buy IBM 🙂
hello,frenz out there, ftec is nothing lah! everything also OEM from taiwanese factory. CHEAP AND BAD QUALITY
FTec – F*cked-up Technology. That’s why.
so how… batter buy directly form shop can test first before buy…
hmmmm…. sad story…… BTW thanks for ure comment
Actually Ftech using MSI technology and is totally taiwan same as
so many others model…like ASUS,ACER even DELL n IBM using
some third party component to made their laptop…so done be surprise
if some of the laptop received is screw-up also…it all depent on quality
control and packaging shipping doesn’t help much…ha!..ha!…ha!
hahahaha so many people hate ftec uh *lol* tell u wat ah..company where i work now also sell dat brand too,but i never persuade my customers to buy it. Instead i sell of Hp or IBM or NEC or Aspire bla3…but my fren(sit next to me) manage to sell dat fucked up brand (hmm…..) all of us in diz company know itz fucked up…we got the technician mah..so dey tol us luh..but we have to sell it anywhere (damn!) wat to do?? *sign* owh yea no wonder dat ftec is cheaper den da others..here in my country,da highest price 4 it – around $2000-$2500. aiyaa…
… intially, i planned to gat a FTec laptop too….
but now i think i should reconsider…
anyway…. i think ur friend could be the only unlucky
out of 100 coms sure have 1 is bad product…
My advice is, there are others better quality and reasonable price product, you should go for Dell, HP or IBM. They provide good customer support and warranty. Don’t because of saving RM500-RM1000, get a low quality laptop which can’t use more than 3 years.
If you said my friend was 1 of 100 unlucky person, but he changed 2 brand new laptop also have the same problem 🙂
I bought F- TEC too.. half year ago…
i got the same problem as well… The problem was due to the memory purposes… U ask them to change a new memory for u… than everything should be fine now…
i heard a notebook dealer said that FTec is an gred 3 which is the lowest gred for notebook. Gred 2 notebook are Asus, Acer, Dell, HP, Compaq etc. Then gred 1 include Toshiba and also Fujitsu which is the most reliable one.
Not to forgot, IBM!
no~~ MacPro~~~~ wahhahaha
When I was shopping for a laptop, I actually asked strangers sitting in Starbucks who were using DELL their opinion on their laptops. Mostly negative.
My boss has used Sony, Fujitsu and Dell claimed that Fujistu is the most stable among all.
I have no problems with my current Acer 🙂 Just add RAM.
i’m using ftech too… 8260 model… so far so good (almost 1/2 year)… never faced any single problems…. using very frequently… for games, architechering, designing and engeneering…. event line-in parrallel with other supporting machineries…. so far running very well…. i dont think so it suck… sometimes it back to how we handle a things… if it is a notebook, threat it like a notebook; not like a racing car….
My friend got it brand new out from the box, we opened it with extremely care. Both also having the problem.
May be my friend was having real bad luck.
holy shit!….yea…the brand sound “high tech”…what happened?!, well we cant blame amber for it, i wont blame her coz i love her! really its not her fault, right amber? to the f-tech engineer, RUN MORE TEST BEFORE MARKETING THE PRODUCT!! OK? no offend to anyone…
hey..i totally agree with al that it can suck . this FTEC (Female Thong Enclose C*nt ) is shitty product… not reliable at all couse… no good support from the tech as well .. i got a w2 series and it f*** up . some buttons not functioning proply, can go wirless , screen sometimes go from bright to not so bright in sec, stickers getting lose out, the layout not level( can see the top left of key board sink down lower ” don’t tell me thats hi-tec design” ) well all this discover in f**kin 24hr… man .. i hate this .. do u guys know that .. there isan’t much factory base in Taiwan. there is a larger land across the sea… mm…
i decide to trow it away …..
Ftec laptop realli tat bad*??
I tot to buy one too but dunno wat model is better (range ard RM3,500). Btw, how bout Twinhead?? Any comment on tis brand?
Hey, guy… think RM2500 can get a new good notebook, think again…
cutting corner is one of the thing happen in budget system even for desktop. That why sometimes its better to asemble your own desktop
system. But unfortunately notebook is much more difficult to asemble
your own. Only few company like Aopen offer custom notebook.
But there is hope for the penny pinching buyer, try refurbished notebook,
I’m using one from DELL & its more than six months already and
yes its used & tired with some fault like stuck keys…but its cover with
warranty & changed, now working in good order. u guys malike it…
i used ftec too but its really suck.. when i try to play game it hang.. what can i do.. if i sell these junk not worth it at all.. no want will buy these shit..
I bought a W2 Notebook in May 2005 and I want to express how dissastified I am with the quality of the computer.
The computer USB port and card reader was malfunction (can’t function at all) after only five months of using the computer.
I have to send the computer for repair through Sen Heng Electric (Kota Bahru) and it took one month to get it repaired.
Then in March 2006, the whole computer system was down and could not be started at all. I have to resend again through Sen Heng Electric and again it took more than one month to get it done.
And now, yet another problem crop up. The keyboard was spoilt. And I need to send back to Sen Heng again soon.
I have learnt my lesson, albeit an expensive one (RM 38++) and with the time lost in sending for repair, I shall never trust the FTEC billboards and ads and I shall never buy another unit again.
I am truly disappointed. I shall also never recommend it to my friends, and I should have listened to advice from this blog.
I have really wasted a lot of my precious time that cause the delay in my master degree dissertation / thesis completion because I have to send the computer back for service. Anyway, thanks to FTEC for the precious lesson.