[OP Update] Windows 8.1 compared to Win7 - user experience

LarryJM wrote:
... One thing that is getting harder is finding machines that allow user access to the memory and Hard Drives. In the Toshiba line up only the Tecra 50 series now has that level of accessibility. ... Larry

Are you referring to the fact that they don't have little access doors to the memory and hdd? It's still fairly easy (at least on my Toshiba Satellite) to remove the entire bottom (although something like 18 screws) of the case which gives full access to memory and hdd.