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For the price, this computer has a lot, very fast and nice features. The only two poblems with this computer are very anoying, first if you are not used to Vista you'll spend a lot of time trying to find everything compatible with Vista 64-bits, and the second big problem is that there's a problem with the wireless and the audio, you will hear a distorsion every 2 minutes for about 3 or 4 seconds and that sucks.
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I was looking to replace my older 3GB RAM Gateway that was working just fine. Getting this Toshiba was the best move ever. Most of my apps installed without issues, although HP's all-in-one printer drivers have some occasional issues... I love the 64-bit O/S, the 4GB DDR2, the fact I can expand that to 8GB in the future -- as there are 2 memory slots, and the laptop comes with 2GB in each slot. Once 4GB modules become available (at a decent price), I can expand the memory and maintain some semblance of modern and fast performance.
The unit is nice and light, although it benefits from the (optional) extended capacity battery. The network card has great reach, even in hotels with weak signals. Although the touch and feel doesn't appear to be as solid as the Gateway, it does feel good and hopefully it will last a few years without issues. The only thing I did not like was the power adapter -- the connection that attaches to the unit is very flimsy, and will probably break the next
The unit is nice and light, although it benefits from the (optional) extended capacity battery. The network card has great reach, even in hotels with weak signals. Although the touch and feel doesn't appear to be as solid as the Gateway, it does feel good and hopefully it will last a few years without issues. The only thing I did not like was the power adapter -- the connection that attaches to the unit is very flimsy, and will probably break the next
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I have been enjoying this laptop a great deal. It has become my primary computer to which I have my monitor, keyboard, mouse, speakers, router & modem, and printer wired. The only thing I had to add, since it is a primary unit, is a USB hub because my keyboard, mouse, and printer use up the 3 USB ports and I needed 2 more for my external hard drive. If you don't need to plug in all that stuff, no worries.
I am a fan of the Toshiba brand anyway. My husband also has a Toshiba laptop with which we both have been very pleased, and we have other Toshiba electronics all of which have been excellent and durable. This new Toshiba is amazingly fast. Love having the additional memory and very large hard drive since this was charted to become my primary since I killed my desktop a couple weeks ago.
Another amazing thing I am finding is that it stays so cool! I was amazed. When I was setting it up I just had it sitting on one of my wire mesh laptop stands and even after 10 hours of use
I am a fan of the Toshiba brand anyway. My husband also has a Toshiba laptop with which we both have been very pleased, and we have other Toshiba electronics all of which have been excellent and durable. This new Toshiba is amazingly fast. Love having the additional memory and very large hard drive since this was charted to become my primary since I killed my desktop a couple weeks ago.
Another amazing thing I am finding is that it stays so cool! I was amazed. When I was setting it up I just had it sitting on one of my wire mesh laptop stands and even after 10 hours of use
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I bought this computer mainly for the relation price-features, de 4GB Ram and the 17 in display works perfectly for the needs I have, lots of software you're never going to use, Norton Antivirus makes this computer slow so much so I instal the AVG Antivirus, the main complain I have is that I expect that the computer is bronze color but when I receive it it was platinum color, please change the picture or especify that is another color
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First off, deduct one star for Vista. Man, this OS deserves all the bad press it receives. Deduct another star for where the power supply attaches to the notebook, way too close to the drawer of the DVD/CD drive. Aside from these issues, the notebook performs admirably, despite Vista, for those tasks such as web surfing, email and non graphics-critical applications. Out of the box the notebook would see my FIOS router but refused to connect to the internet. After reloading the entire image from the backup disks, I could access the internet. Toshiba tech support suggested the fix and does not advise downgrading to XP since there are driver issues that XP will not be able to resolve. Vista deserves a 2 star deduction but overall this notebook is good value despite its OS. Yes, there are several included apps that you may want to uninstall but that's no big deal.
The notebook can be purchased for much less than the Amazon price so do some Googling if you're interested.
The notebook can be purchased for much less than the Amazon price so do some Googling if you're interested.
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I will never buy a Toshiba again. Problem #1, the laptop heats up very, very, very hot. I have to have a book or thick magazine between the computer and my lap when I am sitting on the couch using the laptop. I have heard that this heat is very bad for the computer in the long run. Problem #2, this is the worst!> The keyboard has lost its sense of touch. I have to press extremely hard on the keys to type an email or a letter. When I speed type an email, I review it and there are many letters missing. Huge pain in the neck to go back and enter the letters that were missed. The keyboard is a piece of junk! I saved a few $$ buying this, what a mistake. Next time I am going with Sony or HP; even a Dell would be better than this Toshiba.
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This laptop offers low-end multimedia as well as gaming capabilities for a very competitive price. I purchased it from Amazon 2 weeks ago and I love it. It comes with an HDMI interface and a remote control. You can hook it up to your HD TV and be able to manage your media remotely. The speakers the graphics performance are on the low end, of course you can always hook it up to external speakers and be able to enjoy the music. I would recommend it for anyone who isn't a sophisticated gamer and an average multimedia user.
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On 11/20/08 I was looking at buying this product Direct from Amazon for $1687.97 and a rebate of $100 bringing it to $1587.97. After reading the reviews I had a question in regards to Amazon being unauthorized store and units being repackaged. It took them till the next day 11/21/08 to get back to me. When I checked the price it was up to $1794. When I questioned them in regards to this, They really didn't answer my question or offer it at the day earlier price. I am now questioning if it was a repackaged unit like the complain was in the reviews.
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I purchased this Toshiba Satellite L305-S5907 laptop three weeks ago from Amazon and I've been impressed. Amazon shipped my machine quickly via UPS. It was on sale for about 24 hours so I got mine for $579 with no tax, and shipping was included. This is the best price I've found on a laptop with these specs. The Toshiba is fast, quiet, two pounds lighter than my 7 year old Dell, and looks great. I've had no troubles with Vista Premium working with this machine. My only complaints are the glare on the glossy screen, if you're outside, and the glossy plastic case, which looks good, but shows fingerprints easily. I don't play alot of games on my computer and this is certainly not a gaming machine with a separate graphics card. I have a Wii for that. It also isn't a television with a Blu Ray player and 17" widescreen. I have a LCD TV for that. The 15.4" widescreen is perfect for my use and looks great. You could spend $1200 for an entry level Mac but it would have much less memory,
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I was looking for a 17" screen computer and this one fit the bill. It is easy to operate, and the 64 bit operating system is working fine. I deleted the software that came with it and loaded AVG anti virus, Spybot spyware and also Open office instead of paying for the microsoft office system supplied. I have not had any problems but one annoying thing was the automatic update feature. I suggest you change the settings to ask if you want to download the update to keep the computer from re-starting when you are in the middle of a project.
I priced this at other stores and Amazon was cheapest. Free shipping and I got the computer in 3 days!
I priced this at other stores and Amazon was cheapest. Free shipping and I got the computer in 3 days!
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I bought this computer for my father in law. I chose it because of the huge hard drive for a laptop(250GB), the 2.0 GHz Intel Pentium Dual Core Processors, and the 17" widescreen and full keyboard (has the numbers to the right). At my house we are a Mac family, but my father in law is 75 and has only known windows so we decided to purchase a pc for him. For the price, we got an awesome computer. It has the same processors as my 20"imac, and for half the price.
The only cons I have with this laptop is that:
(a) it's a pc (we just love macs)
(b) it runs on Vista (at least it's premium edition).
Other than that, if your looking for a lot of computer for a little money, then this is it!
My father in law only uses it to surf the web, check email, and look at pictures of the family we send. So for him, it works out perfect.
The only cons I have with this laptop is that:
(a) it's a pc (we just love macs)
(b) it runs on Vista (at least it's premium edition).
Other than that, if your looking for a lot of computer for a little money, then this is it!
My father in law only uses it to surf the web, check email, and look at pictures of the family we send. So for him, it works out perfect.
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After having read numerous complaints about this device going to sleep and never waking up, I made sure to immediately install it using the fairly public workaround of giving it a dedicated IP address. It has never used DHCP and it has never failed. Would it fail to wake up if I used DHCP? Probably so, but since I'm not using it that way, it's not a problem.
I'm ecstatic that the driver can be installed alone - without all of the extra overhead fluff that many consumer printers scatter around your system. When I'm not printing, there aren't 10,000 processes running in the background like there were with my old Lexmark.
So far I've only used the included inks and the photo quality, at least to an untrained eye, is much better than I would have expected from a device at this price. I don't know if the 6 ink option produces better photos than the default 4 color output right out of the box, but again, to my untrained eyes, the photo output looks great from the CMYK cartridges which
I'm ecstatic that the driver can be installed alone - without all of the extra overhead fluff that many consumer printers scatter around your system. When I'm not printing, there aren't 10,000 processes running in the background like there were with my old Lexmark.
So far I've only used the included inks and the photo quality, at least to an untrained eye, is much better than I would have expected from a device at this price. I don't know if the 6 ink option produces better photos than the default 4 color output right out of the box, but again, to my untrained eyes, the photo output looks great from the CMYK cartridges which
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Toshiba Satellite L305-S5907 15.4-Inch Laptop (2.0 GHz Intel Pentium Dual Core T3200 Processor, 4 GB RAM, 320 GB Hard Drive, DVD Drive, Vista Premium)
FOR MANY YEARS I HAVE OWNED A DESKTOP. I FINALLY DECIDED IN DOING SOME RESEARCH TO EDUCATE MYSELF ABOUT LAPTOPS AND ALL IT HAS TO OFFER. IN DOING SO, I FOUND THIS WONDERFUL PRODUCT THROUGH AMAZON.COM. BEING A FIRST TIME BUYER OF A LAPTOP COMP, I WAS CONCERNED WITH THE PRICE AND SPECS OF A SUCH PRODUCT. THUS, I CHECKED MANY RETAIL STORES AND FOUND AMAZON.COM SAVED ME ABOUT $200. CUST SERVICE WITH AMAZON WAS A VERY DELIGHTFUL EXPERIENCE (WE ALL KNOW CUST SCE IS USUALLY A NIGHTMARE). I MUST REALLY SAY, AMAZON.COM WAS ABSOLUTELY INSTRUMENTAL IN ASSISTING ME WITH ALL MY QUESTIONS AND PURCHASE. ONE MORE THING, AMAZON INFORMED ME UPON MY PURCHASE, MY COMP'S ARRIVAL WILL TAKE ABOUT 7-10 DYS, WELL LET ME TELL YOU, I RECD THE PRODUCT VIA UPS IN 3 DYS. THANK YOU AMAZON. I WILL DEFINITELY RECOMMEND YOU TO MY FRIENDS AND CONTINUE DOING BUSINESS
FOR MANY YEARS I HAVE OWNED A DESKTOP. I FINALLY DECIDED IN DOING SOME RESEARCH TO EDUCATE MYSELF ABOUT LAPTOPS AND ALL IT HAS TO OFFER. IN DOING SO, I FOUND THIS WONDERFUL PRODUCT THROUGH AMAZON.COM. BEING A FIRST TIME BUYER OF A LAPTOP COMP, I WAS CONCERNED WITH THE PRICE AND SPECS OF A SUCH PRODUCT. THUS, I CHECKED MANY RETAIL STORES AND FOUND AMAZON.COM SAVED ME ABOUT $200. CUST SERVICE WITH AMAZON WAS A VERY DELIGHTFUL EXPERIENCE (WE ALL KNOW CUST SCE IS USUALLY A NIGHTMARE). I MUST REALLY SAY, AMAZON.COM WAS ABSOLUTELY INSTRUMENTAL IN ASSISTING ME WITH ALL MY QUESTIONS AND PURCHASE. ONE MORE THING, AMAZON INFORMED ME UPON MY PURCHASE, MY COMP'S ARRIVAL WILL TAKE ABOUT 7-10 DYS, WELL LET ME TELL YOU, I RECD THE PRODUCT VIA UPS IN 3 DYS. THANK YOU AMAZON. I WILL DEFINITELY RECOMMEND YOU TO MY FRIENDS AND CONTINUE DOING BUSINESS
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I purchased this laptop as a desktop replacement for my son who is in college. The integrated 10-key and 17" screen make this more than just a notebook. The ram and processor work beautifully, internet link up is fast and automatic. I had considered wiping Vista and replacing with XP but the performance is so good, and the Vista add-ons made me change my mind. The "speech-to-text" program works fairly well, but of course it has to be trained to your voice. The webcam, mic and speakers are awesome for young people - who needs a phone?! It has an integrated TV tuner and you can connect newer TV's directly to the unit and watch programs in full HD. Even includes a remote. I don't do gaming so cannot speak to it's capabilities there but I told my son if he doesn't like it - I'll be happy to take it! Great value for the money and should hold him for a long time.
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Sometimes you do really stupid stuff. And sometimes you do it because you're never satisfied. I've always been the kind of person who was on the lookout for something better. A laptop smaller, faster than the one I have. A zoom, wider, longer, lighter than the one I have. A better iPod, better speakers, lighter, studier Nikes. Newer, better, faster Photoshop. There's always something better coming out just before Christmas. I'm looking at a Blu-ray video player. That new Tamron 18-270 is looking mighty sweet. That new MacBook, really the cat's meow that was.
As soon as I saw Steve Jobs' presentation I began to think my MacBook was getting long in the tooth. How silly I was. I didn't know that then, I know it now. I mean this beautiful machine had a 320 gig hard drive, 4 gigs of ram, a gorgeous matte screen you could look at and love forever, connected right up to my really, really gorgeous 23 inch Apple Cinema display. It ran Photoshop at almost the speed of light. Lightroom too, it blazed
As soon as I saw Steve Jobs' presentation I began to think my MacBook was getting long in the tooth. How silly I was. I didn't know that then, I know it now. I mean this beautiful machine had a 320 gig hard drive, 4 gigs of ram, a gorgeous matte screen you could look at and love forever, connected right up to my really, really gorgeous 23 inch Apple Cinema display. It ran Photoshop at almost the speed of light. Lightroom too, it blazed
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Background:
I wanted to buy the new unibody MacBook Pro.
Tried it at the Apple store and here are my findings and opinions,
and comparisons with the March 2008 model (MB134LL/A - the one I bought and am reviewing).
Display on unibody model is super glossy and very reflective - and has no option for matte finish.
Keyboard on unibody model did not feel as nice as the March 2008 model.
Unibody model is slightly larger - bezel width is more than the March 2008 Model.
Also, the March 2008 model is a lot cheaper (about $700),
and there is an additional $150 rebate from Amazon.
Meaningful specs difference:
2.5 GHz versus 2.53 GHz CPU in the new high end one,
2 Gigs of RAM versus 4 Gigs of faster RAM in the new high end (I upgraded to 4GB myself for $60),
8600M GT 512MB versus 9600M GT 512MB in the new high end (20-30% faster),
250GB 5400RPM versus 320GB 5400RPM in the new one (more on this below),
The new one also has dual graphics (use the lower power one for more battery),
but I'd always
I wanted to buy the new unibody MacBook Pro.
Tried it at the Apple store and here are my findings and opinions,
and comparisons with the March 2008 model (MB134LL/A - the one I bought and am reviewing).
Display on unibody model is super glossy and very reflective - and has no option for matte finish.
Keyboard on unibody model did not feel as nice as the March 2008 model.
Unibody model is slightly larger - bezel width is more than the March 2008 Model.
Also, the March 2008 model is a lot cheaper (about $700),
and there is an additional $150 rebate from Amazon.
Meaningful specs difference:
2.5 GHz versus 2.53 GHz CPU in the new high end one,
2 Gigs of RAM versus 4 Gigs of faster RAM in the new high end (I upgraded to 4GB myself for $60),
8600M GT 512MB versus 9600M GT 512MB in the new high end (20-30% faster),
250GB 5400RPM versus 320GB 5400RPM in the new one (more on this below),
The new one also has dual graphics (use the lower power one for more battery),
but I'd always
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This is a review of the S101 running Windows XP. The S101 was easy to set up and operate, is reasonable quick and responsive for general web browsing, mail etc. By that I mean apps start quickly and process quickly. The included bag is well padded, seems useful, and the packaging overall is quite nice - I bought this as a present for someone so that was appreciated.
Be very cautious of doing any BIOS or other updates on it, they seem to have adverse effects and my 2c is to only do them if they resolve a problem you know you are experiencing. In my case, it works great right out of the box.
Unfortunately, I have been conditioned to keep everything fully updated and patched so I did go the update route, and was burned badly. End result - Asus support never responded to my plea for help, and there was little or no info on their forums or knowledge base about the problem I had. I eventually fixed it myself. I would give this 4 stars if their support had responded. Their manual
Be very cautious of doing any BIOS or other updates on it, they seem to have adverse effects and my 2c is to only do them if they resolve a problem you know you are experiencing. In my case, it works great right out of the box.
Unfortunately, I have been conditioned to keep everything fully updated and patched so I did go the update route, and was burned badly. End result - Asus support never responded to my plea for help, and there was little or no info on their forums or knowledge base about the problem I had. I eventually fixed it myself. I would give this 4 stars if their support had responded. Their manual
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This is a great laptop. Runs most games just fine at medium to high settings. Pick this laptop up at bestbuy for $899. That is a steal for what you get.
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I travel a lot and need to maintain productivity on the road. I need speed, disk capacity and a high res display. This machine has all that, plus entertainment features like HDMI output that let me play Blu-Ray movies on a hotel LCD TV (just make sure and carry an HDMI cable with you). I used to carry an HDX dragon with a 20" screen. I like the extra size on the screen, but this HDX18 weighs half as much and fits into any standard 17" screen case -- which the Dragon does not. The NVIDIA 9600M GT display adapter is not nearly as fast as the HDX Dragon's 8800M GTS but is fast enough for all but hard core gamers.
I did upgrade the drives to 2x500GB to have a terabyte of space. Only wish would be able to upgrade the RAM past 4GB (I run a lot of virtual servers...)
I did upgrade the drives to 2x500GB to have a terabyte of space. Only wish would be able to upgrade the RAM past 4GB (I run a lot of virtual servers...)
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After much research I decided on the Toshiba Satellite L305-S5907. I compared it to the HP Touch which I was real excited about when it first came out. The only problem was the touch screen with the 4 GB or RAM and 320 Hard drive has a 22 inch screen which would make it impossible for me to use the computer the way I use my laptop. So I looked at the HP touch screen laptop which has a 12 inch screen. This was a problem for me since my previous laptop has a 12 inch screen and I hated. Also the HP touch laptop lacked the amount of memory I desired. So I started my quest for a laptop with the memory and RAM I desired for a reasonable price. I did not want a Dell because my previous laptop is a Dell and it sucks big time.
I checked CNET and some other websites and I also checked with a few computer geeks I know and the Toshiba got high praise. So I bought it and boy am I happy!!!
I love my laptop !!! I haven't had any problems with the vista home premium and the webcam feature helps
I checked CNET and some other websites and I also checked with a few computer geeks I know and the Toshiba got high praise. So I bought it and boy am I happy!!!
I love my laptop !!! I haven't had any problems with the vista home premium and the webcam feature helps
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