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Advantages: durability, reasonable price
Disadvantages: heat if used long hours and noisy fun inside

This notebook is my first notebook I bought it a year ago soon after it was launched in UK. I paid £499 for it. I don't think I should describe the product description in the review so I will only mention my experiences and opinions. In my opnion, the Satellite series is the reasonable priced notebook introduced by Toshiba. I use it daily and its durability is quite good. The keyboard keys are easy to handle and use. The notebooks come together with ...
...classic looks. When it is used for long hours (like 5 hours or more), it becomes hotter especially near the mouse pad area and the noise of the fun gets louder to reduce the heat inside. To summarise the pros and cons, it is value for money. Good Luck in your research of notebooks info. ... Read review

Advantages: beats all others
Disadvantages: a bit heavy on the knee

...the meantime I purchased my acer aspire, talk about chalk and cheese !!!!!!!!. I was dubious at first while waiting for it to arrive, never heard of Acer before, and expected something a bit dodgy, or of no use. How wrong was I, it is fantastic, 17" TFT, clarity on screen is fantastic, speed, even better, never known anything like it. I would like to say, that I am not a computer buff, e-mail, searches, web-cam, my limit, a computer dummy in fact, ...
...with this computer, it is all you want from a computer, cannot at my level fault it, best purchase I have made in the computer world. With Vista Premium loaded into the computer, you are in a different world, I agree Windows XP was good, but Vista is better, no more looking for programmes to download photos from camera etc, does it automatically, it is a great system, will load drivers automatically, and correctly. ... Read review

Advantages: 64bit processor, fast and realible,good battery life
Disadvantages: No Bluetooth, all USB behinde, it used to work a bit warm than intel processors

...to 2GB. But asus support is just waste of time, as I'm waiting for them just 6 months, only to come to my place, collect my laptop and fix a simple overheating problem (just dust inside) and a mini-PCI wireless adapter replacement which is not working very well anymore. You call them and they say to you go to their website and fill one application of service, always like that, but nobody call you back or have it to fix ... Read review

Advantages: Good design, Better choice, and trustable model, good value for money
Disadvantages: Tradition 6WHr Battery, (but updradation available)

...time. Other than Apple Dell also have some good models in 15'4" series and after its success of XPS series they have launched new studio series brand in 15.4" category and 17" category. I will discuss here Dell Studio 15, its design its quality, features and disadvantages as well. .. Dell Studio 15, comes in two deferent types, one is general edition and other-one is special art edition, and both models are available in seven deferent colors, ...
...different in functions and price! Dell provide basic configuration on both of models, but we can upgrade it as according to our requirements and than we can order it. What basic configuration and how much we can upgrade….have a look. Operating System Dell provides Windows Vista Home premium 32 Bit operating system with service pack 1. There is further option to upgrade this as ultimate version, but I think that will be bit costlier, premium ... Read review

Advantages: Quick, Large memory, Longlife battery, Easy to use,
Disadvantages: Heavy

Fantastic Laptop. Very quick and has a huge memory. the screen is great and with a dvd player which comes with remote control it also works just as well as tele and hi fi. Havent had any problems at all with it and the wireless is also great as it connects straight away with no fuss. the memory is great and holds hundreds of songs and pictures. have had this nearly 2 years and it still shows no signs of needing replaced any time soon. Battery lasts ...
...music. It also has a media centre which allows you to view pictures in a slide show and listen to music through playlists etc without the need for windows media player. It is quite small and the buttons are soft and easy to use. The joystick is also sensitive which means you dont need to push too hard to get it to work. It also has a scroll button which allows you to use the joystick to scroll through the menus without any fuss. It is quite heavy ... Read review