Advantages: Great value, light, stays cool and looks professional. Disadvantages: Some may prefer more storage space, no seperate number pad.
...Included:
Windows XP Home Edition
Toshiba Utilities (including Help and Power Profile Manager)
POWER PROFILES
Toshiba have a application, which allows you to set up multiple power profiles. It can store settings for screen brightness, CPU speed and hardrive shutdown, with it automatically setting itself to a profile, say when you use the laptop purely on battery. Battery life is a couple of hours, if on long life and the brightness is set low. ... ...an estimate of the time left and the percentage still to be used. Once the battery gets very low (about 5%) it will automatically turn off, though you will first get a warning (at about 15%).
The specification is adequate for my needs. Although i am currently using it to write a report, i also use it to watch DVD's play music and since September it has mainly been used for electronic design and simulation. ...
tokenxx 30.03.2005
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Toshiba Satellite Pro A10
I have owned a Toshiba Satelite Pro for over three years now and on the whole am very happy with the machine. There is however a caveat with my recommendation. The design boys at Toshiba made one glaring mistake by placing the cooling vent for the processor on the underside of the laptop. as a result the laptop will gets very hot, the fan is constantly working at near maximum and is noisy. Eventually, the machine will get too hot and close down. ... ...drive
Toshiba DVD-ROM
14.1 TFT
SoundMAX Digital Audio
Software
Windows XP Pro Service Pack 2.
Micorsoft Office
Microsoft Office Onenote 2003 (tried it once, never bothered with it)
Toshiba Recovery Disks and utilites.
Buy if you wish but remember you'll have to prop it up to avoid overheating. ...
deadlysirius 10.11.2007
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: helpful Review of Toshiba Satellite Pro A10
I have owned a Toshiba A10 for over a year now and I am using it right now to write this review. I ordered it direct from Toshiba for around £650 and I received it the next day. I opened the packaging and like many computers the software was preinstalled. Meaning I only had to switch it on and I could start using my laptop right away.
It comes supplied with a external floppy drive which is worth £40 from PC-world, a modem cable, power cable, backup ... ...help me, I then rung Toshiba and after explaining the situation I was on my way to Maplins to get the right cable.
Since then I have upgraded to a wireless network. I used a card that slotted in the side but the laptop does have the capability to put a wireless card internally.
Overall I would say this is a very good, budget laptop that I would recommend to anyone. ...
guru123 24.02.2005
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: helpful Review of Toshiba Satellite Pro A10
This laptop is quite good at simple tasks, but really falls flat on its face when it comes to speed, and games. It uses accelerated graphics, which really slow down graphics performance.
This problem can be solved however! All you need to do is add a 512mb stick of RAM, it's that simple! A 512mb stick of RAM means less slowdown, and better performance, and you can install it yourself in 2 minutes flat!
Other than the speed problems, the A10 is ... ...a bit cheap. Also, the fingerpad is not so great, and I'd highly recommend buying a mouse.
The laptop looks sleek and professional, and although bulky, is very hardwearing. It's not silent, but it's not really loud either.
Overall, a good laptop from Toshiba, desperate for a RAM upgrade!
SPEED TEST WITH 768MB of RAM INSTALLED
Processor Your Results
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Brand/Model Intel Celeron M Nominal Clock Speed 2200 MHz Measured ...
markhowson999 11.01.2006 (16.01.2006)
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: somewhat helpful Review of Toshiba Satellite Pro A10
...i took my 'ultra portable' Toshiba satellite a10 pro out of it's packaging, to dicover just how big and bulky it really ia! (to say nothing of excess weight - it REALLY needs to go on a diet). As a desktop replacement (which is what i have ended up using mine as) it is a superb system, with all the power you could use, plus a lot more, however it dosen't really cut it as a business portable which is what it was designed as. The abundance of features ... ...loose fitting catch, so i returned it to Toshiba for a replacement. This happened 3 times, and after the third faliure TOSHIBA refused to exchange it again, leaving me with faulty goods. Never mind eh - i bought a notebook and ended up with a dodgy desktop, but never mind! ...
Ferretboy4ever 26.09.2004
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: somewhat helpful Review of Toshiba Satellite Pro A10
Advantages: Quality is reasonably good Disadvantages: major defect in many models
I own a toshiba laptop and I know several people who do too.
In general, toshiba laptops are among the best laptops out there. There is a big problem with them though. After about 5 months, the computer faces a total shut down for no reason, for example the computer will just die and you will have to turn it back on again. Similarly, there is a problem with the power supply in that the power supply goes randomly too. What you have to do is take ... ...to my toshiba, but no! Its happening to my friend's toshiba's too.... and the worrying thing is that they have different models, and newer models! so before you decide to buy a toshiba laptop make sure you get it insured, or buy another company, because this bug is extremely frustrating! ...
pacman_a 12.06.2005
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: somewhat helpful Review of Toshiba Satellite Pro A10
(+) cool and quite robust trackpad, good display,64-bit windows 7 (-) few connectors,dell drivers only, not realy for gameing (most models), finger print prone!
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