Toshiba Satellite Pro A210-1B1

I have never seen or used a Toshiba AMD based laptop that was better than this particular piece of kit This is definately a budget machine which is a perfect desktop replacement with a sleek design and attractive display that would appeal. Pros: Broad, bright display; comfortable keyboard, new measures that Toshiba has taken to insure quality and the look Cons: Unimpressive battery life; glossy screen finish produces reflections; Verdict: The inexpensive Toshiba Satellite Pro A210-1B1 laptop offers enough features and performance oomph for basic business tasks, but its AMD processor may ... more

This notebook has some very nice features considering its budget price. It comes standard with 2Gb of DDR2 SDRAM which I thought was nice. Windows Vista requires a minimum of 1Gb to operate normally. Seeing how this notebook has 2gigs, there is plenty of extra memory to run multiple programs at once. If you shop around a little bit you might notice that other laptops in the same price range as this one usually come standard with 1Gb. The hard drive is 160Gb large so some my feel its on the small side. I use this laptop mainly for school and office work so I doubt I would ever completely use up ... more

This was my first ever laptop and it's good value for money. Before buying, I spoke to someone I know who repairs laptops and he told me Toshiba is the one brand he never sees being returned. There's not lots of features although it comes with Premium Home Vista as opposed to Basic which some laptops in the same price bracket have instead of it. Battery life is appalling, about an hour if you do not plug it in, and this is very disappointing. On the plus side, it is very hardy as I have bashed it around and dropped it being clumsy and nothing is broken!! The DVD player does not always work so ... more