Advantages: Very good spec and good performance with LONG battery life Disadvantages: Only a 15" screen, very bad audio speakers
...and OneNote, and all the Toshiba products for notebooks, such as Wireless Diagnoser etc. The CD writer is very good, it's 24X, which is fairly fast for a notebook, and it's CW-RW. I upgraded this to DVD-W, as it only came as a DVD-Rom when I bought it, and it's 4X. I haven't had any problems with the drive since I bought this. However, this does come with XP Pro, which is bloody good, working really well with Pentium M. There are a lot of extra Toshiba ... ...exactly how you want it. I upgraded the harddrive space to 60Gb from 40Gb, and I would recommend this if you play games, edit photos, and like to generally need a lot of space. The built in laptop speakers are EXTREMELY tinny, so if you listen to a lot of music I would recommend buying some USB speakers. I wish this had a few more USB ports, but you can always buy a external plug-in external USB ports. You can also buy a bluetooth dongle to solve ...
crazyforyou12 15.04.2005
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Does everything that I need it to and consistant with the requirements of my family. Easy to upgrade with software and hardware.
Recommend! ...
pumaeq 08.08.2007 (07.08.2007)
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this is a great laptop. i instently upgradeed the ram 2 1gb but apart from tht its the same it is a fast and reliable laptop that preforms wen needed. not a gaming laptop, dont be miss judged by the intel extreme graphics! the only thing wrong with this laptop is next to the plug in for the charger it has torn and wires are showing tht is the only thing wrong ...
timmyisgay 27.08.2008
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Advantages: Stylish design, lightweight, long battery life & very fast once another 256MB is installed (or more) Disadvantages: Bios system requires updating to Service Pack 2. Requires more memory optimum performance.
This machine is excellent for high or mid-useage. Whether you are a business user or for domestic purposes you are guaranteed quality with this sleek & powerful structured design by Toshiba.
The portability aspect is great as it is not heavy and is stylish enough to pull out and use almost anywhere! With an average battery life of 3 hours (on a fully charged battery) I've never had issues using it when required to do so. There is also many addtional ...
LaMottaXI 22.01.2006
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First off, i'm not going to write a lengthy review as i have only just bought this laptop, however i will give some general specs of the machine and my first opinions.
Built-in Devices Stereo speakers, wireless LAN aerial Width 33.8 cm Depth 27.4 cm Height 3.8 cm Weight 2.6 kg Processor Processor Intel Pentium M 735 1.7 GHz Data Bus Speed 400 MHz Chipset Type Intel 855GME Cache Memory Type L2 Cache Installed Size 2 MB RAM Installed Size 512 MB / ... ...Storage Controller IDE Hard Drive 60 GB Optical Storage Type DVD±RW / DVD-RAM Read Speed 24x (CD) / 8x (DVD) Write Speed 16x (CD) / 4x (DVD-R) / 2.4x (DVD+R) CD / DVD Rewrite Speed 8x (CD) / 2x (DVD-RW) / 2.4x (DVD+RW) / 2x (DVD-RAM) Display Display Type 15" TFT active matrix Max Resolution 1024 x 768 / 24-bit (16.7 million colours) Video Graphics Processor / Vendor Intel 855GME Video Memory Dynamic Video Memory Technology 2.0 Audio Audio Output ...
Scotslad20 15.04.2005
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