This laptop is an ingenius piece of junk that derserves the bin however ill start with the good points.
Advantages/positives:
Wonderful compatablitly with Vista, life server after my hard drive broke and my BIOS( nerd stuff - binary input and out system) wouldnt accept a old version of XP pro ( no sp). Well the point is that it works like a dream with Vista Business.
Decent computing power, can handle games which require a lot of processing demand and graphics.
Excellent entertainment notebook, nice surround sound when watching DVD, movies, music, games etc.
Harman/kardon speakers are a lovely touch espically if you the crank the music on max, perfect sound.
4 usb ports for all your usb needs since the 100gb is not always enough and could use an external harddrive or if you want to use a normal mouse.
Disadvantages/negatives:
There are 4 buttons(Play/pause/stop/ back or forth) and an off button which is really annoying as it takes a while to realise its not part of the QWERTY keyboard. Also they provide pointless features that you can do with the mouse 10x faster.
BBQ time!! i cooked my system board completely!!! had to use an external fan(those you use in the summer to cool yourself down with) to cool it down otherwise it would burn my legs.
Hard drive died a week after the warranty ran out.... conspiracy or conisidence? I expected better from Hitachi....
BIOS is useless wont allow old versions of XP to be installed.
This laptop needs juice!!! dont expect to watch a 2 hour DVD and be able to finish it by the battery dies.
Heavy sucker... it weighs more than 2.7 kg, its a back killer.
Overall:
Its a lovely laptop for enterainment, i love sound and video quality. Toshiba did a good job designing this laptop but i would not under any circumstance recommend this as a notebook for serious gaming, regular carrying around... pretty heavy and might damage it - dispite the fact it has anti-shock features.
Full specification
Processor Type Intel Core Duo T2300 Processor speed 1660 mhz Memory Size 1024 MB Memory Type DDR2 Hard Drive Capacity 100 Gb Optical Drives DVD SuperMulti Dual Layer CD-ROM Speed 24 x CD-RW Speed. 10 x DVD-ROM Speed 8 x Screen Size/Type 15.4" WXGA Graphics Card Type ATI MOBILITY RADEON X1400 Graphics Memory 256 MB TV-out Sound Type 16 bit Stereo T Modem Type 56k Wireless Enabled No. of USB Connections 4 T No. of Firewire Connections 1 Infrared Port Included Other Interfaces WIFI 802.11b/g Battery Type Lithium Ion Battery life (up to) 2.1 hours Software Titles Included Microsoft Works Operating system XP Weight 2.72 kg Height 267 mm Width 366 mm Depth 36.8 mm Colour Grey / Silver
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(+) 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!
Nov 21st, 2007
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