Toshiba Satellite A100-756

Full specification are at the end of the review.

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