I purchased one of these last week for the sole purpose of playing games on mainly world of warcraft ok lets get the specs out the way first
SPECS
Pentium duel core 2.24gig processor with 3meg of cache
4 GIG of ram
17 inch monitor
ATI mobility 4850 with 512meg Vram
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Genuine Windows® Vista® Home Premium Edition Intel® CoreTM2 Duo Processor T5550 (1.83GHz, ... more
2MB cache) 3GB DDR2 / 320GB HDD / 17" Toshiba TruBrite® WXGA+ TFT High Brightness Display (1440 x 900) DVD Super Multi (Double Layer) drive / ATI Mobility RadeonT...
Postage & Packaging: £6.31 Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days...
(+) 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!
Advantages: It has number pad keyboard Disadvantages: no floppy drive built in
I purchased one of these last week for the sole purpose of playing games on mainly world of warcraft ok lets get the specs out the way first
==SPECS==
Pentium duel core 2.24gig processor with 3meg of cache 4 GIG of ram 17 inch monitor ATI mobility 4850 with 512meg Vram 500 gig sata drives 2 x 250gig Keyboard including Number pad Windows Vista 32bit premium Built in 2 ... ...I ordered this on Tuesday night and it was delivered on the Thursday afternoon and cost me £650 which was great value I thought.
==SETTING UP== First thing need was to install windows yes it need to be set up but this was a automatic process which you had to sit there for an hour as vista has a tendency to shut down when it restarts while installing.
I purchased one of these last week for the sole purpose of playing games on mainly world of warcraft ok lets get the specs out the way first
SPECS
Pentium duel core 2.24gig processor with 3meg of cache 4 GIG of ram 17 inch monitor ATI mobility 4850 with 512meg Vram 500 gig sata drives 2 x 250gig Keyboard including Number pad Windows Vista 32bit premium Built in 2 million pixel web cam
I ordered this on Tuesday night and it was delivered on the Thursday afternoon and cost me £650 which was great value I thought.
SETTING UP
First thing need was to install windows yes it need to be set up but this was a automatic process which you had to sit there for an hour as vista has a tendency to shut down when it restarts while installing.
Starting windows for the first time
Windows takes about 1 minute to start on this laptop not sure if that is commen for windows vista as this is the first time i have used vista and not sure the speed it usually boots in. The first thing needed to do is to set up the software it comes with Microsoft works, Norton anti virus all the other software is pre-installed. I never install Norton as I have other av software I use for all my machines.
There is built in wireless so if you have a wireless setup at home just add the information into the wireless configuration and you are ready to go not sure of the range of the wireless card but the signal is very strong everywhere in my house.
Usage
First thing you will notice about this laptop when you use it is the softness of the keyboard and how sharp and clear the screen is and at 17.2 inches is big enough to have a large screen resolution 1400 x 900 wide screen.
For everyday use this laptop is overkill to extreme levels as i had paint shop pro running along with a 3d animation suite and music playing in the back ground i know this is not everyday use of a laptop but gives you the idea of how well this laptop runs.
Gaming
This is what i brought the laptop for and i must say this runs anything on the market today. I play World of warcraft a lot and that was the main reason i brought the laptop and with the graphics options on the maximum they can be the game ran with 120fps and ran perfectly even with all the effects from others the game would drop to about 90fps but never any lower.i also tested this with other games such as command and conquer red alert 3 a graphic hungry processor greedy game and yet again i can not fault it the game ran smoothly with no problem what so ever.Only bad thing is that vista has trouble with some older games that ran on xp but most about 90% a simple update from the game manufacture and the games work like they did before with no problems.
internet usage
I use the internet for a variety of different reason and i am one of these people who will have my web browser open with about 50 pages open at the same time I normally use Opera web browser but wanted to try out how the laptop would run using Internet explorer.I went about browsing as I normally do now i know that having a 15meg line will of help but on my old laptop i would begin to struggle after about 10 pages or so the laptop would of slowed down however with this one after 50 pages open 1 with a video stream running the laptop showed no signs of slowing it is awesome for browsing comes close to beating my base unit i have which is the similar spec.
I know you might think yeah yeah he is saying this because it is his latest toy to play with, but this is the best laptop i have ever used and i spent a lot of time looking into new laptops before i went rushing in to buy one..
Advantages: excellent memory size, and graphics Disadvantages: battery back-up is poor
Toshiba Satellite P300D-11I
Here is a cheap and budget laptop from Toshiba with good feature in middle range and it is a wise decision to keep this type of laptop in market by Toshiba with sharp ambition.
The middle range laptop market is very competitive and it is very difficult to make a popular model in this category because due to war of competition and keeping a good featured model is something less profited deal to any of brand. But Toshiba ... ...compare to AMD processors and Toshiba put a good AMD processor here in this model to keep price low and the processor is AMD Turion 64 X 2 mobile technologies TL-64 model with clock speed of 2.2 GHz, similar to Dual core processor for mobile technology generally used in notebooks. In configuration with compare to Intel processor it is something less than Core2 Duo processor, having - L2 cache - 1 MB ( 2 x 512 KB), that is equal to dual core processor ...
gemsarchitect 24.11.2008
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Toshiba Satellite P300
Advantages: Music sounds amazing Disadvantages: Key buttons if they fall off are very hard to put back on yourself
I purchased this laptop last week for a £400-£500 price range (medium). First thing i noticed was the look (So sleek, so sexi, it's so shiney!) It looks class. The best way to dive into a new career of course with style and confidence. The keyboard is at a new level of comfort and ease it makes those long essays or reports fly by. It works side by side with any broadband wireless or home conennected. The second most impressive thing for me was the ... ...the machine for it. It plays a new remarkable volume assisted by two very loud bass playing pressure and is most certainly all u need for ur late nights in. Very stong and rebust feel free to take it anywhere u go (if u can even set it down) it is very easily transported with not much weight and no strain. Also build in webcam for handyness is by far one of the smoothest qulaity pictures i have seen .This was definatly my best by of the year. Get ...
rockchick080 17.08.2008
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Advantages: Good output, visual quality and memory Disadvantages: Slight fault with lid and can be slow
...to send it back to Toshiba for repair! not a good start.
When i first got this laptop i thought that it was too good to be true for the price and i was right, maybe it is just my luck but i do not rate this laptop very high.
At first with not many files or programmes on it it was a perfect laptop, ran fast and had great Wifi signal, as soon as i downloaded an AVG it started to run VERY slowly. When i say slowly i mean slow, i could start up the ... ...had to go back to toshiba is due to the lid on it, when you close the screen the screws are very tight and so after a while the lid split across the hinges and so had to get a replacement lid, this however is happening again but for the trouble of sending it back i can live with it, the first instance it took about 3 letters, 6 calls and numerous emails for toshiba to accept responsibility, it wasnt until the store i purchased it from said they would ...
kibbles88 01.08.2008
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Advantages: Fast and functional, striking new design, excellent music quality, full size keyboard, casual gaming Disadvantages: Weight and sometime 17.1 inch display looks too big, high price
"Advantages": Fast and functional, striking new design, excellent music quality, full size keyboard, casual gaming
"Disadvantages": Weight and sometime 17.1 inch display looks too big, high price
Its a brilliant Fusion Finish, this laptops give you more room to work and play on their 17.1" diagonal wide-screen display. Plug into advanced ports for big-time sound and visuals on a home theater. Use the full-size keyboard with 10-key pad for work ... ...usb ports even it is in sleep mood. Enjoy high speed performance with massive storage facilities . Do fun with awesome stereo sound and quality web-cam.
"Specifications": Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T5550
Graphics Adapter: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) X3100
Display: 17.1 inch, 16:10, 1440x900 pixels, glossy
Weight: 3.4kg ...
russellhuq 04.02.2009
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: helpful Review of Toshiba Satellite P300
Advantages: fantastic value for money and brilliant screen Disadvantages: windows vista first time user
this is a really reliable, it has a fantastic tru bright screen and amazing hard drive space 300GB and a fantastic 3GB RAM.........
well when i bought this laptop i plugged it in and it went thru the normal procedure of installing windows vista (32-bit). it has a a really reliable card reader for very fast data transfer and music transfer.
i perssonally like the touch pad with a grippy material, the sound quality is fanstastic with its harman/kardon ... ...thru the brilliant speakers......
it has a built in webcam 2.0mp and a built in microphone so you can make calls over thhe internet
it also has 4 usb 2.0 ports so you can plug in all your usb devices with no problems the battey is really good lasts for bout 3hours on full charge overall i think this laptop is one of the best out at the moment ...
mjsnowdon 11.10.2008
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: somewhat helpful Review of Toshiba Satellite P300
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In my opinion this laptop is very good value for money as it gives everything it primises as well looking and feeling great.
It is sleek and attractive as well as being comfortable and easy to use which I think is very important when choosing a laptop as you don't want an awkward and uncomfortable laptop.
The laptop has quick reactions to what you are asking for as wll as being robust and durable which is very important with a laptop as you have to transport it places while preserving its quality.
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Mobile Intel PM45 Express, Mobile Intel GM965 Express, Mobile Intel PM965 Express, Mobile Intel GL960 Express, Mobile Intel GM45 Express, Mobile Intel GL40 Express
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3470 HyperMemory - PCI Express x16, Intel GMA X3100 Dynamic Video Memory Technology 4.0, ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3650 HyperMemory up to 1279MB - PCI Express x16, ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3470 HyperMemory up to 1023MB - PCI Express x16, C&T 65555 PCI, ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3650 HyperMemory - PCI Express x16, Intel GMA 4500M Dynamic Video Memory Technology 5.0, Intel GMA 4500MHD Dynamic Video Memory Technology 5.0
Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11a, IEEE 802.11g, IEEE 802.11n (draft), Bluetooth 2.1 EDR, Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11a, IEEE 802.11g, Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g, Bluetooth 2.0 EDR, Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g
Wireless NIC
Intel WiFi Link 5100, Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG, Intel Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN
Wireless LAN Supported
Yes
Networking
Network adapter
Expansion / connectivity
Interfaces
1 x display / video - VGA - 15 pin HD D-Sub (HD-15)
1 x modem - phone line - RJ-11
1 x network - Ethernet 10Base-T/100Base-TX - RJ-45
1 x display / video - S-video output - 4 PIN mini-DIN
1 x IEEE 1394 (FireWire) - 4 PIN FireWire
1 x microphone - input - mini-phone 3.5mm
1 x audio - SPDIF output/headphones
3 x Hi-Speed USB - 4 PIN USB Type A
1 x audio / video - HDMI - 19 pin HDMI Type A
1 x storage / Hi-Speed USB - Hi-Speed USB / eSATA
Expansion Slots Total (Free)
2 ( 0 ) x memory
1 ( 1 ) x ExpressCard, 2 ( 1 ) x memory
1 ( 1 ) x ExpressCard/54, 1 ( 1 ) x CardBus - type III (2 x type I / II)
1 ( 1 ) x memory
Miscellaneous
Compliant Standards
CE, Plug and Play, ACPI, CE, Plug and Play, ACPI, CE, RoHS, Plug and Play, ACPI, CE
Features
Security lock slot (cable lock sold separately), administrator password, hard drive password, power-on password, wake on LAN, Security lock slot (cable lock sold separately), administrator password
Power
Voltage Required
AC 120/230 V ( 50/60 Hz ), AC 110/220 V ± 10% ( 50/60 Hz )
Power Device
External
Compliant Standards
EPA Energy Star
Battery
Installed Qty
1, 1 / 1 (max)
Technology
Lithium Ion
Capacity
4000 mAh, 3.6 Ah
Run Time (Up To)
3 hour(s), 1.5 hour(s), 2.75 hour(s), 2.8 hour(s)
Recharge Time
3 hour(s)
Operating system / software
Software
Drivers & Utilities, Microsoft Works, Toshiba ConfigFree, Connectivity Doctor, Google Toolbar, Toshiba Bluetooth Stack, Toshiba Zooming Utility, Toshiba Assist, Toshiba PC Diagnostic Tool, Toshiba Recovery DiskCreator, Google Desktop, Google Picasa, Toshiba Bluetooth Monitor, Toshiba Disc Creator, Toshiba Value Added Package, Ulead DVD MovieFactory for Toshiba, Chicony Camera Assistant Software, Face Recognition software, Toshiba DVD Player, Microsoft Office 2007 Home and Student Edition (60 days trial), McAfee Internet Security Suite 2008 (30 days subscription), Google Earth, Toshiba Flash Cards, Toshiba Accessibility, Toshiba Components Common Driver
OS Provided
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium, Microsoft Windows 95
Environmental standards
EPA Energy Star Compliant
Yes
Manufacturer warranty
Service & Support Details
International warranty - 1 year, Limited warranty - parts and labour - 2 years - pick-up and return, Limited warranty - parts and labour - 1 year - carry-in, Limited warranty - 1 year
10 g @ 11ms half-sine pulse (operating) / 60 g @ 11ms half-sine pulse (non-operating)
Vibration Tolerance
0.5 g @ RMS (random) (operating) / 1 g @ RMS (random) (non-operating)
Max Altitude Operating
3 km
Manufacturer's product description
Toshiba’s unique all-in-one design means you never have to leave functionality behind. You'll find the new 300CDS gives you all the features for performance on the go, including built-in CD-ROM, diskette and hard disk drives. Toshiba’s new "simply complete" concept integrates CD-ROM drive and floppy disk drive into one system, making your introduction to the world of mobile computing that much easier. The Satellite 300CDS comes equipped with a 166 MHz Pentium processor with MMX technology, a 16-speed (max.) CD-ROM drive, 2.1 billion byte hard disk drive and a 12.1" color screen. All the best in Toshiba quality at a stunning price!
