The Toshiba Satellite Pro A60 laptop is ideal for entry level home users, and possibly students who have some time on their hands to sort stuff out. I wouldn't say it was suitable for the lower end of the business market, as Toshiba seem to be targeting with this product. I could be wrong however, ... Read review
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Advantages: Sturdy design Nice Blue colour Get a lot for your money Disadvantages: Overheating/crashing problems experienced Memory upgrade was necessary Required a lot of tweaking to get 'right'
The Toshiba Satellite Pro A60 laptop is ideal for entry level home users, and possibly students who have some time on their hands to sort stuff out. I wouldn't say it was suitable for the lower end of the business market, as Toshiba seem to be targeting with this product. I could be wrong however, maybe I was just unlucky!
I have had mine for 8 months now, after previous satellite old faithful, which I had owned for about 7 years, ... ...Upgrade your BIOS from the Toshiba site. They are reporting that a version of 1.7 or older will cause the overheating. However, I had 1.7 and found upgrading to 1.9 really helped to overcome the problem.
4. If the above fails, invest in some more memory, your Tosh will thank you for it.
I was a bit disappointed as there was no XP CD, just a 'recovery disk', but I guess this is the way they all operate these days. more
The Toshiba Satellite Pro A60 laptop is ideal for entry level home users, and possibly students who have some time on their hands to sort stuff out. I wouldn't say it was suitable for the lower end of the business market, as Toshiba seem to be targeting with this product. I could be wrong however, maybe I was just unlucky!
I have had mine for 8 months now, after previous satellite old faithful, which I had owned for about 7 years, gave up the ghost in the middle of a project, and I needed a cheap laptop quickly. I was impressed by the blue design which veers away from the boring black/grey you're used to seeing on the budget end notebooks.
For the budget it was a toss up between this or a Dell, and in the end I decided to go for the Tosh which wasn't the bottom end of the scale like the Dell was for the same money.
Due to the ATI graphics being on the motherboard, you don't really get 256MB Ram. This slowed things down a lot. It's certainly not a gaming notebook, but that's to be expected. Things had a habit of freezing up if there were 2 or 3 apps open simultaneously.
I purchased a 1GB Ram from Crucial, and this improved things considerably. 512MB are about half the price, but I thought what the hell, I need it!
I had a few problems with the laptop overheating and freezing/crashing. The fan was on full blast constantly, like working at Heathrow. At one point I was afraid the plastic was going to melt it got so hot! As well as the ram upgrade, I found the following helpful, so if you're having problems a bit of advice...
1. Found most of the tosh apps quite useless, and they just eat memory up. Removing all these helped a great deal. Get a tweak UI type program to help with this.
2. If possible, do a 'clean' install of your operating system to get rid of all the 'rubbish' software that's preloaded. All the drivers are on the website for re-installing the graphics and sound cards.
3. IMPORTANT - Upgrade your BIOS from the Toshiba site. They are reporting that a version of 1.7 or older will cause the overheating. However, I had 1.7 and found upgrading to 1.9 really helped to overcome the problem.
4. If the above fails, invest in some more memory, your Tosh will thank you for it.
I was a bit disappointed as there was no XP CD, just a 'recovery disk', but I guess this is the way they all operate these days.
Overall, I probably wouldn't go for this model again, although for the money it's not a bad little laptop. I would like to think though, that these problems have been sorted with later orders shipped out to customers. Get this if you want a cheap notebook that you don't mind getting bashed about a bit, and if you're prepared to spend some time tweaking it to your requirements.
Advantages: Attractive, good value, easy to use. Disadvantages: Battery life, tendancy to freeze for short moments.
I got this lap top for recreational purposes and to help me with my uni work- for that it's great. It's quick, up-to-date and easy to use- working in the same way as a PC for the most part. It's easily portable in a laptop case and looks very slimlined. The speakers are of better quality than those on a lot of the laptops I've seen and play fairly loudly if you want them to.
My main problem is that it has a tendancy to either time out the internet; ... ...completely if it overheats. In my experience, you have to have been using the laptop for a while before it overheats- probably about 6hours so it does not become an issue very often for what I use it for, but may be a bigger problem for those who would use the laptop for extended periods of time.
Another issue I have is that after being put on standby mode for any length of time it has a tendancy to be a bit sluggish. When I come back to the computer ...
loulabelle1 21.09.2005
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: helpful Review of Toshiba Satellite Pro A60
Advantages: Excellent performance at an affordable price Disadvantages: Extra memory required, poor battery life, overheats easily
I bought the Toshiba Satellite A60 Pro through Misco around eighteen months ago and have found it to be a sturdy, good performing all round laptop. While it is by no means spectacular, for the price at the time of buying it would be hard to find anything better.
It is available in 14.1 or 15 inch screens (I went for the 14.1in to aid with portability). It isn't the lightest laptop in the world but it is sturdy and after many days of carrying it ... ...any breakdowns.
It comes with a whopping 2.8Ghz processor but the downside to this is that it overheats incredibly quickly. I found that if the fan on the underside was resting on my leg with no escape route for the air, then within about 10-15 minutes, the computer would switch itself off without warning and couldn't be switched on for a few minutes until it cooled down.
Another downside is the lack of memory (only 256mb) meaning it's necessary ...
sheffield_fox 29.12.2006
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: helpful Review of Toshiba Satellite Pro A60
Advantages: Good for laptop as powerful as a desktop Disadvantages: Heavy, Low battery life
...Sonic RecordNow, Toshiba ConfigFree, Microsoft Office OneNote 2003
Manufacturer Warranty
Service & Support 1 year warranty
Service & Support Details Limited warranty - 1 year
Good, no need for desktop.. i use it at home and in lectures sometime. the battery does not last enough for the whole day ...
bosmith 14.02.2005
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Product Information for "Toshiba Satellite Pro A60" »
Video
Graphics Processor / Vendor
ATI Mobility Radeon 7000 IGP
Video Memory
Shared Video Memory (UMA)
Audio
Audio Output
Sound card
Audio Codec
Realtek ALC250
Input device(s)
Type
Keyboard, touchpad
Miscellaneous
Features
System password
Compliant Standards
ACPI 1.0b
Power
Power Device
External
Voltage Required
AC 120/230 V
Battery
Technology
Lithium Ion, 12-cell Lithium Ion
Installed Qty
1
Run Time (Up To)
3 hour(s), 1.5 hour(s)
Operating system / software
OS Provided
Microsoft Windows XP Professional, Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
Software
Drivers & Utilities, Intervideo WinDVD, Sonic RecordNow, Toshiba ConfigFree, Microsoft Office OneNote 2003
Manufacturer warranty
Service & Support
1 year warranty
Service & Support Details
Limited warranty - 1 year, Limited warranty - parts and labour - 1 year
Manufacturer's product description
Desktop performance goes mobile. The Satellite Pro A60 offers users the choice of either the Intel Celeron processor for reliable performance and exceptional value or the mobile Intel Pentium 4 processor for enhanced performance, particularly when running processor-intensive applications. With this best in class desktop replacement notebook, users can enjoy easy multi-tasking, dependable performance and superlative multimedia.
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