Advantages: Cash back, looks, Broad, bright display; comfortable keyboard
Disadvantages: Unimpressive battery life

...I have never seen or used a Toshiba AMD based laptop that was better than this particular piece of kit This is definately a budget machine which is a perfect desktop replacement with a sleek design and attractive display that would appeal. Pros: Broad, bright display; comfortable keyboard, new measures that Toshiba has taken to insure quality and the look Cons: Unimpressive battery life; glossy screen finish produces reflections; Verdict: The inexpensive Toshiba Satellite Pro A210-1B1 laptop offers enough features and performance oomph for basic business tasks, but its AMD processor may disappoint hard-core multitaskers. Does not over warm up so thats good news for travellers like myself. Is very good value for money, looking at prices of different stores like Technoworld (by now you should all know it is my favourite... Read review

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Advantages: Fast, Powerfull, Stylish design, Wireless, Lowest priced notebook relesaed by Toshiba!!!
Disadvantages: Sligthly small screen compared to others!!

...Toshiba Satellite Pro A100-830 I aquired one of these laptops as a Christmas present, and I was presently suprised at how fast this laptop was! It was incredibley easy to set up and I had finished the general setup and was downloading the updates within half an hour of opening the box! -Features- --Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T5500 - 1.66GHz (x2), 667MHz FSB, 2MB L2 Cache --RAM: 512MB DDR2-533MHz --Hard Drive: 80GB Serial ATA 5400rpm --Screen: 15.4" Widescreen TruBrite TFT (1280x800 - 16:10) --Optical Drive: DVD±RW Super Multi Double Layer --Graphics: ATI Radeon X1600 supporting 512MB HyperMemory --Wireless LAN: 802.11a/b/g --Battery Life (Depending on Use): 1.9 hours --Weight: 2.7 kg --Warranty: 1 Year --Operating System: Windows XP Professional Edition --Fast Ethernet 10/100 --56k Dial-Up Modem --Built... Read review

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Advantages: Good value for money, 2 GB memory
Disadvantages: Graphics card

...Well Im using this laptop for 6 months now and I am still satisfies with my purchase. The 15"4 is good enough for me to watch movies although a 17" would be perfect. I think its great that it has a 2 GB memory so I can run Windows Vista as well as XP. The processor is is also enough for normal use with Intels dual core 1.73 GHz. Although the disk is not huge most users are going to be happy with 200 GB. The graphics are by Intel GMA X3100, which are solid, but nothing more, so all you heavy gamers might not choose, because of it. So dont expect this machine to be running Call of Duty 4 or similar games. But you definetly get a great design, with elegant lines and a combination of silver an black. Anyways great value for what you get.... Read review

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Advantages: Amazing products exceptionally fast and super memory superb!
Disadvantages: None really little heavier than normal at 2.7kg

...This item is absoloutley amazing in terms of use,efficiency,power and aesthetics. Not only does it hold a powerful 1.86GHz to power all your multimedia, documents and music it gives you a spectacular 15.4''TFT screen to view them on with a crisp picture, especially with movies but also SRS Tru surround XT technology built in to give that ultimate in home theater experience. Compared to previous laptops from acer compaq and sony, I believe this is the best with a huge 80Gb hard drive to store all your favourite movies, pictures and music and 1Gb ram which can be upgraded but at 1Gb is enough I find to work speedily through everything in It also combines a built in 6 in 1 multimedia card reader which reads most of todays popular formats. The weight of the laptop I find isn't that heavy but yet is not that light at 2.7kg, For what it can... Read review

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Advantages: Fairly Cheap, stylish and looks good
Disadvantages: Battery life not amazing

...laptop, the only thing I didn't appreciate was all the stickers over the inside (to the left of the mouse pad), there is a "Desiged for XP" sticker, and "Intel Inside" sticker, one "Bundled with MS OneNote 2003" and a final "Surround Sound" which personally I dont like (hense I removed the last two) I have recomended this laptop to other people who have been looking, Toshiba have many different spec's in the Satellite Pro models, and the final thing about this laptop, the name, "what laptop do you have?" There is nothing more I love saying then "a Satellite Pro"... Read review

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Advantages: Sturdy, practical, does its job well.
Disadvantages: Not a good entertainment centre, terrible battery life.

...This was my first ever laptop and it's good value for money. Before buying, I spoke to someone I know who repairs laptops and he told me Toshiba is the one brand he never sees being returned. There's not lots of features although it comes with Premium Home Vista as opposed to Basic which some laptops in the same price bracket have instead of it. Battery life is appalling, about an hour if you do not plug it in, and this is very disappointing. On the plus side, it is very hardy as I have bashed it around and dropped it being clumsy and nothing is broken!! The DVD player does not always work so well either at times and fails to play.... Read review

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Advantages: Reliable, solid machine
Disadvantages: Overheats! Beware

...solution is to prop up the laptop so that the underside vent can suck enough cool air into the casing. I routinely prop up my laptop with a book. Its very effective but obviously not ideal! In all other respects the machine is solid and reliable. Specification Intel Celeron 2.80GHz 256MB RAM 40Gb Hitachi Hard drive Toshiba DVD-ROM 14.1 TFT SoundMAX Digital Audio Software Windows XP Pro Service Pack 2. Micorsoft Office Microsoft Office Onenote 2003 (tried it once, never bothered with it) Toshiba Recovery Disks and utilites. Buy if you wish but remember you'll have to prop it up to avoid overheating.... Read review

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Advantages: Has media facility
Disadvantages: too heavy

...The functionality of this product is better than I thought. The keys on the keyboard are properly placed and easier to type. Screen size is around 15.4 inch, and its non-reflective which makes it easier to look at even in broad day light. Even though it has 1GB Ram memory, and Intel core 2 Due 1.6 GHz Processor, it tends to slow down or freeze up some time. The hard drive is 80 GB and can get filled quite quickly as i have noticed but it all depends on the user. once the hard drive is nearly full, the laptop tends to slow down even more. when shutting down or restarting the laptop it takes quite along time also. overall it is a good laptop for a standard user but i would not recommend it to a user who needs it for professional use.... Read review

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Advantages: Everything you could ask for in a laptop.
Disadvantages: Sometimes sticky touchpad.

...I've had my Toshiba laptop for around 1 year now, I'm at university, and it has proven to be a Godsend for me. I only intended to purchase a fairly cheap laptop for educational purposes (really!), but this one was on offer through a Toshiba program available through the university. The model I bought didn't come with a CD/RW, but everything else mentioned in the specs provided is the same, and I haven't had a moments hassle with it at all. DVD's are easy to watch, internet access is very smooth, smoother in fact than my home pc connection, Windows XP is included as standard, along with all its basic accessories. Modern games will play on this also, however higher spec games may well struggle. The only downside I could think of would be the basic word processor on offer (Wordpad), but this isn't too much of a problem, really. Also, I... Read review

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Advantages: quite pretty, easy to use
Disadvantages: slow

...not be the model for you. As a brand Toshiba a good, i would recomend them even if you do not pick this model. There are 4 usb ports, you can use wireless internet and netweorking, it has a cd drive and apparently the ability to burn CDs and DVDs, but for some reason i havnt got mine working yet - this may just be me being stupid tho! I am not great with computer hardware, so there are lots more things that this model has that i wouldnt be able to explain,so sorry about that. The laptop is quite light compared to many other laptops. Overall, this laptop it good, if a bit slow.... Read review

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