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Reviewed by: hotrodbob
07-02-07
Duration of ownership:
1
Months
Strengths: Nice size / weight; dual-core processor; nice large and bright LCD display. Also like the DVD burner. Good overall laptop for the price.
Weaknesses:The 512MB Ram is KILLING me. Not sure why Toshiba didn't go ahead and put in at least a gig, since it is cheap enough. Having occasional issues with waking up from sleep. Not sure why, but it appears to heat up excessively. Battery life is poor, but for the price range of this laptop, can't complain. Plan to spend quite a bit of time removing a LOT of useless software in order to speed this laptop.
Overall Evaluation: This is my first experience with Toshiba, and I would definitely recommend this laptop (with at least a gig of RAM). Setting up a wireless home network was a snap .... with the exception of printing. [can see the printer from host & client, but client will not print] This must be some obvious error which I will feel stupid about when I have the time and inclination to fix it.
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Reviewed by: brian1000
06-13-08
Duration of ownership:
1
Years
Strengths: None, really.
Weaknesses:Like many Toshibas (you'll find plenty of references to this on the internet--and I now own two with the same problem)the connection between AC adaptor and the laptop is faulty
Overall Evaluation: Many Toshiba laptops have power connection problems and charging problems. It is very difficult to disassemble the laptop and repair the problem areas. One of mine is 1 month out of warranty and they offered to fix it for $400.
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Reviewed by: dartagnan886
10-08-07
Duration of ownership:
5
Days
Strengths: cost
Weaknesses:wireless doesn't connect, optical drive doesn't work, doesn't take charge, won't update Windows Vista
Overall Evaluation: This laptop is my first and last Toshiba purchase. Sincing purchasing it in May 2007, I have had numerous problems, both minor and severe. First, the system wouldn't power on because of a defective ATI graphics card. Second, the system wouldn't charge because of a defective a/c port. Third, the Wi-Fi wouldn't connect to my a/b/g home network or any wireless network at the airport or college campus. Fourth, the 512mb RAM wasn't being read. I had to pay for another 1GB RAM chip to be installed. Lastly, the optical drive doesn't read CD-R, CD-RW, or CD-ROM. Toshiba technical support and customer service are worthless. They will not fix the problems, even when the item is under warranty, unless you send it in for 6+ weeks. The Toshiba reps are EXTREMELY rude and unhelpful. When you ask to speak to their supervisor, they refuse. I am still battling them to this day.Take my advice and DO NOT PURCHASE any Toshiba product. They do not stand by their products and their reps will not help! They just settled a $2.1 billion dollar lawsuit and I guess they did not learn from this situation!
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Reviewed by: Tiberium
09-27-07
Duration of ownership:
Strengths: Relatively cheap. Great screen.
Weaknesses:Ram. Battery life.
Overall Evaluation: I bought this to use in my lab. The 512mb ram it came with is definitely not enough for running vista. I upgraded it to 2gb. Overall, this laptop handles all the document work I need to do, but it is sometimes slow when dealing with slightly heavier graphics (like scanned images and high resolution pictures). The keyboard and touch pad feels quite good. Battery life is quite short, it's only about 1hr even when I'm at power saver setting, but I have it plugged in all the time so that is not a problem for me.
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Reviewed by: vsbhat
07-15-07
Duration of ownership:
15
Days
Strengths: dual core power, toshiba build quality.
Weaknesses:amount of built in memory as shipped from factory.
Overall Evaluation: Its a great notebook if you buy it at good deal and and if you know how to upgrade it a bit. Bought 2GB of memory. Preloaded vista now works like a charm. Could not expect any better for the money I paid. Having said that if you do not intend to upgrade the memory not a good buy. Even adding a 2GB flashdisk to take advantage of Vista's Readyboost technology did not improve the long startup and shutdown time in its factory shipped configuration.
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