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Toshiba Satellite A135-S2386 Notebook

The Satellite A135 Series is economically priced with technology you will value. Systems feature Intel processor for optimal performance. There's big memory for all your mp3s, work, picture and video files. All systems feature an 15.4" diagonal WXGA TruBrite display adding the WOW factor to games and movies! Toshiba's DVD SuperMulti optical drive reads and writes up to 11 formats, including DVD-RAM which acts like an optical HDD! High speed wireless LAN (802.11b/g) lets you work cable free. No more searching for phone jacks, network cables, or plugging in special cards. Connect easily to networks in your home, office, and in wireless LAN hotspots at airports, hotels and coffee shops.

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Product Specifications for

Toshiba Satellite A135-S2386 Notebook

Features
Included Network Card	Ethernet (10/100 Mbps)\|Wireless Ethernet - 11 Mbps IEEE802.11b\|Wireless Ethernet - 54 Mbps IEEE802.11g
Included Devices	Modem
Input Devices	Keyboard\|Touchpad

Processor
Processor Speed	1.73 GHz
Processor Class	Intel Pentium Dual-Core

System
Drive Controllers	Serial ATA
System Chipset	ATI Radeon Xpress 200M
Slots	Memory Stick PRO\|MultiMedia Card (MMC)\|SD Card\|Sony Memory Stick\|Type I PC Card\|Type II PC Card\|xD-Picture Card
Cache Size	1 MB
Bus Speed	533 MHz
Interface Connection	Audio - Line In (1/8" Mini)\|Audio - Line Out (1/8" Mini)\|Ethernet - RJ45 Twisted-Pair (XBaseT)\|Serial - RJ11 Modular (Phone/Telco)\|USB - Universal Serial Bus 2.0\|Video - S-Video\|Video - 15 pin High-Density D-shell (VGA)

More Info
URL	http://www.toshibadirect.com/td/b2c/rdet.jsp?poid=370926

Warranty
Warranty Information	1 Year Limited Warranty

Dimensions
Depth	10.5 in
Weight	6 lbs
Width	14.2 in
Height	1.47 in

Display
Aspect Ratio	16:10
Max Resolution	1280 x 800
Display Type	LCD Display w/ TruBrite Technology
Display Size	15.4 in

Multimedia
Video Bus	PCI Express x16
Video Chipset	ATI RADEON Xpress 200M
Video Integration	Motherboard
Max Shared Video Memory	128 MB

General
normalized-DVD-ROM Read Speed	8
normalized-Installed Memory	512
normalized-Cache Size	1
normalized-Display Size	15.4
normalized-CD Rewrite Speed	16
normalized-CD Write Speed	24

Memory
Memory Technology	DDR2
Maximum Memory	2 GB
Installed Memory	512 MB

Software
Operating System	Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic

Storage
DVD-ROM Read Speed	8 X (DVD, DVD-R)
DVD-R DL Speed	4 X (DVD, DVD-R)
Hard Drive Capacity	80 GB
DVD-RAM Speed	5 X (DVD, DVD-R)
Number of Hard Drives Included	1
DVD Rewrite Speed	8 X (DVD, DVD-R)
DVD+R DL Speed	4 X (DVD, DVD-R)
Included Drives	DVD+-RW Dual Layer Combination Drive
DVD Write Speed	8 X (DVD, DVD-R)
CD Write Speed	24 X (CD,CD-R)
CD Rewrite Speed	16 X (CD,CD-R)
CD-ROM Read Speed	24 X (CD,CD-R)

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Most recent User Reviews for

Toshiba Satellite A135-S2386 Notebook

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.
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.
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!
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.
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.