The Toshiba A-215 has been vast (for over a year now)
Toshiba A215-S5837 Satellite 15.4" Widescreen Laptop, AMD Athlon 64 X2 TL-60 at 2.0GHz,...
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Make use of watching your favorite DVD movies on this powerful laptop's 15.4" TruBrite flourish using the double-layer DVD±RW/CD-RW drive. Take advantage of the built-in high-expedition Atheros 802.11b/g wireless LAN for Web surfing, streaming Web media and downloads.Customer Reviews
The Toshiba A-215 has been vast (for over a year now)I have had my Toshiba a-215-s5837 now for a year and a few months. I've never had any problems with it. Even unceasing Vista, which most of my friends seem to hate. I use the laptop for work about 9 hours a day and it still works almost as well as new. Wireless seems to have established range compared to my older wireless cards. The Video playback far exceeds the video playback on my 2.8 ghz P4 Dell desktop. The only feature I don't like about it, is that the glare is pretty bad if you try to use it outdoors or in a car. But, the same can be said for 99% of the rest of the laptops out there, so it's a stripling complaint. I used to do PC support for a living, and this is the most reliable computer (laptop or desktop) that I have ever owned. In all probability, my next laptop will be a Toshiba.
Noble All Around Laptop For Any User
I've had this laptop for several months now and I can creditably say that I am happy with it. The processor is quick - usually running several programs without any slowing at all. Cinema playback is great - either watching from a dvd or streaming from the net. Nice bright and glossy home screen, reminds me of a smaller plasma tv screen. Overall, a great laptop for any buyer.
very opportune so far.
This has been a major product. I bought it a little over 4 months ago from Best Buy - $475... illusory. Anyway, the twincore amd cpu is really nice to use, I can floor the cpu with one process, and it never seems to actually slow it down. Keep a picture program active, and go checking email... works well.
I didn't use Vista at all, rather I instantly upgraded to Linux Mint. For those of you considering this laptop and linux, know that the wireless driver is not yet at one's fingertips for this machine. It's so close, but it's been that way about 3 weeks now... Anyway, all the other drivers work fine. bad machine.
Somebody mentioned that they had a mouse jumping issue with it; they were using Vista, I'm to death to see that, because mine does it too. However, since this is linux, I thought it was an incompatibility. I've recently found that keeping my thumbs further in another place - not resting on the space bar really helps me -- seems the touchpad is pretty volatile, so... keeping away from it is a good idea. It's also very tap-sensitive, I've been inadvertently clicking on fiddle-faddle. Of course that's all controllable too.
I don't use wireless that much, though I'll admit I'd be very pleased if it worked! My laptop is a dekstop replacement as it's almost as tough as my desktop. The only area of concern is the single 5400 rpm drive. It's as slow as any 5400 rpm enterprise. the actual drive is: TOSHIBA MK1637GSX.
well that's my review. Good Luck!
Toshiba Use
I have this laptop and request I didn't. I've contacted TOSHIBA service department for two issues and they have not been able to fix either one. Their standard undertake responsibility for is to "do a system recovery." One problem is that the cursor jumps all over the screen and starts to insert letters where ever it pleases while typing. The repair driver they gave me was older than the one that came on the machine and did not work. Another problem is with Internet Immigrant. It's constantly shuting down and doing an automatic restart for no apparent reason. Even though the software was OEM, they insisted that Microsoft was directorial, even though it clearly states in their warranty that TOSHIBA is responsible for all software that is factory installed. In excepting, TOSHIBA's service is worthless, unless all you want to do is a system recovery and lose everything you have on the PC. Who needs them for that?
Tremendous laptop, not from Amazon though
Pros: Built stout, good size screen, Windows Vista OS, great price, egregious speakers
Cons: "O" key sticks a little, top collects and shows fingerprints
I paramour my new laptop. After about 6 months of just checking out different laptops, I was looking at the Sony Vaio CR series and did like it, but I also was looking at Toshiba. After collecting my graduation capital, I started scanning the weekly ads for deals on laptops and found this one for only $500! The Vaio was successful for $1100, so it was a no brainer which one I was going to get. I've been using it for close to three weeks now, and the only thing I have make out about the laptop is that the "O" key occasionally won't strike while you're typing, but pushing a little harder will fix the maladjusted for a good while. Also, the "Onyx Blue Metallic" top does collect finger prints and smudges, but it's not deep down that bad.
I've had my laptop for nearly a month. I got it through Best Buy because of the customer service (and Amazon's want thereof when it comes to their laptops)
Toshiba is a great brand and if I ever need to replace this laptop, I will certainly buy from them again.