Item : B001UQ6LZQ
Customer Reviews Fantastic Laptop by .. C. Falquist (Montana)
I just received this laptop after my previous laptop was unable to perform. My business is to create websites and logos, and I needed a machine that had more memory.
For the price, you get a lot of memory, a crystal clear screen, and the sound is wonderful! My old laptop had horrible speakers, and I had to connect it to external speakers in order to hear movies I would watch.
I'm looking forward to exploring all of the features of this computer, though I am already enjoying the quicker response time when running graphics programs.
It also happens to be good looking. Yes, it is large, and not the lightest piece of equipment, but that happens to be what I prefer. I would recommend this item to a person who needs more than a basic laptop, but does not want to break the bank.
Worst Laptop Totally Defective Piece of JUNK by .. Barbara Rose (BornToInspire.com)
I don't know if it's the manufacturer, Toshiba, or if it's just this laptop that I bought & received this past week.
The main problem with this piece of junk is the keypad.
I would be typing and all of a sudden the words would go to a different place on the page.
Then I would click on the very-difficult-to-click silver spacer, and it would take about five clicks to get back to the sentence I was typing.
Then I was typing words and out of the blue numbers would appear.
Let me share that I type every day of my life. I know the difference between a once-in-a-while error and a CONSTANT problem.
Also, I looked at the 'updates' IN THE HARD DRIVE of the laptop, and it was SHOWING UPDATES FROM 2006 - I bought this in 2009!
My best guess is that the manufacturer had a lot of overstock, probably many returns, and offered Amazon a big discount to sell off their stock.
I will NEVER buy Toshiba again. I'm letting you know that there are companies whose employees write five star reviews - perhaps they have money to make from the sales.
This piece of defective junk is being returned today. I'll go back to buying HP - never had a problem with HP and am STILL tying this from a laptop I bought in 2005!
Just wanted a newer model laptop with built in camera and more of the new media that is available today.
Do *NOT* buy THIS computer. Here is a link to a good alternative:
HP Pavilion DV6-1030US 16.0-Inch Laptop (2.0 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T6400 Processor, 4 GB RAM, 320 GB Hard Drive, DVD Drive, Vista Premium)
Total Maximum Power by .. S. A. Francisco (Augusta, Georgia)
I just bought an HP Pavilion dv7-1260us Entertainment 17" Notebook PC.
It's a great computer and I'm happy with it, but I wish I had seen your
computers two days ago.
I've been buying from you for years and I've never regretted anything I've ever received. I buy all my college books from Amazon and they're always in good shape.
Keep up the awesome selection of high class items. I'll be checking Amazon out everyday now before I go out and buy directly from a store.
CORRECTION to DESCRIPTION by .. J. Smith (Maine, USA)
Contrary to the description of this item, it does not include an HDMI port. I checked a number of different sources describing this machine, including Toshiba's description of this machine, none of them include an HDMI port.
Well Priced Beautiful Laptop by .. Daniel G. Lebryk ()
This is my second Toshiba laptop. Number one is around 4 years old and still works well.
This review is more about the A355 chassis, than this exact spec laptop, and should apply to just about every one of the laptops in this series whether they run AMD or Intel chips.
The first view is that the materials are just plain flat out gorgeous. From the shiny exterior, to the semi rounded base, the two large chrome mouse buttons, the nicely integrated Harmon Kardon speakers, the illuminated touch areas, the big beautiful monitor, and those shiny keys. Yes this is one very pretty computer.
Under that pretty hood are some interesting specs. It used to be incredibly rare to see an eSATA port on any computer, let alone a laptop. Well this one has exactly that - an eSATA port that doubles as a USB port. Nice option to hook up external hard drives. It also includes an iLink, Firewire, or IEEE-1394 port - an incredible rarity (even Apple dropped this port). The audio ports and volume control are on the front, nicely placed. There's absolutely no ports on the rear. There's also an express card slot (not a PCMCIA slot, but EXPRESS card slot) and a multi flash memory card reader (they've dropped CF from the list). It does not include Bluetooth - a very strange omission since every single bluetooth adapter uses the Toshiba stack to run. Use either of these adapters, they work perfectly: IOGear GBU421 Bluetooth 2.0 USB Micro Adapter or Cirago BTA3210 Class 2 Micro Bluetooth Adapter (Black Tip) - both are outstanding miniscule adapters.
Toshiba stuffed 4Gb of RAM and a 320Gb hard drive into this big baby. Those are some pretty nice features in a laptop this inexpensive. Those Harmon Kardon speakers sound very nice.
You'll either hate this or love it, and fortunately you can turn this off if you hate it. The Toshiba name, a little band above the scratchy navigation pad, and the media buttons all light up white (pretty bright at that). I think it looks pretty cool, but others have hated all those lights.
The monitor, oh that monitor is gorgeous. Movies pop, they look absolutely fantastic on this computer. It's a nice big screen. Yes it is a gloss finish and you do get some reflections here or there, but generally it's not bad.
The keys are all glossy and the fanatical among you might not like all the visible fingerprints, but I think most will get over that quickly. There is just a ton of room to put your hands to type and use the computer. That surface in front is sweet for a palm rest.
Function-wise, this computer is a decent performer. Nobody is buying this to run heavy games or render video - it won't do those things. But for the occasional game, the occasional video edit, you'll score well here.
Do note, this computer runs Windows Vista Premium 64-Bit. Please don't be afraid of that operating system. I'm running 64 bit on two computers and it runs just beautifully. There is almost no new hardware that won't run under 64 bit these days. It's a rock solid platform. And that OS allows all 4Gb of memory to be seen and used (32 bit tops out at 3Gb). And if you don't believe me, type this into google - pcmag 64 bit computing. Read the first article in that hit list.
This is no lightweight computer. It's a big, pretty heavy laptop. Great for around the house. Not something you would travel everywhere with. But it is portable. Heat generation is nothing extreme. It does pull air in from below, so be careful about couches or beds plugging those holes.
It's a good solid fast computer. There's a bit of fan noise, nothing huge, but you will know the machine is running. I hate to comment on battery life, that's so dependent on how bright you make the screen, processor speed settings and the like. I got a good solid 2 hours of hitting it very hard at max everything. You could probably get a good 3 hours, maybe 4 at more conservative settings.
Something to keep in mind, Toshiba ships all their laptops full of bloat-ware. It's a really good idea to remove it all. Almost none of it is necessary. There are two websites that will clear all that garbage out of your computer. It's explained in a great article at PCMag. Type this into google, PCMag make the most out of your new pc. The first hit will be a fantatstic article on how to remove the garbage.
Overall, this is a big, beautiful, good sounding, heavy, hard working, well priced laptop.
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