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Summary: Great entry level laptop
Review: Absolutely wonderful laptop,for [the] price, that is.
Here is the caveat though! This laptop is really HEAVY(8 lbs) so unless you are really into fitness, u may want to reconsider.
the CDwriter is a breeze, the 256 MB RAM is more than adequate for everyday use.on the whole, this computer is great for anyone who wd not mind lugging 8 lbs around.
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Summary: For the money, more than you would expect.
Review: After having it almost a year, I had to leave a review as a testimony to Toshiba. I have never regretted buying this machine. Excellent!
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Summary: Hard Drive Ticking / Clicking
Review: I always liked Toshiba laptops. This is my 3rd one. However, I was disappointed to discover the intermittent annoying clicking noises originating from the Hard Drive area. I have replaced the unit once thinking it was a problem, which was unique to one machine. Unfortunately, I discovered that the second unit had the same problem. So, if you do not mind the intermittent ticking noises from the hard drive it is a good affordable laptop. However, if you are picky and would like a smooth running machine, choose another laptop.
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Summary: Good laptop for the price
Review: I brought the laptop about 1 month ago. It plays DVDs well. I thought it might not considering the small video memory. As many people have pointed out it gets heated up fast. But considering that the price is less than any other laptop giving these features I am more than happy.
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Summary: cheap & a bit flaky
Review: I got a satelitte to use dual boot linux & WinXP. Under linux, the keyboard is touchy; under WinXP, the sound comes & goes. The screen resolution is a bit lower than I'd like, but for the money ... If I had it to do again, I'd buy spend a little more & buy something else.
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Summary: Revised opinion after one month.
Review: I had to come back and correct my review of this laptop. After using it for 1 week it died. I exchanged it for a new one (same model) and that one had a bad power supply. I went back again and exchanged it again, and the replacement had a defective screen. All three were purchased new. I don't know if someone dropped a crate or something, but these laptops were cursed. I exchanged the last one for a comparable HP and have had no troubles since.. Buyer Beware!
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Summary: Great Laptop for a Great Price
Review: I have always had Toshiba laptops, and like all the rest they are GREAT. What more could you want in a laptop 30gb harddrive, 256mb memory, dvd/cdrw 15" display. It plays movies great, however if you are buying a laptop for the sole purpose of watching DVD movies, look for a model with more video memory. Overall I am very satisfied and have recommended this laptop to several of my friends and co-workers.
A ++++++
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Summary: Excellent Laptop For The Price
Review: I have had mine for about 2 weeks and have been really pleased with it. For the price it is excellent. Although I have now seen that Gateway has a laptop with 32MB of video RAM for about the same price.If you are wanting a laptop for home use that doesn't include serious video applications then this is a good deal.
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Summary: Okay but not great.
Review: I have nothing against Toshiba, although they've certainly laid a few eggs in the laptop market (the last one being a line [5005-S507] that featured a desktop CPU [PIII] that ran way too hot for the confined space of a laptop and resulted in numerous maddening shutdowns). Anyway, this one features a reasonably capable 1.8 GHz Celeron chip as its PCU. These chips are a kind of "Intel-Lite" with rather limited graphics rendering capabilities. Speaking of graphics, the video card matches the Celeron's limited abilities, offering only 16 megs of video RAM. While the machine plays DVDs (and this is a nice feature of laptops, one that can make long trips quite tolerable), it does so with disappointing aplomb (though given its chip & video card setup, this is what one would expect). Also irksome, it has no USB 2.0 ports (though it does have 3 USB 1.0 ports); these are becoming a necessity for many new high-speed peripherals. My last issue with this computer is its weight: at 8 pounds, it's quite an armful if you're carrying it too far. You might expect that kind of weight in a more capable, desktop replacement machine, but not in this road-only unit. Finally, I would mention that the company handled the fiasco with the above-mentioned overheating laptops rather poorly: fixes under warranty were available, but no blame was admitted and of course once the warranties are up, those machines will likely become paperweights. However, Toshiba did discontinue the line, but little good that will do for those who bought the bad apples in the first place. Anyway, I think the bottom line here is that there are better deals on better machines to be had, and perhaps from better companies to boot.
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Summary: Great notebook, good price, Excellent entry level notebook
Review: I just purchased the Toshiba Satellite 1415-S173 and let me tell you it is an excellent portable notebook. Having researched many brands, prices, specifications, ect. I purchased this one for many reasons. First the price is very reasonable for those not wanting to spend high dollars. It is only a Celeron, but through alot of research and many great reviews thru PC magazines it is very comparable to some Pentium 4's. It has a DVD-ROM/CD-RW combo drive which both run great and if you think about it you could spend just as much buying a portable DVD player for nearly the amount of this PC. It may not be the best for gamers, but I find most games look and play great and if your not knit picky about perfect detail this works just fine. Honestly there is alot I could say about this notebook, but the main thing is if you are a begginer and want a good entry level notebook this is it. Great for students, my son has one and even though battery life is only 2.5 hrs, he says for writing papers at a quiet caffe for an hour or 2 it is awesome. I highly recommend it and even though in a year or so it will be behind in terms of new software, it is still worth it to get used to notebooks and how to manage them, so from here you could move up to a pricy, top of the line one. Plus you want to start on a decent one just in case of any accidents, it would be worse to ruin a higher priced machine. Overall I gave it 4 stars, would have given it a 5, but I gotta be honest 5 stars are for the really top of the line machines.
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