Toshiba seems to be reviewed well, and I've heard they're good with their warranties. I had been looking for a laptop to use in the kitchen, when i can't access one of the pcs in the house, for a few weeks. I did'nt need too much ram, but I knew I wanted an Intel processor, preferably one of the core models. This one has the core i3, which so far is great. Anyone can get this thing up and running. After powering it up, it recognized my wifi network and asked me to select which signal I wanted and to enter the network's password. It also was easy to join my existing Homegroup of the other 2 pcs in the house, so now I can access files/photos/vids from the other 2 on this laptop and vice versa. I also did a test by printing an email and that worked fine as well. I purchased a Logitech M315 wireless mouse with the nano receiver to use with this even though it has the built in mouse pad with the 2 buttons for left / right click. using the built in mouse is easy enough, but i prefer a regular mouse. No installation for that either, just plug into the usb port and it was recognized and working.I bought this laptop and the mouse at a large electronics retailer ( don't know the lagality of naming the store ) whose name rhymes with "Vest Fry ". Anyway, the price, this week-while on sale, was only $399.99 for the laptop and the mouse was only $14.99; so i'd say it was a great deal. i just noticed Amazon's price dropped a bit today as well.
One mistake i made, was not even thinking to check if the laptop had built in wifilike the kindle Fire or other tabletsIt does! So, I actually bought another ae2500 usb adapter thinking i needed to plug that in to catch the signal from my router like the other pc in my daughter's room. Nope, don't need it. the built in wifi works great, so I'll be returning that item to the store.
It came with some promo items like: a $10. EMusic card for downloading songs, and a coupon code for 15 % off Toshiba laptop accessories and service plans. I do plan on using that Toshiba code to buy an extra lithium ion battery as a back up so I can have double the battery life should I need it.
They reccommend you create system restore discs or use a flash drive to do it. It's very simple to do, and would be a way to restore your laptop to out of the box condition if there ever was a need to do so (crash, etc). It will tell you before you start how many discs or what size flash drive you would need to have. i needed 5 discs to complete it. Just remember to label them in sequence so you know what order to insert them in ( disc 1 of 5 ; disc 3 of 5 etc)
I'm very pleased with the purchase, especially at the price i got it for. I mainly just either watch videos on Hulu + or Netflix or use it for web browsing, so the amount of memory for my purposes is ample. It is not too heavy either, though I do find it a bit wide, but not so much so that it's a problem. Originally I was looking at 15.6 in laptops, but just couldn't resist this one when I saw the price and the processor.
quick notes:
Webcam
2 usb ports
ac power adapter
optical disc drive
Memory card reader : Memory stick, stick Pro / duo, SD, MMC
ethernet port ( can hardwire to router if no wifi)
battery power 5 + hours ( varies by user: / accessories/ programs running and use etc)
Full keyboard
Full Numeric keypad (noticed many other laptops did not have this)
Touchpad w/ left/right click buttons (used instead of mouse) I'm using a Logitech wireless mouse instead
Built in WiFi
Pre-installed Windows 7
" " Microsoft Office 2010 **starter version**
" " Norton Internet security Just need to activate it, or use one of your own choosing
One last thing; I plan to get my own Internet security suite as my license for other 2 pcs is almost up. I'll get another AVG 2 year 3 user paid Internet security, as I had zero problems with that for last few years. I did however activate the Norton so I have some protection until that ships. The reason I did activate it was because it did Not ask me for credit card infojust name, email etc. I know then that although Iwill have to uninstall the Norton when the AVG comes, they can't turn around in a year or a month and renew the antivirus because they don't have any $$ info. That actually happened to me last year after the pc was 1 year old, and the store I bought it at which had a Kapers anti v for free 6 months with the pc I bought, had actually charged my bank card for another year of the anti v. I had uninstalled it before the 6 months were up to load the AVG, but in order to get that initial free protection, they had my cc# from the pc purchase because it was a package deal. They just went ahead and charged me and I never knew, because I had switched over to my AVG, and also had a different email. I actually thought someone had stolen my bank card #'s and had gone to that store to buy something. Eventually, after calling the store's cust svc, they told me what happened. Since then, I've been very wary about such things, and i never give a card for a trial period on something unless I'm pretty sure I'm going to keep it. Just an FYI, because I was pleasantly surprised that they will protect my pc for a trial without first taking my $ info. thought that was cool.
1. the screen is very nice. 17.3", very bright and clear. Looks like Macbook pro.
2. It comes with the new Intel second generation i3 CPU. It's fast enough to run daily programs like office, Photoshop, etc..
3. The price is fair enough. A similar SONY or HP laptop will cost $600 plus.
4. I bought this one, upgraded the memory to 2X4gb, and replaced the hard drive with a Corsair Force 3 240 GB SATA 3 6.0 Gb-s 2.5-Inch Solid State Drive CSSD-F240GB3-BK
Now the system is even faster than my i7 desktop.
I highly recommend this laptop to all. And I suggest buyers like me, do the 2 upgrade, upgrade the memory to 8GB ( cost me $40 ) and replace the hard drive with a SSD ( cost me $300 ). Then this laptop will last at least 10 years.I purchased a Toshiba Laptop(C675-S7106) on March 24, 2012. 30 day return policy and 1 year warranty. Within 2 weeks I contacted Toshiba Customer Service regarding a problem with the internal speakers. It took an additional 2 weeks before a technician determined there was a problem with the laptop. I was advised that the computer could be returned to the company for repair, but, I would have to pay a $25 "shipping / handling fee." Despite my argument Toshiba stood fast on that fee.My question is, why, if I purchased a new laptop,with warranties,reported a problem within 2 weeks, it was determined by Toshiba that there was a defect, why should I have to pay anything. Very poor customer relations. I will be VERY, VERY, wary next time I purchase a consumer electronics product. My research will focus on quality of the product and quality of customer service. Very Disappointed.Computer is great. Full size keyboard and big widescreen display. Processor is fast, memory and hard drive are more than enough. Only complaint is the speakers, they are terrible. Headphones and or external speakers sound fantastic, but built in speakers are bad!I got this laptop from Best Buy for only $399 and I am so surprised to see this selling on Amazon for 509 bucks!
This laptop is really good, fast and wide screen, great resolution and vivid display except for the speaker which sound like the squeak of a mouse. You better buy it a pair of new desktop speaker or a set of good headphones.
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