I bought this around 6 months ago. I have to say so far I have been very happy with it. I knew it was not the biggest and baddest laptop out there however, it fit into my price range and had the features I needed (everything a netbook is missing!)I have been very happy with the Windows7 operating system on this guy. It runs smoothly and quickly and I have yet to run into any issues (even minor ones...)
The screen is beautiful crisp and clear much better than my old Dell Laptop. The size is awesome!
I also appreciate the (almost) full keyboard. Its one drawback is the home, page up, page down and end keys being on the very far right side. It took me awhile to get used to hitting enter instead of page down button but now that I have gotten used to it it isn't so bad.
One of my fears when I bought this laptop was running to much on this little guy at once. It is a 3GB Notebook which isn't all that great in the world of laptops but I have to say I have been very surprised by it. I can often run multiple applications without running into any slowing or issues.
My one MAJOR issue with this laptop is the sound system. I came to this Toshiba laptop from a Dell that I had had for almost 8 years! The sound on the Dell was amazing and still is. However, the speakers on this little guy are tinny and can hardly be heard when turned all the way up. I use this laptop often for streaming TV shows online and watching movies and find that I have to plug in a separate set of speakers just to be able to hear.
With that said that issue isn't enough for me to not love this computer. I have been extremely happy with it.
Obviously this laptop isn't for anybody who is a hardcore gamer or some one who requires major amounts of RAM but if you use your computer for normal use (i.e. chilling on Facebook, listening to music on iTunes, watching the occasional movie) then this is a good buy. Just be aware that a set of speakers might be needed as well.
This new one has been less than impressive. It is a reasonably priced machine but some of the design features are simply poor.
The speakers may as well be absent; their maximum volume is like a whisper far off in the distance. You have to use audio accessories (headphones, external speakers, etc) otherwise you will not hear anything.
The USB ports are placed on either side near the front of the laptop which means they are right in the way. I prefer when they are at the back of the machine, or if they have to be on the sides at least near the rear.
This machine does not have an internal microphone.
There is too much unnecessary "advertising" and junk on the machine. Prepare to have that removed at some cost.
Overall I am ok with the purchase so far, but not as happy as I'd hoped to be. Seems newer is not always better.I got this laptop after comparing its price with quite a few others on amazon and a good deal of store websites to see which had the best price, but this one was a leading canidate also for the price you get an hd screen, dvd burner and a computer that is fast. I have been using a Tower for years since my last laptop met its unfortunate end and now it is just going to sit and gather dust because this laptop far exceeds its performance. This laptop is not only great for games but also watching movies (I heard some had noise issues I am still waiting for them) working on picutre albums and almost anything you could want to do on here. Also I do have netflix which this computer is a perfect fit with when streaming movies.I actually recived this laptop free from a friend. He said the DC jack was broken and not chargeable anymore. So he gave it to me. I took it in, and it turned out the DC jack just broke from the bracketing and was inside the device when my friend dropped it off of his bed. It was a quick and easy fix. Now that i have it running great I can review it. It may only have an Intel Celeron CPU, but it runs very smoothly. Windows 7 Home was on this, and it ran fine, but i decided to install Ubuntu 10.10 on this to get even more performance. And i can say, i love Linux Ubuntu on here, it runs super fast, i can have all the nice desktop effects running, several applications, and several browser tabs open in Google Chrome and it doesnt slow down. Its also nice that is has 3GB of RAM aswell. It may only have a Hard drive just over 200GB, but thats fine, since my desktop has a 2TB hard drive, i wont be using this laptop to store all my music.. The display is great, no problems, the keyboard its great, the wifi works perfect, i dont have any complaints. Its not to heavy, and its not to light, and its a perfect size. The battery life is, eh, but its expected with about a year old laptop, and that is being a laptop. I would recomend this laptop to anyone wanting to get a great cheap laptop. I would personally recommend having Ubuntu Linux on it instead of Windows, but thats my opinion.Bought this laptop at best buy, in less than a month (27days) the hard drive crashed. Took it back to best buy they replaced the hard drive (since it was still under manufacturer warranty) two weeks later the new hard drive crashes. Took back to best buy and they replaced the hard drive again but this time they replaced the motherboard as well. Have been waiting over three weeks for Toshiba to send the start up disk (cost $25) since it does not come with one you have to make one. Customer service at Toshiba is horrible, "it's not our products fault, what did you guys do?," are u serious,"that's why you need anti-virus"(we do have anti-virus) and "you should have made the disk when you first purchased your laptop." Well maybe you should not make defective products.
I bought this 4 months ago and have only been able to use it for about a month and a half. Never again will I purchase a Toshiba product no matter how great a deal it is.
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