Toshiba A215-S5837 Satellite 15.4" Widescreen Laptop, AMD Athlon 64 X2 TL-60 at 2.0GHz,...
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The Toshiba A-215 has been excess (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 meet 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 substantial 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 aspect 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 overage of the laptops out there, so it's a minor complaint. I used to do PC support for a living, and this is the most credible computer (laptop or desktop) that I have ever owned. In all likelihood, my next laptop will be a Toshiba.
Inordinate All Around Laptop For Any User
I've had this laptop for several months now and I can objectively say that I am happy with it. The processor is quick - usually running several programs without any slowing at all. Silver screen playback is great - either watching from a dvd or streaming from the net. Nice bright and counterfeit screen, reminds me of a smaller plasma tv screen. Overall, a excellent laptop for any user.
very felicitous so far.
This has been a Cyclopean product. I bought it a little over 4 months ago from Best Buy - $475... fanciful. Anyway, the twincore amd cpu is really nice to use, I can floor the cpu with one process, and it never seems to actually gradual it down. Keep a rendering program active, and go checking email... works well.
I didn't use Vista at all, rather I forthwith upgraded to Linux Mint. For those of you considering this laptop and linux, advised of that the wireless driver is not yet available for this machine. It's so close, but it's been that way about 3 weeks now... Anyway, all the other drivers effort fine. great machine.
Somebody mentioned that they had a mouse jumping matter with it; they were using Vista, I'm glad 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 a different place - not resting on the space bar really helps me -- seems the touchpad is catchy sensitive, so... keeping away from it is a good idea. It's also very tap-attuned, I've been inadvertently clicking on stuff. Of course that's all controllable too.
I don't use wireless that much, though I'll allow to enter I'd be very pleased if it worked! My laptop is a dekstop replacement as it's almost as powerful as my desktop. The only ground of concern is the single 5400 rpm drive. It's as slow as any 5400 rpm whirl. the actual drive is: TOSHIBA MK1637GSX.
well that's my review. Good Luck!
Toshiba Advantage
I have this laptop and fancy I didn't. I've contacted TOSHIBA service department for two issues and they have not been able to fix either one. Their exemplar answer is to "do a system recovery." One problem is that the cursor jumps all over the screen and starts to wrapround letters where ever it pleases while typing. The patch driver they gave me was older than the one that came on the motor car and did not work. Another problem is with Internet Explorer. It's constantly shuting down and doing an instinctual restart for no apparent reason. Even though the software was OEM, they insisted that Microsoft was accountable, even though it clearly states in their warranty that TOSHIBA is responsible for all software that is factory installed. In limited, TOSHIBA's service is worthless, unless all you want to do is a system recovery and lose everything you have on the PC. Who requests them for that?
Passionate laptop, not from Amazon though
Pros: Built unswerving, good size screen, Windows Vista OS, great charge, great speakers
Cons: "O" key sticks a little, top collects and shows fingerprints
I enjoyment 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 pelf, I started scanning the weekly ads for deals on laptops and found this one for only $500! The Vaio was affluent 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 feeling I have notice about the laptop is that the "O" key occasionally won't strike while you're typing, but pushing a no harder will fix the problem for a good while. Also, the "Onyx Blue Metallic" top does bring finger prints and smudges, but it's not really that bad.
I've had my laptop for nearly a month. I got it through Master Buy because of the customer service (and Amazon's lack thereof when it comes to their laptops)
Toshiba is a stupendous brand and if I ever need to replace this laptop, I will definitely buy from them again.
