List Price:
$2,699.00
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Product Details
- 2048 MB DDR2 (PC2-5300) RAM Max - 2 GB
- 64GB Chock-full State Drive
- Box Contents - Toshiba Portege R500-S5004 Pad PC, Lithium-Ion Battery, 45W AC Adapter
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Product Description
Customer Reviews
Very Very Discouraged
This is my 4th Toshiba laptop. However, after the R500, it will be severe for me to buy another Toshiba in the future. The worries and complaints of other reviewers are exact and true. The bulk case is so flimsy that it cracked and is coming apart (and I don't remember every banging it). Yes, the demagogue is near worthless with continuously rolling volume control. The separate out is dark even with the brightest setting and movies are hard to see (you have to get the screen at an claim angle and even then it isn't satisfactory). The mouse pad is too large and you have to lift your palm in the air to leave alone touching it while typing, otherwise it will cause the cursor to shoot somewhere else in the screen or wipe out what you have typed so far! Heat dissipitation is extremely poor and the computer quickly gets very hot causing the fan to be on 100% of the period which often runs at full speed. This in turn slows the computer significantly and the computer frequently stalls. Moreover, the never-ending fan noise is very annoying. I bought this computer early and paid over $2,000. However, other than being sunny and having a built in DVD-R, I find the computer worse than netbooks that are much cheaper. I kick myself everytime I see the computer for paying that much spinach. The computer is not only bad for value/dollar, but it's just plain awful no matter what the appraisal. I wish Toshiba would at least provide updates so one can at least downgrade to XP (this machine just was not built for Vista).
2009-09-30
(San Diego, CA USA) | Helpful Votes: 3 | Rating: 1
Buy something else ...
This was a big calamity. The light computer casing is so flimsy it scares you. Easily flexes, kinda like paperboard. The CD-ROM herd broke within a few months, even with almost no use. The display is not very bright, and the plastic cover over the shield has marks from the keyboard after about a year. Toshiba refuses to offer any kind of decline Vista to Win XP, or to install the 128 GB upgrade to the 64 GB disk. After working with the Best Business Bureau of California, I found out that Toshiba says they have "no control" over the (misleadingly firm) ratings displayed on their website - which is apparently why mine was never published, even though it was actually mignonne even-handed at the time. I will never, ever buy another Toshiba laptop computer product!!! Try a Sony or Dell 1330 as a substitute for - they may not be quite as light, but both are much better engineered, and better all around. Stay to another place from Toshiba!
2009-05-30
| Helpful Votes: 5 | Rating: 1
Spends more occasion in the shop than at my desk
The DVD tool along has been broken almost since I got it. It's been to warrenty repair three times. The keyboard is weak and brutal to type on. all in all a expensive pain in the neck.
2008-06-04
(Washington, DC) | Helpful Votes: 9 | Rating: 1
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Toshiba recently announced the Portege R500 12.1" widescreen pad that includes the new Intel Core 2 Duo U7600 (Merom) programme, and is the ...
