I have had 2 Toshiba Satellites.
Posted By: See message. on 2006-06-08
In Reply to: for those of you using laptops - MT NY
My Satellites have been great, but bear in mind I use my computer exclusively for MT'ing, surfing the Net and e-mail. If your son is doing lots of downloading of music or games, or doing other more sophisticated stuff, you probably need to check how that affects the specs he needs.
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I have a Toshiba
and I like it very much. I have the Core Duo processor and it has not failed me yet when it comes to working with so many different windows and programs open. I have the Windows XP Media Edition on mine.
I have had mine since October when my primary PC crashed and had to go into be fixed. My brother-in-law has a Dell and he also likes his very much.
toshiba
do you know if they are in US? I hate to deal with India.
i like my toshiba!
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toshiba
I've never owned an Acer, but last year I bought a Toshiba laptop and it's great.. no issues whatsoever, all the bells and whistles, nice keyboard as far as laptops go...
This is a bit late.. I wasn't online yesterday.. have you already made your decision?
I have had a Dell, HP, and a Toshiba. The
HP has been the best, but brand isn't that important. I wouldn't get a Gateway and I wouldn't get a Celeron processor. My Dell didn't have the speed that the HP you linked does and I was able to work fine, but I would definitely agree to get faster. I download and then work off-line. If you worked on-line you would definitely want/need faster.
I am using a Toshiba Satellite and it has a lot more RAM, a much faster processor, and a 17'' screen and I paid less than the HP you linked.
I have a Dell, HP, and a Toshiba. The
Dell is a piece of *rap. I've had to replace every major piece, fortunately the majority was when it was still under warranty. I've had an HP for 5 or 6 years and other than a hard drive crashing it has been a very good computer. My Toshiba is the newest, just a year old, and I don't like it near as much as my HP and I'm probably going to switch back to my HP as my main computer.
I don't know about Acer laptops, but we had a desktop and we had so many problems with it, we got an HP computer under the lemon law in exchange for the Acer.
I would recommend getting an extended warranty on whatever you get. Check to see if you can get your computer serviced locally if it is still under warranty or if you need to ship it off somewhere. Dell's customer service is in India, don't know about other companies. When I dealt with HP they were not offshore and I haven't had to deal with Toshiba yet.
i opted for toshiba
after much study on various aspects of this, largely because of Consumer Reports recommendations and reviews by users. I also found what i was looking for in that brand in a bundle at the right price. I understand Toshiba support is very good. I've heard a lot of stuff about Dell's service and didn't consider them. I'm not worrying about getting extended warranties. I wanted to get the AMD chipset as it is said to extend battery life and be better...and at least 1 gig of memory (essential for Vista as i understand tho 2 would be better). Make sure it has plenty of USB ports for your footpedal, keyboard, mouse, etc. and express card/media card reader. I wanted the dual-core as it is supposed to give the processor a boost and keep the machine cooler. Most people will never need more than 80-100 gb hard drive. I'm very happy with mine so far, which i got on line from Circuit City.
Acer or Toshiba?
Hi. Bought 2 computers tonight. Which one do I keep? They are both approximately the same price -- Acer is $50 cheaper. I just want to know pros and cons of the brands. Thanks for any advice.
Any new Toshiba Satellite with XP. Mine is a
nm
Get a TOSHIBA!!! They're great!
Dell I found to be extremely limited, only 1-2 models. Order a XP Toshiba! $899 in Dec got me free shipping, no tax (it was a special), and a good workhorse XP with a DVD/CD multi format RW on a laptop, all the stuff I need without anything I don't.
I have a Toshiba and hate it. I have a keyboard
that also has the number pad on the side and the keys are enough out of position that the times I have used the keyboard I backspace half of what I type.
I use an external keyboard the majority of the time.
Right now I have a Dell, HP, and Toshiba laptop
and an HP desk top. The Dell is a piece of junk and I'm fixing to piece it out. I haven't had any problems with the Toshiba but I still prefer my HP and if I were to get a new computer it would be HP.
The cheaper computers of any brand tend to have Celeron processors and they are really a cheap processer and I personally wouldn't buy one, but otherwise there is nothing wrong with the computers, they just don't have all the bells and whistles. If they last 2 years you've gotten your money out of them and they have become practically dinosaurs by then anyway.
I was leaning towards Toshiba because my tech believes they are the best, but
I bought a Dell as a friend told me they are actually very reliable and cheaper to fix if they break. I don't think you'd go wrong looking in either direction given you. You just decide what you want. I wouldn't settle for less than 1 gig of RAM, 80 mg hard drive, internal wireless plus ethernet or a modem in case wireless is not available (but there are several internet cafes that you can use for a small fee and the wireless would work there). I bought a refurb off e-Bay from a trustworthy seller and have been very pleased. If you go that route, just check their feedback for the good, bad and downright ugly. You can save a lot of money if you hit the right offer. Best to you and yours.
I bought a Toshiba Satellite with keypad and hate it.
I use an external keyboard 99% of the time, but when I need to work in a mobile situation I don't always have room for an external keyboard. Having the keypad throws off the position of some of the keys just enough that I'm having to delete a lot because I'm hitting wrong keys because of key placement.
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