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Toshiba Satellite A45-S120 Notebook PC (2.6 GHz Celeron, 256 MB RAM, 40 GB Hard Drive, CD-RW, 15-inch Display)Platform: Windows XP Home Edition
Brand: Toshiba
Binding: Personal Computers
Release Date: 2004-02-10
Warranty: 1 year warranty
Features: - DVD-ROM/CD-RW Drive - 24x CD-R / 10x CD-RW / 24x CD-ROM / 8x DVD-ROM
- 15 Display with a 1024x768 max. resolution
- 40GB Hard Drive
- Integrated v.92 56k Data/Fax Modem
- Integrated 10/100 Ethernet
Very good first/student notebook [Posted on 2004-04-02]
Howdy! Well, so far it's been a week with my new toy, and I've come to appreciate its' strengths and weaknesses so far. First, I'll let you know why I got it. I plan on going back to school, and I needed a fairly mobile notebook to use in class and for my schoolwork, as well as light gaming and occasional DVD movies. (...) So, here are the bad points first: Built-in memory/Hard drive - 256MB with XP doesn't cut the mustard, and with 32MB taken out of the main system memory for your video card leaves you with a paltry 224MB RAM available. This hurts performance, since the swap file is constantly used, and with a 4,200 RPM drive, it can bog the system down. I recommend an immediate upgrade to at least 512MB RAM on top of the included 256MB. Also, I know that this is a basic system, so 40GB HD space is limited, but 60GB would have been really nice. Wishful thinking, though. ;) Power adapter - A true brick, over a pound. Yuck. No WiFi - This is somewhat bad and somewhat good, since I was able to get a WiFi PC card that works with my D-Link router to give me double 802.11g speeds, which is cool. I wouldn't be able to do that with built-in WiFi. The antennae sticking out of the PC Card is sometimes a eyesore, though. The good: Display - 15" display is very nice, although viewing angle isn't all that great. Still, considering that I'll want to do some private work on this, that's probably a good thing. Keyboard - Not too mushy, and the keys are placed a bit oddly, but nothing you can't get over after a few days of intense use. Processor - For what I do, the 2.8 GHz Celeron is fine, and with the RAM upgrade, it rarely runs at 100%. So, that's it. Overall, if you want a student-level or really basic notebook, go ahead and get this one, it's pretty decent. If you're even a medium-level gamer or someone that needs more than the basics, go elsewhere. =)
Poor product support [Posted on 2004-06-29]
This laptop computer has a lot of features for the money. However, after two months of use the ac power adapter quit working. The part replacement time is 2 months! None of the universal adapters will fit so there is no alternative except to wait for Toshiba to ship the new ac adapter. Toshiba must be having a major problem with this ac adapter since all of the distributors have them on back order. Even a major seller like BestBuy, that sold me the computer, can't get the adapters any sooner.
Great laptop at a great price [Posted on 2005-01-14]
I don't know why amazon doesn't have any more of these, they are still readily available. They go for about 800 after rebate. I have had mine for about a year now, and don't have many complaints. Its got everything you need.
The only thing that I would change would be the keyboard sometimes acts up a bit, but no big deal.
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