Toshiba Satellite M105-S3004 14.1" Laptop (Intel Core Duo Processor T2300, 1024 MB RAM, 100 GB Hard Drive, DVD SuperMulti Drive) | List Price: $1,349.99
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Brand: Toshiba
Binding: Personal Computers
Warranty: 1 year warranty
Features: - Stylish business notebook with 14.1-inch LCD; 1.67 GHz Intel Core Duo T2300 with 2 MB L2 cache
- 100 GB hard drive, 1 GB of RAM (2 GB max), dual-layer/multi-format DVD burner
- Four USB 2.0, one FireWire, one VGA, one S-Video, one PCMCIA
- Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950 (128 MB of shared RAM); tri-mode 802.11a/b/g wireless connectivity
- Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005
Good Laptop with a Software Flaw !! [Posted on 2006-06-17]
I bought this laptop recently and it was very easy to get it started. The Screen is very good. But the problems started when my Internet Explorer Stopped responding ( Hanged) and it started happing randomly and frequently. So i switched my browser to Firefox but with the same result. The Firefox browser also hanged randomly and that would cause the Task Manager to also stop resoponding for a minute , before i could kill the firefox process.
So Please be aware when you purchase this laptop. Check it thoroughly with the internet explorers . I have a Earthlink Braodband connection which is blazing fast on my Desktop. So I am returning this laptop back.
A very solid laptop, works great with linux, pretty quiet. [Posted on 2006-07-09]
The keyboard is very consistant and feels great but has some strangly placed keys. The Tilde and windows keys are good examples.
The "pointer buttons" are very easy to press compared to the current Compaq and HP laptops which make a very loud click.
The screen is prefectly clear but not as nice as Compaqs or HPs. It's harder to see from angles.
The Built in speakers are perfectly adequate for light music playing and the volume dial on the front edge is a neat touch.
There is a built in dvd player so you don't have to boot up to an OS to play a dvd but the volume over the built in speakers is too low, even maxed out. The controls below the screen arn't media buttons, they are for the dvd player!
Which bring me to one complaint. There are no programmable media buttons.
The leds on the front are quite bright in a dark room and don't go off when you suspend. Infact, the power led flashes slowly and can light up a wall. I recommend keeping an extra pair of underwear to throw over them. (-;
The laptop is nice and quiet except intermittently the cpu fan will come on for no reason.
Overall the laptop feels very solid and the only thing I have not really tested are the battery discharge times.
The only OS I tested this with is Ubuntu Linux and everything worked out of the box except for the flash card reader; There is supposedly a driver in the works for that. I have not tested 3D support.
I paid 1000 for it at Fry's since I bought the display version which was the only one left in stock. The sticker price was 1100.
If I we're allowed a real rating ststem, I would give this laptop 4.5 stars.
A real disappointment... [Posted on 2008-07-06]
I purchased my Toshiba at a big box store and was attracted by numerous features. I have been using this laptop for about 15 months, and during that time the screen has gone bad and I am having issues with the CMOS battery not able to keep the proper time and date in the system.
Due to the cost of replacing the screen, I found it more cost effective to purchase a flat scrren and use an external keyboard.
Without a doubt, this has been the worse piece of hardware I have purchased over the past 20+ years.
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