Toshiba Satellite M45-S359 15.4" Laptop (Intel Pentium M Processor 760 (Centrino), 1024 MB RAM, 100 GB Hard Drive, DVD SuperMulti Drive) | List Price: $1,469.99
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Brand: Toshiba
Binding: Personal Computers
Warranty: 1 year warranty
Features: - 2 GHz Intel Pentium M processor 760 with 533 MHz front-side bus and 2 MB L2 cache
- 100 GB hard drive, 1 GB RAM (2 GB maximum), dual-layer, multi-format DVD/CD burner
- Three USB 2.0, one Firewire, one VGA, one S-Video, one PCMCIA, headphone, microphone
- Built-in Intel Pro/Wireless 2200BG 802.11b/g LAN, 10/100 BASE-T Ethernet and 56K V.92 modem
- Windows XP Home Edition, Service Pack 2
Best Toshiba Ever [Posted on 2006-01-18]
This is my first laptop, but I have done a lot of research before I bought this laptop. I know people that have Sony, Dell and they always had problems. I don't know why people have rated this product so low. I personally think this is fastest laptop I have ever seen with a 1GB of ram its just great. The graphic card is excellent online gaming it also great. I downloaded a demo of Need for Speed Most Wanted just to see how good my graphic card is and the game did not lag at all, I also played it online and it worked great. You can run a lot of stuff at the same time, this laptop handles it great. The wireless card is also great.
Take a look at the CNet rating on this laptop. www.cnet.com then type satellite M45-S359 in the search.
Problems with Touchpad, Keyboard, and USB ports after one month - Toshiba refuses to replace [Posted on 2006-01-19]
I have owned a Toshiba M45-S359 for one month. There are two major problems. In the first week, I noticed the USB ports would stop working if the computer went into sleep mode. Because this is my business machine, I disabled sleep mode and continued using the computer. One month later, the mouse touchpad has failed. I believe the problem occurs when the computer reaches a certain temperature. I contacted Toshiba for a replacement. They refused. The computer is one month old an under warranty.
I am an attorney and thinking about filing a class action on behalf of m45-s359 owners. If you have similar problems, please email me at m45s359complaints@hotmail.com. Please provide you name, address, phone, date of purchase, and problem.
O.K computer [Posted on 2006-01-19]
This computer is alright for the price. I bought mine on sale at Wal Mart for 950, so it seems like a powerful laptop with the centrino processor, DVD superdrive, and Xbrite screen for a cheap! price. Well, let me tell you the truth about this machine as a user and owner for 6 months. I havent had any of the mechanical errors or problems that some other users experienced.
+the screen is fairly bright and quite nice for a laptop under 1000, not as nice as sony vaios or some other xbrite laptops though.
+has centrino processor and dvd burner.
+Is durable, i treat it bad, and it keeps on tickin.
-whole laptop is built cheeply, it feels like 'fake' plastic and all the ports are awkwardly placed around. DVD tray is weak and cheap. They used cheap materials to build the laptop to let them sell the tech. at a bargin price.
-The speakers sound like donkey doo, although thats pretty standard on laptops. And what's worse, they are looking out at you like two wierd eyes at either side on the top of your laptop base. Again, poor design.
-The laptop is bundled with all this interesting software which causes the computer to run slow and it's very hard to delete it all, non computer savvy users will be crying with all the hidden, strange exe programs floating around.
-Laptop is big and heavy, not too portable, and battery charger is like the titanic towing comcast's entire cable foundation.
Awesome, but could have been bettrer [Posted on 2006-03-01]
I've owned 2 Toshibas before this one. The first two were awesome in just about every way. While the second, the 5105-s501 had some issues with the hard drive, installing the fix recommended by Toshiba resolved those issues and I still have this laptop working in top condition!
Now, the M45. Impressive, but I have to admit, that the construction is definitely NOT up to par with the first two.
I don't rate speakers because well, this IS a laptop! Touch pad as with the 501 is a bit "flakey." Meaning sometimes, it seems to "stick." A small scan results in moving up or down the whole page. As for the screen, what can I say except that it is "pretty!" However, I did notice that viewing angle is a bit critical. Not sure if this is normal with truebrite screens. Normal viewing seems to result in images as well as text fading towards the lower part of the screen. However, it is so slight that I am sure most people won't even notice.
As for performance, without running benchmark tests, it is only subjective, but this pentium processor with the faster RAM and front side bus does seem to run a little faster.
All in all, I am still happy with this purchase! Although, it could have been better, I feel this model is another WINNER for Toshia!
Good deal for a college student... sleek, stylish, great multimedia capabilities. [Posted on 2006-11-26]
I've owned my Toshiba M45-S359 for a year now, and this computer is a great deal. A highly depreciated one, but still great. I am a graduate student and am extremely hard on my computers. It is plugged in and on about 24 hours a day and it's usually busy chugging away as a multimedia and study center. That being said, I don't suggest you balance your coffee and an 1900-page textbook on top of your computer, but I've done it and it's held up pretty well.
Pros: This little laptop is fast, capable, and durable. It's extremely lightweight for its capabilities and I never have a problem grabbing it under one arm as I'm running to class. I've spilled water, pop, and tea on it, shook it upside down in a panic (without turning it off), have crumbs of every possible food group stuck in the keyboard and touchpad, dropped it out of my car and off my shoulder several times (zipped in a cruddy $19 Targus case), and it still manages to work.
The Harman/Kardon speakers are surprisingly loud and clear for a laptop and it's fine for throwing onto the end of the bed and watching a movie. It has a huge 100GB hard drive, which takes forever to fill up. It also has 3 USB 2.0 ports (2 lateral on the right, and 1 horizontal on the left - very useful for those chunky JumpDrives) and a Firewire port. I have two 500GB hard drives, a industrial laser printer, speaker system, and wireless mouse/keyboard hooked to it. I am also usually running 5-6 programs at a time. And it still works at lightning speed. It has frozen on me only once since I bought it... in a year. That's not just good, that's great.
Cons: (1) Battery life isn't good. It generally holds out for about an hour and twenty minutes at "normal" power-settings, and only slightly longer at the "long-life" setting. I bought the six-hour battery for my first round of finals and it ran fine on "full" power for 4 hours, but that was an expensive investment I was expecting to make. (2) The screen can seem a little dimmer than other computers, but the clarity is awesome. I haven't had eye-strain yet and I look at it for about 8-12 hours a day. (3) The wireless capabilities don't seem to always be up to par with my old Dell but it works well 99.93% of the time.
Comparatively: I previously owned a heavy, chunky Dell Inspiron and after having to replace three batteries on the Dell and scratching the screen (from frequently grabbing it with one hand and piling textbooks on it), I bought this. I did about a month of research (between Sony, Dell, and HP) and this laptop was up against a 17" HP Pavilion with a 10-key. The HP was cool, but incredibly heavy. At six pounds, the Toshiba was the hands-down winner and I've never regretted my choice. If I had to, I would jump in front of a (slow-moving) car to save my laptop. I will keep on buying Toshiba laptops as long as they make them, but I don't anticipate needing another one for another three or four years because of the technology and capabilities of the M45-S359. It's awesome.
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