Toshiba Satellite P105-S9722 17" Widescreen Notebook PC (Intel Core 2 Duo T7200, 2 GB RAM, 200 GB Hard Drive, DVD SuperMulti Drive) | List Price: $1,999.99
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Brand: Toshiba
Binding: Personal Computers
Warranty: 1 year warranty
Features: - Powerful multimedia, gaming PC with 17-inch LCD; 2.0 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T7200 processor (4 MB L2 cache)
- Gigantic 200 GB hard drive, 2 GB of RAM (4 GB max), dual-layer, multi-format DVD/CD burner
- Four USB 2.0, one FireWire, one S-Video, one DVI-D, one PCMCIA, one Expresscard 54/34, multi-format memory card reader
- Nvidia GeForce Go 7900 graphics card with 256 MB of dedicated RAM; tri-mode 802.11a/b/g wireless connectivity; Bluetooth
- Windows XP Professional Edition, SP2--Windows Vista capable and Windows Vista Premium ready
Good laptop, bad keyboard [Posted on 2007-02-12]
The Toshiba Satellite P105-S0722 is a good value. I was looking for a desktop replacement for my primary personal computer. After reviewing offerings from Dell, Ibm, HP and IBM determined that for the money the Toshiba was the best if my budget was less than $2000.
Good features: (1) speed, (2) everything works, (3) good screen; (4) very good video card, I run the native screen plus a 24" dell monitor with no problem.
Poor features: Keyboard layout is strange. For a touch typist the smaller than usual right shift key is a problem. I would have perferred if the 10-key was removed and a larger keyboard was available.
Bottomline: This is my first Toshiba, it was good but did not awe me. When it comes time to order a new computer, I will probably look at either a Dell or Alienware and pay extra.
Average, but dissapointed in the end. [Posted on 2007-06-10]
Lets get to what you want to hear, the cons, if you dont care about these, buy it:
1)Keyboard, terrible layout, you get used to is a few month's later, unfortunately no one else has your layout so using someone elses computer, say your jobs for example, is hell.
2)Battery Life : Hour and a half at the most if being used. Its 2007 and they still havent figured out a batter that can last at least half a work day ?
3)Touch pad, this has got to be the worse I have seen ever. Due to its 17 inch screen, the one thing this computer has is space, its wide, yet, they choose a touch pad that is simply ridiculous, it is 6cm wide, yet only 4cm can be used, the other 2 cm actually lock the pad... in other words you have a almost 40cm wide computer with a 4 cm wide touchpad....simply hate it.
4) No firewire, I could not believe it actually has no firewire yet it say s it does.
5)It does not have the compact flash card size, so if you use this type of card for digi cameras, you are no good.
6)Fan, 20min on and its a constant fan battle, noise, comes and goes, not good.
7)Locks up with Explorer. Noticed it 5min from first using it, so I thought it was a software issue, rebuilt from scratch with the rebuild CD, no good, always locks up for about 2-3 seconds with explorer, its random, but manages to happen just when you need it most. Think of this, you double click "My Computer" or "My Documents", then it holds for 2-3 secons, opens the folder, say there is another folder inside you try to open, holds 3-5 seconds, then opens...terrible.
Thats it, everything else is pretty cool, I have to say I will not buy Toshiba again, I paid $1,900 for it, a friend bought an HP last August on Black Friday, a few weeks after min, for $900 and it seriously kicks this computers but.
I wish I had not purchased this notebook [Posted on 2007-11-15]
I purchased this notebook based on reviews from Consumer Reports stating that it was a good computer for the money. I know that with every batch of products, there will be a few lemons, but I have had a ridiculous time with mine.
Within one week of purchase, the operating system crashed (and by the way, Toshiba only has driver support for Vista, so if you want to install XP, good luck). I had to call customer service to have them send a recovery disk since it does not come with the computer. That was a hassle in and of itself. They said I had not registered the computer, although I had a printout of the email that I received thanking me for registering the computer.
After talking with several people, and going back and forth with them, I finally received the disk. I reimaged the hard drive and reinstalled Windows, it began to crash again within a few days. Long story short--I have now sent it in for warranty repair THREE times and it is still not fixed. Not only that, if I had a dollar for every minute I spent on hold waiting to talk to their 'customer relations' people, I would have a big pile of money.
My advice--if you are thinking about buying this laptop (or any Toshiba laptop, based on their technical support), I would think again.
Everything is horrible - No more Toshiba Laptop [Posted on 2008-01-11]
I own this computer around one year and it is a constant problem since day 1. Especially drivers are horrible... i am so unhappy...
Good computer - Poor support [Posted on 2008-02-23]
This computer is a good performer. Unfortunately it suffers from Toshiba's poor support. The technicians know less than I do and are unable to troubleshoot anything besides the most BASIC of problems.
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