Toshiba Tecra A8-S8513 - Core 2 Duo T5600 / 1.83 GHz - Centrino Duo - RAM : 1 GB - HD : 100 GB - DVD?RW (?R DL) / DVD-RAM - Gigabit Ethernet - WLAN : 802.11a/b/g, Bluetooth 2.0 EDR - TPM - fingerprint

List Price: $1,099.00 Discount Price: $1,236.04

Features:

• Display Type: LCD Display w/ TruBrite Technology
• CD Write Speed: 24 X (CD,CD-R)
• Bus Speed: 667 MHz

Customer Reviews:

Very Very Happy With This Especially With XP as O/S [Posted on 2007-08-19]
Preface This weighs about 6 1/3 pounds or so Not 11 Pounds as Amazon Has Erroneously Noted. To be honest, I never intended to spend this amount on a laptop but I am very very happy with this. What happened to me was, I originally bought a refurbished Toshiba A105 Satellite 1.66 Core 2 Duo, XP, from a very good computer seller for $799 before tax & really liked it but there were major problems with the Hard Drive which was all screwed up. I thus returned the A105 and then bought the brand new faster Tecra A8-S8513, mainly because it has XP and I didn't want to deal with Vista. I also upgraded the RAM from 1GB to 2.5 GB. All told I spent $500 plus more then the $799 I originally budgeted for because I had to use the stores credit on the refurbished notebook with problems & wanted a New Core 2 Duo with XP. The good news is I'm very happy with this as its very fast, super sturdy & built like a tank, the sound of the fan & hard drive is the lowest I've ever heard on a laptop (the refurbished A105 was way too loud), works great with the built in wireless card, is very easy to use, is relatively
light at 6oz or so. So what I'm trying to say is, if you have the money for this & want a laptop with XP, buy it and add another gig of RAM to it & you'll be very happy. My only negative is that the USB ports are in the back instead of the side like the A-105.

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