Incredible Machine
Written: Jul 19 '03
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Pros: Wow, This laptop is incredible!
Cons: Sometimes it doesn't wake up from hibernating
The Bottom Line: This is a quality machine, with long battery life, and wireless connectivity (CENTRINO)all with a great price tag.
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| marnykins2000's Full Review: Toshiba Satellite Pro M15-S405 (PS630U-G205HV) PC ... |
I've had my Satellite Pro m15 for about a month now. It is one of the best investments that I've ever made. The battery life is unheard of. I run my machine on full so I wear down the battery in about 4.5 hours. However, if I were willing to cut the processor speed a little, and dim the screen a bit, the battery could last up to 6 hours. I like the screen bright--it's beautiful to look at. Be sure to change your setting to 32 bit. Even though it's only 1.4 GHZ, it's really, really fast.
Now for the really cool part...the built in wireless (Centrino). I have a wireless network at home with a broadband router. It is so cool to sit on my couch, or in bed, or on my back patio and surf the net or read email--no cords, no expansion cards...nothing. Just my brilliant lap top. The built in DVD player is great--it makes a fantastic portable DVD player--which brings me to another cool point. The speakers! They're Harman/Kardon which is a premium line of audio equipment. These speakers sound better than any that I've ever heard on a lap top. DVDs and CDs sound great. (Not excellent! But, great)
I like that Toshiba included both a touchpad and a pointing stick. However, I prefer to use a portable mouse that conveniently plugs into one of the two USB ports. My machine came with software called "drag and drop" that makes burning CDs very easy--so I've tried out the CD burner too. It worked great.
I only have one complaint. Sometimes I have a hard time getting the machine to wake up from hibernation--not always, just sometimes. You have the option of setting it to hibernate when you close the lid or don't use it for a certain number of minutes.
This is a fantastic computer for home use, on the go use, or office use. It's light and portable. It has lots of options for setting it up just the way YOU want it to run.
I highly recommend it. I looked at a lot of lap tops when I was shopping, and I'm really glad that I chose this one. The price is right, and the quality is top of the line. You won't be sorry.
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Amount Paid (US$): $1600
Operating System: Windows
Processor: Other
Processor speed: over 1000
Screen Size: 15 inches
RAM: More than 256
Internal Storage: CD-RW and DVD
Hard Drive (GB): 31-40
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