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• 1 Uno

  I have had the NB205 frost white version (the $399 price) for about a week.

  Good points:
  1) build quality seems high compared to other netbooks that I looked at.
  2) keyboard and touchpad are very usable.
  3) the NB205 looks great (my opinion).
  4) screen is bright and usable outdoors. There is a glossy finish but compared to glossy notebooks that I have, the NB205 seems better.
  5) Battery life seems to be good. Using full power and bright screen, the batter lasts over 6 hours. With battery saving features enabled, would last longer.

  Bad points:
  1) Speaker is terrible. I use earbuds which work fine.
  2) Many special Toshiba programs used to control hardware and do different system tasks. This only a bad point if you are thinking of upgrading to Windows 7 because it may make the upgrade harder (are there Windows 7 versions available of these programs, etc.).

  I upgraded the memory to 2GB. This did not seem to make a significant difference in performance. Perhaps someone who runs more demanding programs might have a different result.

  Overall, I am very satisfied with the unit but one must keep in mind there are limitations when using netbooks.

• 2 Braun

  I ordered my Toshiba mini-computer from Amazon on Tuesday and got it on Thursday.
  I have a 5 year old Toshiba laptop which works fine so I know Toshiba computers work well.
  I am mobile impaired so I need a light, easy-to-use computer. This mini-computer fills that need.
  This could rank as one of the best purchases I’ve ever made. I have had this for three days now. It is so much fun to play with, I haven’t turned it off except to eat.
  It has a fast boot time. The design is excellent.
  I have researched all the current netbooks available right now. This one wins hand-down. The keyboard is easy to type on. The screen is clear and easy to read.
  The touchpad takes some getting used to. It can be used to scroll vertically or horizontally. It tells you how to do this in the manual. What the manual doesn’t tell you is that a quick finger movement at the top edge to the left brings you to the previous window. A similar movement to the right brings you to the next window you were looking at. The same is true when using the internet. Left movement take you to the previous page – right takes you to the next page. This was particularly annoying before I figured out what was going on.
  The speaker is totally inadequate. Most applications don’t require a good speaker. This computer has Bluetooth. There are many Bluetooth stereo headphones and speakers out there – so perhaps this will not be too much of a problem. I listened to a couple of tunes on Pandora with a set of plug-in headphones. The sound quality was great. I also watched a Netflix movie. The video quality was excellent.
  Overall, this netbook is excellent choice for me. If I was going to rate this on a scale of 1-10, I would give it a 9.5, but since I cannot use that rating system here, I guess I’ll give it 5 stars.

• 3 Irvin

  Well I have been doing research and playing with netbooks for several months now. I had to replace my aging 5 year old HP that was recently stolen. I wanted something with a long battery life and was extremely small and portable.
  I rolled down to my local best buy on July 4th and I was hell bent on getting the ASUS 1000HE. I found out that the model they sold only had the Atom 270, but I wanted the Black Tie warranty so I was going to live with that. However, when I got there, they did not have any in stock. In fact, the only netbook that had the Atom 280 was the Toshiba NB 205. I never even heard of it. I found out that they were out of stock so I ran home and called until I found a best buy that had one in stock. I read some reviews but they were dismal at best.
  After playing with it non stop for 3 days, here is what I like about it.
  1. The Case is much better looking than any other netbook out there. It even looks nicer than the Mac Books. It is much nicer than the ASUS 1000HE.
  2. The screen is very crisp and bright. It also has 8 levels of brightness.
  3. The Keys are very nice to type on and are spaced out well.
  4. The touchpad is responsive and the left and right keys are placed like a normal laptop.
  5. Although it took some time to get the wireless working, it hooks up faster than my other 2 laptops.
  6. It runs XP so with some minor tweaks, it ran just as fast as my other laptops.
  7. It plays MP4 movies/videos very well.
  8. It handles office applications like Excel and Access very well.
  9. I was able to watch 3 full length MP4 movies and still have over half the battery life left.
  10. It boots up fast and it has no problem with multiple windows.
  11. Netflix live stream videos work great on it.
  12. 3 USB Ports (one can charge while it is off), 1 VGA Port, 1 RJ45 Port, and a SD Port.

  Now on to what I don’t like.
  1. The back of the battery does stick out another inch but it does seem to act like a bumper. I bought a Targus bag with a handle and it fits perfectly.
  2. The speaker is very inadequate, the earphone jack works well.
  3. The Wireless setup was a pain. I wish it had a dedicated switch.
  4. The instruction manual is almost useless.
  5. Can’t really adjust the screen resolution (although the stock settings are fine).

  All in all it was a pleasant surprise and I am glad I waited to buy.

• 4 Acuna

  I just got my NB205 last Saturday. So these are initial, early impressions.

  #1 (terrible first impression): It took all afternoon and into the evening to get the unit talking to my LinkSys WRT54G wireless router. The wireless communication was connected, the router had assigned an IP address, but the NB205 refused to get it. It sat at “acquiring IP address” until it timed out. I have a static IP block reserved on my router, so I gave the NB205 a static IP address and filled in the gateway and DNS server IPs, and it *still* wouldn’t talk. In technical parlance, it wasn’t just a problem with ARP – the entire transport layer simply wasn’t working.

  A wired connection to the router worked fine. But that wasn’t a workaround that I was prepared to accept.

  I researched on the Web and found that various Toshiba models seem to have a lot of trouble with wireless, and that there are probably a hundred different things that people said finally got theirs working.

  What finally worked for me was to turn off WEP security on both the router and the NB205. That immediately got them talking, at the expense of breaking all of my other wireless links (two computers and a Wii). Then I turned WEP back on, and they stayed talking. No problems since.

  #2 (good): The battery life is pretty danged long. Maybe not the claimed nine hours, but seven or eight (with WiFi turned off and using power-saver profile). I suspect that a good part of that comes from using an e-IPS display.

  #3 (bad but expected): The manual is provided on the hard drive, not in print. The manual is disorganized and mostly useless. This seems to be par for the course for modern computers.

  #4 (very slightly bad): The manual says that if you shut the unit down by closing the lid (sleep mode, hibernate, or whatever) that when you open the lid it’ll start back up. It doesn’t. You have to press the power button.

  #5 EDITED: (very annoying until I figured out what was wrong): I had given up on using Sleep/Standby mode because about half of the time when I turned it back on the unit completely rebooted. Hibernate mode always seemed to work. The problem turned out to be that one of the latches for the battery pack wasn’t locked, and the netbook would lose power if the unit was lifted in a way that tried to separate the pack from the main unit. So it was my own error, but I learned to pay attention to those latches.

  #6 (generally good): I got this netbook specifically for writing. The keyboard seemed to be the best available in the netbook form factor, and I’m finding the keyboard to be quite usable for extended typing sessions. A couple of keys got relocated into funky positions, though. (Maybe other netbook keyboards do the same, I don’t know.)

  #7 (good): The touchpad is the first one that I’ve found to be actually usable.

  #8 (mildly concerning): I had to turn off the vibration alerts because every time I click the touchpad, it sets off the vibration detector.

  So… good keyboard, good touchpad, good display, good battery life. That’s what I needed, and it’s working out well. But I have collected some scars from the rough edges of getting it set up and the power on/off arrangements.

  FIVE DAYS LATER (an update): I’m really enjoying this little guy. I finally got everything configured the way that I want, and I love working with it. My only day-to-day complaint is a silly one: I sometimes write while lying down, with my legs bent and the netbook propped against my legs, and in that position the clicker buttons on the touchpad rest against my belly and tend to click when I don’t want them to. I’ve learned to use Fn-F9 to disable the touchpad while I’m doing that.

• 5 Dodds

  As with others who were lucky enough to come across
  the NB205-310, I went to MC recently to see their NB205
  on sale for $349. I was almost read to pop for that one,
  but asked the guy if it had bluetooth and he said another
  model had bluetooth (the 310) and he had some in stock.

  In short, as others have observed, this is now the netbook
  to beat in terms of construction and design. It’s a real
  beauty, from the patterned lid and keyboard to the hinge —
  even the bottom just speaks quality.

  I’m glad to have been able to upgrade to an Atom 280 machine.
  I was a NC-10 user, and actually had no problem with the
  Samsung’s small trackpad, which has been enlarged on the NC110
  and NC-120. The glide function in the Synaptics software
  actually makes using small trackpads a breeze.

  But the Toshiba is a whole different animal — beautifully
  large track pad and actual real front buttons that are
  easy to use.

  My only gripe, as others observe, is the huge bezel around
  the screen. But in a way it actually makes the computer
  look pretty nice. And for my uses (I already have another
  Tohisba U205-5067 with a small screen, and a Dell 1330) I
  don’t want anything bigger than 10.1 inches — 11 inch
  would be the max.

  Finally, Tohisba is now putting that great Config Free
  program back in their laptops. I adopted it for use on
  my Dell, and it’s great on the NB205!

• 6 Beckman

  I have had the NB205 frost white version (the $399 price) for about a week.

  Good points:
  1) build quality seems high compared to other netbooks that I looked at.
  2) keyboard and touchpad are very usable.
  3) the NB205 looks great (my opinion).
  4) screen is bright and usable outdoors. There is a glossy finish but compared to glossy notebooks that I have, the NB205 seems better.
  5) Battery life seems to be good. Using full power and bright screen, the batter lasts over 6 hours. With battery saving features enabled, would last longer.

  Bad points:
  1) Speaker is terrible. I use earbuds which work fine.
  2) Many special Toshiba programs used to control hardware and do different system tasks. This only a bad point if you are thinking of upgrading to Windows 7 because it may make the upgrade harder (are there Windows 7 versions available of these programs, etc.).

  I upgraded the memory to 2GB. This did not seem to make a significant difference in performance. Perhaps someone who runs more demanding programs might have a different result.

  Overall, I am very satisfied with the unit but one must keep in mind there are limitations when using netbooks.

• 7 Ibsen

  I ordered my Toshiba mini-computer from Amazon on Tuesday and got it on Thursday.
  I have a 5 year old Toshiba laptop which works fine so I know Toshiba computers work well.
  I am mobile impaired so I need a light, easy-to-use computer. This mini-computer fills that need.
  This could rank as one of the best purchases I’ve ever made. I have had this for three days now. It is so much fun to play with, I haven’t turned it off except to eat.
  It has a fast boot time. The design is excellent.
  I have researched all the current netbooks available right now. This one wins hand-down. The keyboard is easy to type on. The screen is clear and easy to read.
  The touchpad takes some getting used to. It can be used to scroll vertically or horizontally. It tells you how to do this in the manual. What the manual doesn’t tell you is that a quick finger movement at the top edge to the left brings you to the previous window. A similar movement to the right brings you to the next window you were looking at. The same is true when using the internet. Left movement take you to the previous page – right takes you to the next page. This was particularly annoying before I figured out what was going on.
  The speaker is totally inadequate. Most applications don’t require a good speaker. This computer has Bluetooth. There are many Bluetooth stereo headphones and speakers out there – so perhaps this will not be too much of a problem. I listened to a couple of tunes on Pandora with a set of plug-in headphones. The sound quality was great. I also watched a Netflix movie. The video quality was excellent.
  Overall, this netbook is excellent choice for me. If I was going to rate this on a scale of 1-10, I would give it a 9.5, but since I cannot use that rating system here, I guess I’ll give it 5 stars.

• 8 Skelley

  I just got my NB205 last Saturday. So these are initial, early impressions.

  #1 (terrible first impression): It took all afternoon and into the evening to get the unit talking to my LinkSys WRT54G wireless router. The wireless communication was connected, the router had assigned an IP address, but the NB205 refused to get it. It sat at “acquiring IP address” until it timed out. I have a static IP block reserved on my router, so I gave the NB205 a static IP address and filled in the gateway and DNS server IPs, and it *still* wouldn’t talk. In technical parlance, it wasn’t just a problem with ARP – the entire transport layer simply wasn’t working.

  A wired connection to the router worked fine. But that wasn’t a workaround that I was prepared to accept.

  I researched on the Web and found that various Toshiba models seem to have a lot of trouble with wireless, and that there are probably a hundred different things that people said finally got theirs working.

  What finally worked for me was to turn off WEP security on both the router and the NB205. That immediately got them talking, at the expense of breaking all of my other wireless links (two computers and a Wii). Then I turned WEP back on, and they stayed talking. No problems since.

  #2 (good): The battery life is pretty danged long. Maybe not the claimed nine hours, but seven or eight (with WiFi turned off and using power-saver profile). I suspect that a good part of that comes from using an e-IPS display.

  #3 (bad but expected): The manual is provided on the hard drive, not in print. The manual is disorganized and mostly useless. This seems to be par for the course for modern computers.

  #4 (very slightly bad): The manual says that if you shut the unit down by closing the lid (sleep mode, hibernate, or whatever) that when you open the lid it’ll start back up. It doesn’t. You have to press the power button.

  #5 EDITED: (very annoying until I figured out what was wrong): I had given up on using Sleep/Standby mode because about half of the time when I turned it back on the unit completely rebooted. Hibernate mode always seemed to work. The problem turned out to be that one of the latches for the battery pack wasn’t locked, and the netbook would lose power if the unit was lifted in a way that tried to separate the pack from the main unit. So it was my own error, but I learned to pay attention to those latches.

  #6 (generally good): I got this netbook specifically for writing. The keyboard seemed to be the best available in the netbook form factor, and I’m finding the keyboard to be quite usable for extended typing sessions. A couple of keys got relocated into funky positions, though. (Maybe other netbook keyboards do the same, I don’t know.)

  #7 (good): The touchpad is the first one that I’ve found to be actually usable.

  #8 (mildly concerning): I had to turn off the vibration alerts because every time I click the touchpad, it sets off the vibration detector.

  So… good keyboard, good touchpad, good display, good battery life. That’s what I needed, and it’s working out well. But I have collected some scars from the rough edges of getting it set up and the power on/off arrangements.

  FIVE DAYS LATER (an update): I’m really enjoying this little guy. I finally got everything configured the way that I want, and I love working with it. My only day-to-day complaint is a silly one: I sometimes write while lying down, with my legs bent and the netbook propped against my legs, and in that position the clicker buttons on the touchpad rest against my belly and tend to click when I don’t want them to. I’ve learned to use Fn-F9 to disable the touchpad while I’m doing that.

• 9 Allinsmith

  As with others who were lucky enough to come across
  the NB205-310, I went to MC recently to see their NB205
  on sale for $349. I was almost read to pop for that one,
  but asked the guy if it had bluetooth and he said another
  model had bluetooth (the 310) and he had some in stock.

  In short, as others have observed, this is now the netbook
  to beat in terms of construction and design. It’s a real
  beauty, from the patterned lid and keyboard to the hinge —
  even the bottom just speaks quality.

  I’m glad to have been able to upgrade to an Atom 280 machine.
  I was a NC-10 user, and actually had no problem with the
  Samsung’s small trackpad, which has been enlarged on the NC110
  and NC-120. The glide function in the Synaptics software
  actually makes using small trackpads a breeze.

  But the Toshiba is a whole different animal — beautifully
  large track pad and actual real front buttons that are
  easy to use.

  My only gripe, as others observe, is the huge bezel around
  the screen. But in a way it actually makes the computer
  look pretty nice. And for my uses (I already have another
  Tohisba U205-5067 with a small screen, and a Dell 1330) I
  don’t want anything bigger than 10.1 inches — 11 inch
  would be the max.

  Finally, Tohisba is now putting that great Config Free
  program back in their laptops. I adopted it for use on
  my Dell, and it’s great on the NB205!

• 10 Bush

  Well I have been doing research and playing with netbooks for several months now. I had to replace my aging 5 year old HP that was recently stolen. I wanted something with a long battery life and was extremely small and portable.
  I rolled down to my local best buy on July 4th and I was hell bent on getting the ASUS 1000HE. I found out that the model they sold only had the Atom 270, but I wanted the Black Tie warranty so I was going to live with that. However, when I got there, they did not have any in stock. In fact, the only netbook that had the Atom 280 was the Toshiba NB 205. I never even heard of it. I found out that they were out of stock so I ran home and called until I found a best buy that had one in stock. I read some reviews but they were dismal at best.
  After playing with it non stop for 3 days, here is what I like about it.
  1. The Case is much better looking than any other netbook out there. It even looks nicer than the Mac Books. It is much nicer than the ASUS 1000HE.
  2. The screen is very crisp and bright. It also has 8 levels of brightness.
  3. The Keys are very nice to type on and are spaced out well.
  4. The touchpad is responsive and the left and right keys are placed like a normal laptop.
  5. Although it took some time to get the wireless working, it hooks up faster than my other 2 laptops.
  6. It runs XP so with some minor tweaks, it ran just as fast as my other laptops.
  7. It plays MP4 movies/videos very well.
  8. It handles office applications like Excel and Access very well.
  9. I was able to watch 3 full length MP4 movies and still have over half the battery life left.
  10. It boots up fast and it has no problem with multiple windows.
  11. Netflix live stream videos work great on it.
  12. 3 USB Ports (one can charge while it is off), 1 VGA Port, 1 RJ45 Port, and a SD Port.

  Now on to what I don’t like.
  1. The back of the battery does stick out another inch but it does seem to act like a bumper. I bought a Targus bag with a handle and it fits perfectly.
  2. The speaker is very inadequate, the earphone jack works well.
  3. The Wireless setup was a pain. I wish it had a dedicated switch.
  4. The instruction manual is almost useless.
  5. Can’t really adjust the screen resolution (although the stock settings are fine).

  All in all it was a pleasant surprise and I am glad I waited to buy.

• 11 Jenkins

  I have a predecessor to this model, which reached its predictable obsolescence factor about two months after the 1yr warranty expired. On Toshiba’s website it’s currently 800. On Amazon’s website it’s 999. I went to walmart and bought it for 599, fyi. Try there first.

  Pros:
  * 17″ glossy widescreen, I love this, now I’m so spoiled
  * 4G RAM, 320G HD, some shared video memory, eh-ok processor (better than the one I had anyway), a good everything- disc drive
  * memory card reader, video output port (both cool), 3 USBs one on right
  * Pretty. Keyboard is black (I don’t prefer this, harder to see in low light) as well as the hardbody so it looks Matrix-ian cool.

  Cons:
  * Whatever bozo decided the volume should be a wheel on the front-bottom of a laptop needs to be counseled. If you use a laptop on your lap (imagine that), this tends to get constantly messed with. Especially if you are kinda fat. Don’t ask me how I know.
  * Typical of package computers it comes with all kinds of crap which needs to be uninstalled — various sales stuff, Norton and MS which are only ‘trials’. Once I uninstalled that junk, and installed the dozen programs worth having instead (all free, or with a free version), it was ready to go.

  All in all this is a good price–but a better price at walmart frankly–but I’m reviewing it primarily for the computer itself, which so far is pretty good. All Toshiba, Dell, Gateway, etc. package computers are pretty cheap parts, they’re likely to need some kind of repair even in the first year and especially after, but if you’re not rich enough to buy custom built better quality stuff (I recommend ASUS for example) then these allow a nerdish life on a budget.

  [1] Free (or close enough) programs worth putting on your new laptop:
  * Firefox browser (use this to go download everything else)
  * AVG Anti Virus (uninstall expensive bloatware AV your PC has first)
  * Filezilla FTP (couple firefox plugins do FTP well, but I like FZ)
  * Textpad text/code editor (”nagware” your conscience is your guide)
  * Open Office (does everything MS Office does, reads ppt/doc/xls/etc.)
  * Media Monkey (music management software)
  * Spybot Search & Destroy (kills those pesky ad-invaders)
  and because I’m a nerd,
  * ColdFusion Developer edition is free
  * Jungle Disk (amazon’s S3 backup service) is not free but uber-cheap and has already saved me with backups I can get to from anywhere
  And some trivial things like:
  * Skype internet telephony (call Czech free, sounds like next door)
  * Trillian IM (yahoo/aol/msn/icq/irc all in one client)
  * Caffeine (teeeny thing, keeps computer ‘awake’)
  * Screen Hunter (useful screen capture utility)

  I will eventually add Amazon unbox but my loathing for the software and the way it locks up my VISTA (augh) making me say, “Yes, ok!” like 25 TIMES when my computer starts (the number varies. Must be something obscure. Reinstalled, can’t solve it.) is so moronic that I’m delaying in morbid dread. It’s so totally invasive I don’t even want it on my computer but now I’ve spent way too much money to let it go (gah!). I like Unbox except for that horrible detail. This is what comes of having software people are locked into with no competition I guess. (Plus videos you would re-download ’cause you paid for ‘em become ‘unavailable’– so you better have mega hard drive backup space ready.)

  In defense of it though — you can watch video on demand here online with unbox–from a buck or a few just like a rental movie or TV show on the fly, you don’t need the software for that (amazon.com/unbox/ to go).

• 12 Nevarez

  The brief assessment

  The Satellite L355 is a large, heavy portable – I can’t make myself call it a LAP-top – machine that provides sufficient computing power to run Vista in full Aero mode, decent hard disk storage, good 17-inch display, adequate IO, a somewhat subpar near-full-size keyboard and a few bells and whistles such as 801.11g Wi-fi and integrated Webcam and microphone. The bundled free software includes Microsoft Works, Skype, some games and some annoying ‘60-day-trial’ bloatware such Norton 360.

  Overall, this is a good machine if travel is not its main purpose and if the relatively low price is factored in. It will replace a basic desktop once a mouse is added.

  ______________________________________________________

  Detailed review

  Delivery and physical setup
  —————————
  The ‘laptop’ comes securely packaged in a relatively small box. The package is easy to open and there isn’t a lot of assembly required. Besides the laptop’s body, there is the power supply, a couple of CDs and not much else.

  Specs
  —–
  - Dual-core Intel processor at 2 GHz
  - 4GB SDRAM
  - 320GB hard drive
  - 17″ display
  - 802.11b/g Wi-fi
  - DVD drive
  - Webcam + microphone
  - 3 USB 2.0 ports
  - Modem
  - Ethernet port
  - RGB monitor port
  - 5-in-1 Bridge Media Adapter slot that supports Memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro, Secure Digital, MMC and xD media
  - Near full-size keyboard with numeric keypad
  - Touchpad

  On the Vista performance benchmark, the Satellite scores a 3.3 with ‘graphics’ accounting for its lowest scores – 3.3 for Aero and 3.4 for 3D business and gaming and the CPU (5.1) and the hard drive (5.3) being the highest.

  Setup
  —–
  Vista Setup begins as soon as the power button is pressed and it completes quickly. Once an account is created and after given permission, the Satellite was able to quickly find and join my Wi-fi network and download and install the latest mostly Vista updates – over 40 of them.

  To my surprise, there wasn’t a lot of bloatware, Norton 360 60-day trial being the most annoying of them all – its window pops up and it can’t be closed, the only apparent option being to run the setup. I was able to get rid of it by immediately removing it and other unwanted ‘free’ or ‘free trial’ offers such as NetZero before touching their setup processes. The Google Toolbar installed itself before asking but a ‘thank you’ pops up when it’s finished.

  Explorer and Windows Media Player are present but it was easy to install my favorite browser (Chrome) and relegate the Explorer to the second-tier, ‘backup browsers’ status.

  Once the Norton 360 is removed, Vista begins to complain about its lacking virus protection. One reasonable truly free offer, and this is what I installed, was Avira. Once Avira was installed, I was able to register it with Defender and Vista stopped complaining.

  Other pre-installed but not ‘60-day trial’ packages included are Picassa and Google Desktop. They can be easily downloaded off the Net but I don’t mind them being there since they do not interact intrusively with the user.

  Operation and Ergonomics
  ————————
  As I mentioned already, the keyboard is a little unusual. While large, some of the keys are not where I would expect them – the Fn and Ctrl keys, for example are switched as compared with my familiar Thinkpad layout, the shapes of the ‘Backspace’ and ‘Tab’ are a little odd and so is the layout of the top row function keys. I would not type my next novel on this keyboard. Being a spoiled Thinkpad user, I missed the little knob that controls the mouse pointer movements. The touch pad works but it doesn’t work for me. I wasn’t comfortable until I attached a Logitech Nano cordless mouse by inserting its little dongle into one of the 3 available USB ports.

  In my opinion, the display is the best part in the Satellite. It’s large and it’s bright. Wide-screen DVD movies play great on it but, sadly, this being a Toshiba (not a Sony) the optical drive does not support Blu-ray.

  The integrated Webcam works well with apps such as Google Chat or Skype and it’s well integrated and easy to use.

  The Satellite weight – really, really heavy – does not make it suited for frequent travel. Its lacking a docking station add-on does not make it a good telecommuting choice.
  ______________________________________________________
  Rating and evaluation

  The Satellite 355’s size and weight do not make it a good choice for anyone looking for a traditional ‘laptop’. However, anyone looking for a ’sometimes portable desktop’ that integrates just about everything other than the mouse, this can be a good compromise. This is exactly what I wanted for one of my sons and I am therefore happy with my purchase.

• 13 McMillan

  I have not had the new comp for a mnth yet, and I am really glad I got it! So much it can do and I want to learn it all.

• 14 Shiao

  The 17″ laptop was exactly what we were needing – larger screen and full keyboard for ease of use. It was not selected for graphics or gaming applications. We were, however, very diapoointed with the Amazon store and customer service. The Toshiba orginal factory packaging was intact, but the outer protective box and packing material was flimsy and inadequate. There was only 1 small piece of protective air pocket packing material. When I contacted Amazon Customer Service, they did not take the time to understand the problem or follow-up, which was diasppointing for the expense of this item. This has made me skittish from ordering big items in the future.

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