Can anybody tell me about his/her experience of using a Toshiba Satellite A100-283 laptop ?
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A friend has one and just got it back from service. The cooling motor was cutting out and shutting down the computer. Also the battery was replaced due to concerns from Sony.
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My Toshiba has harman/kardon and the speakers are great. If you want something really loud though, just add externals. Funny coz I had a hard time looking for harman/kardon speakers so I ended up with altec lansing. I've always used altec lansing for externals but when I bought my laptop I was impressed with the speakers so I tried to look for harman. \nMy Toshiba is working so well too. I can't say anything about laptop HP's though coz I don't have one, but my desktop HP is still working great after two years with no problems whatsoever.
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I bought one and the mouse cursor sometimes goes mad, only way to make it stop is to slightly bend the laptop. I only bought it as I repair full size PCs but never touched a laptop so I had to have one to play with. It was fairly cheap for what it is but was advertised as faultless (and with XP but instead it had NT,luckily I hate both and never intended to run either) so I guess someone else might see it as a rip-off, buying S/H is always a gamble but in the end it could have been much worse. Buying from eBay is MOST ALWAYS hit and miss so if you are not into taking things apart the best bet is to pay 3 times the money and buy new from a shop with a guarantee, then you have a place to go back to. \n\n I have found that even when buying new it often works out that the people in shops are mostly incompetent time wasters so is always best to learn a bit of DIY, computers are modular and if you are blessed with a little common sense they are very easy to fix with the individual bits being very cheap to buy.
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I built mine and it runs real good.\nAMD Ahlon 3800+ dual core \n2GB Corsair XMS RAM\nXFX 7800GT Video Card\n74GB 10,000 RPM Raptor HD\n320 GB SATAII 16MB Cache HD \n250GB SATA Seagate HD\n120GB PATA HD\nWinfast PVR TV Tuner\n2 NEC DVD-RWs\nM-Audio Revo 7.1 Sound Card\nFloppy drive + 7 in one card reader\n\nNever have bought a brand except for laptop. Regretted buying a store-built one (Cheap components).\n\nAll in a big huge CoolerMaster Stacker Case
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I think it all depends on the specification of the notebooks. If you are going for the game... I suggest Alienware notebook, XPS for Dell, and for me I thought Toshiba was pretty good overall.
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i got my laptop at sams club. payed 1300 for it tax and all. It has a gig of ram and 100gig hardrive. Its an hp and has 128mb of memory devoted to graphics. its also a widescreen KILLER FOR GAMES. It a HP Pavillion Dv4000, and it also has a remote.. so try sam's club or cosco's
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Hello,\n\nI have a new 15" MacBook Pro 1.83GHz / 512 Ram (upgrading to 2G when I get time and $) / 80GB HD / 4x Superdrive and I absolutly LOVE IT!\n\nI'm getting a program called parallels to run windows on it without rebooting.  And then cutting off all internet to windows.  It's true, once you go Mac you never go back.\n \nI'm a new Mac user as well but I've had a laptop (Compaq) for a few years now.  I wouldn't go for a laptop with less than a 15" screen because I use it for a long time and hunching over like that, squeezing your arms to type just isn't what I call fun.  I believe the MacBooks only come up to 13" if I'm not mistaken.\n\nMy laptop does get very, very hot but I have a cooling pad for it so it's not bad.  And it's comparable to my old Compaq, it would get very hot as well.\n\nIf you're a light user, you could go MacBook, if you're a student like me or you're going to be using it for long periods of time go MacBook Pro, your back is worth the extra $$
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System Specs \n Type of system: Laptops \n Bus Architecture: PC Card (PCMCIA) \n Native OS: Windows 95 \n CPU Type: 100MHz Intel Pentium \nSystem Memory \n Standard Memory: 8 or 16 MB (non-removable) \n Maximum Memory: 40 or 48 MB \n Maximum Expansion: 1 socket \n\n\nSorry, it might be time to get a new computer.  This computer would really SUCK if upgraded.    You see, just to get on the internet with anti-virus, you would want 128MB of RAM and this old buddy won't do it. \n\nVisit your local Staples or Costco store and get a new Toshiba.  They are totally awesome. \n\nGood luck and Happy Computing!
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Check the laptops .. configuration details \nmost probably a booklet will be there !!!\n\n\nregards\nNarendran J S\nhttp://narendranj.blogspot.com\nhttp://bookmarks-share.blogspot.com
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Personally I recommend Toshiba laptops. They have multiple makes (Satellite and Qosimo among others) and variations of each to fit your budget. [See the link below]\n\nSome extra information: on any laptop, what to watch out for is if the AC power port is on the rear of the laptop, be careful not to tilt the base backwards when opening the screen. This can bend the cord and result in the the port becoming detached internally. That's why no matter what laptop you decide to purchase, I highly recommend spending the extra on a good extended warranty.
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The labtop u get kind of depends on what ur gonna use it for.  Dell are great computers.  The good thing about them are that u can get them custom made for what ever purpose u want them for.  So if u have the money, its good. \n\n I bought two Toshibas and I loved them.  They are a good company.  A lot better than HP or Compaq.  They come with some great features and stuff.  Also, u could go to the Toshiba website and get it some what customized, but not as much as the Dell.  \n\nSony I just think are over priced labtops.  They are great media labtops for like photos and stuff.  I was never into them.  They were more expensive than other labtops with similiar features.
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My sister has a Toshiba laptop and my daughter has a Compaq laptop. \n\nMy sisters Toshiba has had three screens go bad in the 11 months she's owned it. It takes 45 -60 days to get it back. She must ship it to them for repairs and pay for shipping both ways. Its still under Warranty. Getting through to their tech support is difficult at best. She has used her new laptop about 2 months out of 11.\n\nMy daughter has a Compaq laptop. She goes to college and does alot of her work on it. A couple of days after her purchase, she noticed it was getting very hot. This is after several hours of use. She called Compaq tech support and they explained the situation. Then they had a cooling pad sent to her free of charge. No more overheating problems. Then my grandson slammed the lid down hard and damaged the screen. Again she called tech support and the next day a repair shop called and arranged to pick it up and take it in for repair. Tech support made sure a screen was shipped to the shop overnight. Within 36 hrs of calling tech support it was repaired and sitting on her desk. No charge.\n\nI have a Compaq desktop and have called HP tech support at least a dozen times. Never for an equipment problem, just operator problems. I've never waited more than 2 mins to get through and received excellent support. They spent as much time as it takes to resolve any issues. Five hours with me once.\n\nTo me it is also the support of the product that counts.
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The Toshiba Satellite is a very poor choice when considering the wide spectrum of choices avalible for budget laptops.\n\nThe battery life of the L25 is only 95 minutes, according to Cnet.com, which is a very small number in today's market.  Furthermore, the battery life won't last long enough to watch a dvd movie, which is a major factor to consider if you are going to dish out 700 for a laptop.\n\nIf you are looking for a bare minimum no frill laptop, I recommend Dell, where you can equipt a cheaper laptop which has more features, especially if you wait for a special deal.
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I have a older laptop but it is a compaq presario laptop, yes I love it I even expanded the memory to increase speed its up to 1gb and it does everything I need it to do
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Definitely make sure you get one with a TON of RAM and a killer video card.  You'll also want to make sure that you have a super fast processor.  Maybe even one of those dual core ones they have out now.  We sometimes play WoW on the laptop via an external HD, but only because the laptop happens to be an older model, and installing it directly seems to slow the refresh rate down a bit.  Right now we've got a pretty slick setup involving RAID on SATA drives which optimizes game and PC performance.  Email me for more information.  At any rate, the external - that might be an option for you to consider as well, if money is an issue.
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do tech support nation wide and suggest Dell inspiron 9300. HPs have a lot of issues customers have found and so are the Toshiba satellites. Gateways have issues too. I have found Dell to be a very reliable company and being an owner of an inspiron 9300 have not had any issues except for the poor Toshiba DVD CD ROM that I had them replace with a Sony. Good folks there at Dell.
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Well first of all, the Toshiba satellite series is A110, not 110.\n\nMaybe the 195 is a model which is manufactured for sale  overseas, in non-english speaking markets?  I notice that Toshiba support site doesn't even list that model, just the A110-ST111.\n\nHere's a review of the A110-275