i have an old P4 2.4ghz northwood (yes, northwood laptop) toshiba satellite 1905-s303. its heavy, has a lacking lcd, over heats, did i mention it gets hot? its slow no matter what, and it has a column of dead pixels across the screen. im sorry, but toshiba SUCKS. I would get an HP or dell. yes, dells are fine and work perfect. they are the Apple iMacs of Windows based computers. thats why i got a new dell vostro 1500 laptop. the quality is amazing, only to be surpassed by my friends HP DV9000. (mine has better specs though,

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actually, toshiba's are really durable. mine started falling apart this year. oh yeah, its also been used almost every day for the past 6 years, so i guess its help up pretty well. i still wouldn't get one though.