Toshiba... Is this a great deal?

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Mike Roma

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Toshiba Satellite at Best Buy for $400. They are sold out, but may get some more in. Is it worth going and standing in line for? I would use it for web surfing, e-mailing photos from a digi camera, and some Photoshop use. I know Photoshop may run a little slow, but most of that work I will be doing at home on my desktop. I'd just like to be able to "tweak" a photo a bit before e-mailing it. I don't really plan to use it for games. Maybe the RAM should be upgaded?

They did have one on display. I really like the "matte" screen. This has an "XGA" screen. Is that good, since I like not having the glare that most screens seem to have? Is Toshiba a good brand? Any idea on battery run time?

THANKS!


Intel® Celeron® M processor 380 with 400MHz frontside bus, 1MB L2 cache and 1.6GHz processor speed


256MB PC4200 DDR2 SDRAM for multitasking power, expandable to 2GB


DVD-ROM/CD-RW drive



15" XGA active-matrix TFT-LCD display with 1024 x 768 resolution




40GB EIDE (ATA-6) hard drive (5400 rpm)




ATI RADEON XPRESS 200M graphics with 32MB-128MB dynamically allocated shared video memory; DirectSound support; S-video TV-out




CD/DVD control buttons include play, stop, skip forward and skip back




3 high-speed USB 2.0 ports for fast digital video, audio and data transfer




Built-in Atheros high-speed wireless LAN (802.11b/g); 10/100Base-TX Ethernet LAN with RJ-45 connector; V.92 high-speed modem




Weighs 5.7 lbs. and measures just 1.4" thin for easy portability; lithium-ion battery




Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition operating system preinstalled; software package included with Microsoft Office OneNote 2003, Sonic Solutions RecordNow! Basic, InterVideo WinDVD 5 and more
 
alanuofm said:
thats not too bad. but best buy will probably never get another in.
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Yup, even if they did have it in stock, they only set aside a few for advertisement purposes. They can afford to let a few go for cheap to lure peeps in, but when they run out, they'll get it in stock when the sale's up. :D

... but it was a good buy.
 
I have a Toshiba laptop, i HATE it, worst computer i've ever owned, nothing but problems since the day I got it. They refuse to fix anything under warranty, after only owning the laptop for 2 months I had to take it apart myself to fix a bad solder job on the DC power connector. They wanted $80 to fix it, plus all the wasted time bringing it to the repair depot and back. So i fixed it myself, and thats just one of my many many compaints about Toshiba.
STAY AWAY FROM TOSHIBA!!
 
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