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TechnoTV - Toshiba Satellite L355-S7831 17-Inch Laptop (2.0 GHz Intel Pentium Dual Core T3200 Processor, 3 GB RAM, 250 GB Hard Drive, DVD Drive, Vista Premium)
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List Price: $729.99
Our Price: $757.22
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Manufacturer: Toshiba
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Batteries Included: 1
Binding: Personal Computers
Brand: Toshiba
CPU Manufacturer: Intel
CPU Speed: 2
CPU Type: Intel Core Duo
Display Size: 17
EAN: 0883974146918
Feature: 17.0-Inch (Diagonal) Widescreen TruBrite TFT LCD Display at 1440 x 900 Resolution
Floppy Disk Drive Description: None
Hard Disk Size: 250
Label: Toshiba
Manufacturer: Toshiba
Model: L355-S7831
Modem Description: Fax / modem
Processor Count: 2
Publisher: Toshiba
Studio: Toshiba
System Bus Speed: 667
System Memory Size: 3000
System Memory Type: DDR2 SDRAM
Warranty: 1 year warranty
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Features
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17.0-Inch (Diagonal) Widescreen TruBrite TFT LCD Display at 1440 x 900 Resolution
2.0 GHz Intel Pentium Dual Core Processor with 1MB L2 Cache
3072MB DDR2 SDRAM System Memory, 250GB (5400 RPM) Hard Drive (SATA), Mobile Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500M with 128MB-1342MB Dynamically Allocated Shared Graphics Memory
DVD SuperMulti (+/- Double Layer) Drive with Labelflash, 802.11b/g/n Wireless LAN
Windows Vista Home Premium, dims in inches: 5.5 (W) x 15.7 (L) x 1.39 (H) approx., 6.94 lbs.
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Good Value
Comment: Used as a "household" computer, it is more that adequate for our needs. The few complaints that we have are not significant. We have other computers to fill the gaps, but this one is more powerful that we expected. If this model was available, we would consider anyother one.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Love my new Puter!
Comment: This compouter is just like a big fancy desktop. It has all the bells and whistles. The screen is clear and easy on the eyes. Keyboard is the same as I was used to on my desktop. Best of all the price. Very reasonal for a machine of this quality.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Good Power to Price ratio
Comment: This laptop comes with a lot of features for the money.($580) The wireless n card is nice and the 3gb of memory with dual core makes it easy to have a couple VMs running. The hard drive is large enough(250gb) to serve as a temporary repository for your pictures/movies/videos while you are away from secure storage and the card reader is handy to have. This laptop is excellent for basic "home" style use: browsers, office applications, basic video/pic editing. Its biggest shortfall is easily the video card. It is NOT a good laptop if you want to play a relatively graphically intense game(ex. fallout3)
I dual boot vista and ubuntu on this laptop. I purchased 64 bit vista ultimate for it. 64 bit Ubuntu(ibex) had drivers for everything right from the start, but I had to go get drivers for the wired network, wireless network and video chipsets for 64 bit vista. Toshiba's site had all of them so they were not difficult to find, just make sure you can get them from another computer since you won't have network connectivity until you do.
NOTE: The pictured product shows a light grey chassis. Mine came a nice shiny black. I like it, but it requires constant cleaning to keep from looking smeary.
Pros:
- large, bright screen
- reasonable resolution(1440x960)
- good amount of memory(3gb)
- 802.11n built-in wireless
- low price for the feature set
- 64 bit dual core processor
Cons:
- low power graphics(Mobile Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500M)
- included 32 bit OS on a 64 bit system
- black is not very dark
- short battery life(~2-3hrs)
- fan is somewhat loud
Customer Rating:
Summary: Picture does not represent correct product
Comment: The above picture does not represent what the item actually looks like. The laptop is actually a black-blue color with a black interior.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great system at a great price
Comment: I bought this computer for my father in law. I chose it because of the huge hard drive for a laptop(250GB), the 2.0 GHz Intel Pentium Dual Core Processors, and the 17" widescreen and full keyboard (has the numbers to the right). At my house we are a Mac family, but my father in law is 75 and has only known windows so we decided to purchase a pc for him. For the price, we got an awesome computer. It has the same processors as my 20"imac, and for half the price.
The only cons I have with this laptop is that:
(a) it's a pc (we just love macs)
(b) it runs on Vista (at least it's premium edition).
Other than that, if your looking for a lot of computer for a little money, then this is it!
My father in law only uses it to surf the web, check email, and look at pictures of the family we send. So for him, it works out perfect.
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Editorial Reviews:
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When you're ready to broaden your possibilities but not your budget, the Satellite L355 series is ready for you. Easily work with complex spreadsheets or multiple open windows on a 17-inch diagonal widescreen display, which is also great for tabletop presentations. Type and do heavy data entry on a full-size keyboard with 10-key pad. This, along with Intel Pentium Dual Core processor, a super-multi optical drive with LabelFlash, abundant memory and lots of storage makes this laptop series a superb alternative to a desktop computer. And with a built-in microphone and webcam you'll be able to stay in touch with friends and colleagues without leaving your chair.
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