( 4 reviews )
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Posted: 10-21-2008
I've bought two Satellite laptops, and both have had their batteries fail within two years. One of them won't keep a charge for more than a few minutes, and sometimes powers off when you disconnect the AC power; the other sometimes just shuts down at the slightest movement. When we called the tech support, they didn't mention that the batteries were subject to recall; now I just found out, and Toshiba won't process the recall. I don't know if the problems are battery related, since it'll cost $500 to have Toshiba diagnose the problem. That's right, FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS once it's out of warranty. The screen on the newer laptop - just two years old - has gone funky, with some horizontal lines. They both run somewhat warm, with the fan going nonstop. As you can tell, these are my last Toshiba laptop purchases. It's great value for the first year, so enjoy!
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( 1 of 1 found this review helpful ) Posted: 05-14-2007
I recently decided to go back to school, so I ordered this laptop to help me with my studies. Since I'm looking to free up space in my house, it will also serve as a desktop replacement. Overall, I am very happy with its performance. The screen is large and has a very bright, crisp display. Battery consumption is decent...it can probably go a couple of hours without recharge, I usually use it while it's plugged in, so it's not a huge issue. Because it's got 2 gigs of RAM, I have yet to experience any issues with it hanging and can run many applications at once without problems. Once in a while, the touchpad does freeze up when you press the button in the upper-right that activates those 6 shortcut buttons, but if you put the computer into sleep mode by pressing the power button, it will unfreeze and you can just press the power button again to wake it up and log back in. Hope that helps!
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( 2 of 2 found this review helpful ) Posted: 05-04-2007
I purchased a P105-S6064 in August 06. Have not had any problems with it at all. I had a question on how something worked and called tech support. Support was in US and not outsourced. Great surprise. I was so happy with the computer and friendly support I purchased the P105-S6217 last week. After purchasing I called to add the extended warranty on the earlier computer. Support again answered within a couple of minutes and with no questions at all added the 3 year extended warranty on a 9 month old computer. If you are looking for a 17" laptop, this is the way to go. I don't think you will go wrong. I didn't.
