Customer Reviews

Toshiba Satellite P25-S670 Media Center Laptop (3.2 GHz Pentium 4, 512 MB RAM, 80 GB Hard Drive, DVD-Super Multi drive, 17" Widescreen)

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Please be careful before you decide to purchase this from certain Amazon.com Marketplace buyers. I have been eyeing a similar Toshiba laptop for a while now but the price is still out of reach for me and so still waiting for the price drop.
Anyway, there are some "just launched" private sellers that lure you into contacting them directly by offering ridisculously low price like, say under $1000 for a brand new system, or even sometimes they mention it's in like-new condition to make it more believable I guess. They will sound really polite and encourage you to buy directly from them instead of going through the Amazon.com process, by asking you to send them the funds through Western Union, that way you will get the laptop sooner and they will even provide the shipping cost! I know because I have encountered a couple of these "sellers" here at the Amazon marketplace. I was almost tempted by the so-called great deal, then my common sense sunk in and I knew there was something wrong about it all. I didn't go through the deal, informed Amazon.com instead what these sellers were trying to do as it is against policy to sell here and not use the appropriate Amazon.com checkout process.
I've heard countless others like this at another popular site, Ebay, of scams that happens everyday by sellers only accepting Western Union as payment. YOU WILL NEVER SEE YOUR MONEY AGAIN OR GET YOUR ITEM!
Just be wary of "too good to be true" deals here or anywhere else for that matter. I came so close to giving my money away and never getting the laptop in return. If you don't believe this just do some research and you'll find out for yourself. Just a friendly warning from a regular Amazon.com customer (and a Marketplace seller as well).

First, buyers should know that the wireless modem will run on the same frequency as a 2.4ghz phone, which means you will frequently lose your connection through your router. I was on the phone with Toshiba for a couple of hours last night trying to correct the problem. The only solution is that I'll have to buy a new networking card, which kind of defeats the purpose of buying a computer with an intergrated wireless connectivity. It's an unnecessary hassle since Toshiba advertises this feature as being "hassle-free." Of course, I also could buy a new phone! It's an issue that those who are looking to step up to one of these new media center laptops should be aware of. Toshiba's tech support told me that the technology is so new that there's no solution for the problem just yet.

Also, my previous Toshiba, the Satellite 5005, had a built-in subwoofer, this one doesn't. The sound quality is a serious step down, considering the price of the unit.

Other than that, I'm having a great time learning the various bells on whistles on the unit. I just thought potential buyers should be aware of the router-phone issue.

After a short release this product was discontinued by Toshiba because of serious design problems. System board replacements to meet warranty promises were quickly depleted. Toshiba can no longer meet warranty requirements and must take parts from junked portables or return refurbished computers with a 90 day warranty that Toshiba knows they are not able to repair when they break. Toshiba is aware of this problem. Don't trust Toshiba! Toshiba Repair Depot sits on these repairs hoping for parts that are no longer made. Dead on arrival!!!

First of all I would like to remind people this should be a review for the notebook itself not to give it one star for 3rd party sellers!

I'm a CG artist and have been searching for 5 months to purchase a new computer. I couldn't go for normal laptop since I'm working on memory monsters applications such as AutoCAD, 3D Max and Photoshop, and they really need a real powerful PC.

I ordered this piece of art from Amazon my first and best online shopping place. They never let me down. Shipping was fast and my laptop made it safe to my home.
The first thing I checked is how many Memory slots (RAM) was occupied since I wanted to go first for the S609 with 1G RAM installed but I didn't want to risk with the 64MB Video Memory (I'm so happy that I didn't). My S670 came with only 512 and a free slot which I can easily add an extra 1G Ram and may be for another one to be 2G RAM later.

First time I saw it with it's unique dazzling design I hold my breath when I turned the power button on. Take it from a Graphic expert this is the sharpest and clearest screen my eyes had ever seen. When I look back to my old renderings they look even prettier than ever before :).

I run all the benchmarks I've ever heard about (PCMark2002, 3Dmark2003) and I was amazed with how smooth they went with outstanding results.
But the real challenge when we rendered same 3D Max file on the newest Machine in our office which is: latest AMD Athlon 64 bit, 2G RAM, 256MB Video Memory, 10.000 rpm HD (A real monster!) Guess what! The Toshiba Satellite P25 S670 beat it with 2 minutes!!! It was my first time to see how the HT (Hyper Threading) technology from Intel works. On Vray (a renderer) you can see it calculates as if there are 2 processors with 2 rendering buckets.

What I'm sure of ..that I'll always get amazed each time I discover something new about this beautiful Machine.

For people talking about short battery life I don't even use the battery, I remind them this is not a laptop this is a REAL desktop replacement.

We went for a vacation, A friend of mine brought his Digital camera but he forgot to bring its USB port! No problem the P25 has a build in SD card reader!
Can't even describe how I played Spiderman II on the wide screen needless to see the original movie :)

There are more stories to tell about this Amazing Machine make me give it 10 stars not only 5!!

I 100% recommend it for users who never accept less than the best.

Hi All,

I made an order for this Notebook "Toshiba Satellite P25-S670 ".
And this was from a third party seller.

And i received a confirmation mail for my order from Amzon.
And when i mail to the Seller, i did not get any reply from him.

Also the customer service person from Amazon, is saying my order was not complete. (Even after Amazon had sent a confirmation mail to me about my order.)

Seems like some thing is fishy....Please be carefull while bying any stuff from here.

Regards
Ashok

i thinkt that the computer that you show in the picture is very bgood and it has all characteristic that I need