Toshiba A215-S5825 Satellite 15.4" Widescreen Laptop, AMD Athlon 64 X2 TK-55, 120GB hard drive, Built-in wireless 802.11b/g, 1GB of DDR2 memory, Burns DVDs and CDs, Windows Vista Home Premium

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Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 12 pounds
• ASIN: B00169U3HY
• Item model number: A215-S5825
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #6,376 in Computers & PC Hardware (See Bestsellers in Computers & PC Hardware)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: March 20, 2008

Product Description

Product Description
The Toshiba Satellite A215-S5825 is a mid-size laptop, with above-average processing power and everything most people need for basic computing, entertainment and online communication. This model features a powerful dual-core processor as well as premium features such as a DVD SuperMulti drive, 120GB hard drive and Windows Vista Home Premium. The 1.8GHz Athlon 64 X2 TK-55 has two processing engines that work in tandem, providing much more power than standard 1.8GHz processors. This processor is also capable of processing 64 bits of information at once, twice as much as standard 32-bit processors. AMD PowerNow! technology enhances mobile performance and extends battery life. This laptop features 1GB of DDR2 system memory (Expandable to 4GB)enough to handle everyday computing needs. DDR2 is slightly faster than DDR, the previous standard in system memory. AMD employs HyperTransport technology, which works like a fully-integrated frontside bus that increases bandwidth, reduces bottlenecks and enables processors to work more efficiently. The end result is better performance.

Customer Reviews

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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Before You Buy, November 16, 2008

By	Barb B - See all my reviews

Before you buy this or any other Toshiba laptop please read of my thwarted efforts to make this laptop run to it's potential.

Yesterday I spoke to three different levels of support trying to get this machine adapted to my level of use. Surprisingly enough this two hours were all talking time. No waiting in que.

Firstly, this 64 bit system comes with the 32 bit version of Vista Home Premium. In order to get this puppy to work you have to pay for an upgrade to 64 bit Vista. Umm, that's nowhere in the write-up. But you are paying once for a 64 bit operating system. After you've invested extra money to get the 64 bit operating system you must pay again to get it to work to it's potential.

Secondly, unless you want to spend days searching the internet for drivers you can not down grade to Windows XP in any form. You have to know how to get the brand name of each device then if you're lucky you may find a XP 64 bit driver. Even then I never did find them all because many of these devices were made to run on Vista ONLY.

Thirdly: I was told by the top level I spoke with that XP is no longer supported by Microsoft so any laptop with Windows XP as the operating system was manufactured at least a year ago and probably more like two years ago. Do they believe that? Could be but I don't believe I do.

Toshiba and Microsoft entered into an agreement which has targeted your wallet or credit card. Frankly, I'm totally disgusted with their business practices. My next laptop will have both Windows and Linux and I will become proficient with Linux and then it's goodbye to the greedy business practices of such companies as mentioned above.

My advice to anyone considering Toshiba is to know exactly what you are getting before you buy. Call their tech support to be sure you are getting exactly what you want and are paying for.