I have been enjoying this laptop a great deal. It has become my primary computer to which I have my monitor, keyboard, mouse, speakers, router & modem, and printer wired. The only thing I had to add, since it is a primary unit, is a USB hub because my keyboard, mouse, and printer use up the 3 USB ports and I needed 2 more for my external hard drive. If you don't need to plug in all that stuff, no worries.
I am a fan of the Toshiba brand anyway. My husband also has a Toshiba laptop with which we both have been very pleased, and we have other Toshiba electronics all of which have been excellent and durable. This new Toshiba is amazingly fast. Love having the additional memory and very large hard drive since this was charted to become my primary since I killed my desktop a couple weeks ago.
Another amazing thing I am finding is that it stays so cool! I was amazed. When I was setting it up I just had it sitting on one of my wire mesh laptop stands and even after 10 hours of use it was completely cool. That is no exaggeration. My secondary laptop, a Dell, doesn't get hot but it WILL get warm after an hour of use. I've had it sitting on one of those Rolodex mesh stands (those stands rock!) on my desk all week. I keep it turned on all day long, and it still never gets warm. This is encouraging as I think one of the worst things is to happen to a laptop is getting overheated so I was concerned knowing this would become my primary.
The screen is very nice and, since I am not into gaming or anything seriously graphics-intensive, perfectly good...bright and clear. The keyboard is very nice and plenty big. The touch pad and scrolly things are particularly good, in my opinion, because they have great sensitivity (it is adjustable) and I like the textured surface of the pad. It is a LOT nicer than the one on my Dell.
It is a very attractive laptop. The surface is black and glossy. The top of the lid is a lovely, deep blue.
I honestly have no complaints. If I would have wanted anything additional from this unit it would have been more USB ports. I found a really nice Belkin unit to add so it is no problem
| Standing screen display size | 15.4 Inches |
|---|---|
| Screen Resolution | 1280 x 800 |
| Max Screen Resolution | 1280x800 Pixels |
| Processor | 2 GHz pentium |
| RAM | 4 GB DDR3 |
| Memory Speed | 667 MHz |
| Hard Drive | 320 GB IDE |
| Chipset Brand | Intel |
| Card Description | Integrated |
| Wireless Type | 802.11b |
| Average Battery Life (in hours) | 5.8 Hours |
