Editorial Review

The Toshiba Satellite A45-S150 is an entry level notebook that will appeal to students, families, and small businesses who crave mobility. The A45-S150 resides in the middle of Toshiba's Satellite A45 lineup, and it features a 2.4 GHz Pentium 4 processor, 60 GB hard drive, 512 MB installed RAM, a 54g wireless LAN, 15-inch TFT display, and a DVD player/CD writer combo drive. Stepping up to the next level with the A45-S250 adds an even faster Pentium 4 processor and a DVD writer. Read more

Features

• Integrated 10/100 Ethernet
• DVD-ROM/CD-RW Drive - 24x CD-R / 10x CD-RW / 24x CD-ROM / 8x DVD-ROM
• 60GB Hard Drive
• Integrated 802.11g Wi-Fi adapter that lets you connect to networks wirelessly
• Integrated v.92 56k Data/Fax Modem

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Fitted with multimedia capabilities, the Toshiba TLP-X4500U XGA Projector combines convenience with some of the most advanced electronic technology available today to place the power of professional-quality images in your hands when you need to give a high-end presentation in a large-scale location.Read more

Features

• Native XGA 1024 × 768 resolution produces crisp, professional images that allow clear viewing of fine print and detailed spreadsheets
• Brightness of 4500 ANSI lumens and diagonal projection size of up to 41.6 feet
• Display capabilities include split-screen and inset modes
• Remote control presenters freedom of movement during presentations
• LCD display and contrast ration of 750:1 for sharp, vivid images

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With a dazzling 2,000 lumens and native SVGA resolution, Toshiba's TLP-S70U is bright enough to deliver brilliant colors and crisp images in any ambient light setting. In addition to delivering stellar presentations during the week, the TLP-S70U is perfect for weekend activities, such as watching sports or playing video games. The projector features a 4:3 aspect ratio—the same as the output from any gaming console—and can project images up to 240 inches (20 feet) vertical and 300 inches (25 feet) diagonal, creating larger-than-life action.Read more

Features

• 0.7-inch x3 LCD technology
• SVGA 800 x 600 native resolution
• 400:1 contrast ratio, 2,000 lumens of brightness
• RGB, NTSC, PAL, SECAM, and HDTV/DTV inputs
• Remote control, soft carry case

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Developed to appeal to those who value extreme portability over incredible speed, Toshiba's new Portégé R100 Notebook PC tips the scales at an astonishingly lightweight 2.3 pounds and measures just 11.3 by 9 by .7 inches. Though it doesn't pack enough punch or storage for true power users, the Portégé R100 is perfect for situations where a typical notebook is simply too big or bulky.Read more

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Terrible Tech Support
Toshiba may make good products, but their support is the worst i have ever come across.They have lost my laptop for over a month now and do not care a lick about it.They're tech support team is in Turkey and they dont care a thing about anybody.They kept hanging up on me and refused to help me saying it will take some time.When i called back- no one knew anything and had zero updates.DO NOT BUY TOSHIBA PRODUCTS! Get a Gateway or Dell instead...two companies that actually care about their customers. ... Read more

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Jump into tomorrow with the ultra-lightweight--just 2.3 pounds--Toshiba Portege R100 notebook PC. The sleek magnesium case combines a sleek, modern look with the structural strength to withstand the rigors of life on the go. It also offers incredible ergonomic design with its full-sized keyboard and bright 12.1-inch poly-silicon TFT display. The Portege R100 offers Intel Centrino mobile technology--with a 1.0 GHz Pentium M processor--which provides you 54g wireless connectivity and extended battery life. Other features Read more

Features

• Intel Pentium M processor
• 1.0GHz, 256MB, 40GB, XPP
• 12.1'' XGA, 2.3 lbs., .7" thick

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Editorial Review

If you're looking for a notebook that can handle entertainment and multimedia without breaking the bank, the Toshiba Satellite 1805-S253 is worth a look. It includes a DVD-ROM drive and 14.1-inch active-matrix display for watching movies or playing games, yet its price is at the lower end of the notebook spectrum. The system's processor is a Pentium III running at a reasonable 850 MHz; the unit also comes with 128 MB of memory, a 15 GB hard disk drive, and modem and networking support. The installed operating system is Windows Me, Microsoft's consumer-oriented platform; Lotus SmartSuite and Quicken Basic 2001 are included as well. ... Read more

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Piece of crap! Bad Design
I believe I bought it in 2001 at Staples.Since the, the problems with laptop include frequent shutdown due to overheat, bad hardrive, dead battery and LCD with dead pixels.This will be the last product I buy from Toshiba.

a very great computer
fist of all, i'm not under 13. anyway, i think this notebook is very great. it doesn't shut down all the time. i read other reviews about this computer. it seems that the people who wrote the review was either pissed off about this computer, or they are jealous because other people have it and they don't. this notebook has satisfied all my computer needs. it has a dvd and cd player, 256 mb ram, runs on 1.2 GHz, and dvd and cd buttons to play, pause, skip backwards and skip forward buttons, and a stop button for your cd and dvd. it doesn't have a wireless card, so i bought one. it is worth the price. i mostly use this computer to watch movies. it isn't really for games. i tries playing a game,but it didn't work. but it is a very good computer. buy it if you have the money and want a notebook.

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Terrible Tech Support
Toshiba may make good products, but their support is the worst i have ever come across.They have lost my laptop for over a month now and do not care a lick about it.They're tech support team is in Turkey and they dont care a thing about anybody.They kept hanging up on me and refused to help me saying it will take some time.When i called back- no one knew anything and had zero updates.DO NOT BUY TOSHIBA PRODUCTS! Get a Gateway or Dell instead...two companies that actually care about their customers. ... Read more

Features

• Intel Pentium M processor 1.5GHz
• Built-in 802.11b Wi-Fi Adapter
• 512MB of DDR SDRAM
• 40GB Hard Drive
• 12.1 Display with a resolution of 1400x1050

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Toshiba refuses to replace defective products
Bought the M205 in January 2004. Took it in for repair a couple weeks later because microphone (too close to speaker) was causing feedback through the speaker (ear-piercing shriek). Toshiba authorized service rep. was unable to repair it (after ordering and installing a back-ordered part from Toshiba, about 4 weeks of effort on my part). Now Toshiba says a "Toshiba Engineer" must have a crack at it. Getting this thing repaired could become a part-time job. Perhaps if you're fortunate enough to purchase an M205 that does not have this problem you'll be happy, but if you ever have a problem, be prepared for a real struggle.....

Best Tablet Yet
first of all, don't pay attention to either of the negative write ups here... the first guy (with the short write up) doesn't even own this product; the second guy (the angry one) isn't even writing about the *correct* product. and if he is, he very curiously got his hands on an M200 about a year before it was released. What else does all this?
This convertible Tablet PC has met every expectation that I had: long battery life, good sized keyboard, fast performance.I was worried that the screen might be too small because of the high native resolution (SXGA+), but I can read the screen just fine, and the text barely blurs when you change to XGA resolution.The tablet has accelerometers that allow you to issue commands via shaking the device, so far I haven't found this to be very useful.Read more

Editorial Review

Easily portable and highly reliable, the Toshiba TLP-S41U is a projector designed for professionals on the move. The detachable document camera is a convenient accessory that allows you to smoothly highlight your three-dimensional product samples, scientific evidence, or whatever you might have found to make your presentation more compelling--you can even zoom in on microscopically fine print and make it easily legible to the whole room. Read more

Features

• 1,024 x 768 maximum resolution, 800 x 600 native
• Detachable document camera
• 1,600 ANSI lumens of brightness, 400:1 contrast ratio
• Carry case, cables, and remote control
• PC, NTSC, PAL, SECAM, HDTV signals; 2-year warranty

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Terrible Tech Support
Toshiba may make good products, but their support is the worst i have ever come across.They have lost my laptop for over a month now and do not care a lick about it.They're tech support team is in Turkey and they dont care a thing about anybody.They kept hanging up on me and refused to help me saying it will take some time.When i called back- no one knew anything and had zero updates.DO NOT BUY TOSHIBA PRODUCTS! Get a Gateway or Dell instead...two companies that actually care about their customers.

Where is the DVD/CD-RW Combo and the TouchPad?
I would have bought this laptop the first time I saw it, except that it does not have a DVD/CD-RW combo.I just didn't want to pay extra for a separate CD-RW drive. WOW! Incredible package.
Only subnotebook to have full size key board (at least that is the way it feels to my very large fingers), yet to be a complete package with built in DVD rather than having to have a docking port and hook up an external drive any time one wants full usability.And, the years of experience shows in usability.This is my third Portege in the past ten years.Every one of them has had the convenience of being able to just shut it to put it into standby mode so that when it is again open it quickly fires up just where it was when it was shut.Others may have the capability to be programmed that way, but my portege's have always come out of the box with that feature.Support was great.I had a question on the fax modem and it took less than five minutes of touch tone menus and being put on hold to get to a technician who quickly answered my question.Reviews on places like CNET speak of the frustrations with Sony products that look great but fail in performance and support.The reviews are the reason I stuck with Toshiba and I'm glad I did. ... Read more

Editorial Review

Marginally larger than the Portege 3500 Tablet PC it replaces, Toshiba's Portege M200 Tablet PC is also more adaptable, more battery efficient and substantially more powerful. Blending the speed of a standard-size midrange notebook with the convenience of pen-based input and subcompact portability, the Portege M200 is a great fit for those who are handier with a pen than a keyboard and value a truly petite profile.Read more

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Good solid laptop - tablet hybrid
I got my M200 several months ago and am very satisfied with it.
A breakthrough technology, sign of things to come.
This thing is amazing. Since I got it a month ago I no longer touch either of my desktops and I nearly stopped using paper (I mean, to write on!). Superb 1400x1050 resolution exceeds anything you find useable on a desktop monitor. The tablet mode is great, too, with high resolution, intuitive interface and a comfortable pen. I write equations a lot, which is basically impossible with just a keyboard and a mouse, so the tablet mode is very handy. Handwriting recognition is very good, not that it matters, since most people type faster than they write, anyway. Speach recognition is also built in, but I never bothered to train it properly, and it's useless without training. Microphone and (monoaural)speaker are good enough for Skype and MSN Messenger, but not for watching DVD movies. Which is a moot point since there is no built-in optical drive of any kind. Had to buy an external USB 2.0 DVD-RW. No Firewire port, either. Can't have everything. Not yet anyway. Battery life is good, about 4 hours in the long-life mode, enough for most domestic flights, if you hate the inflight movies. The wow factor is fun, too, no question, especially when I take handwritten notes on it. Great
I love mine! it works great my only problem is that it has to have an external cd drive, otherwise it is amazing.As a student ai use it to take notes which i can later convert into text, to make nice, neat, and readable notes. ... Read more

Editorial Review

The Satellite 1805-S203 does not represent the leading edge of Toshiba's notebook technology, but it does offer a nice set of basic components at a very attractive price. An 800-MHz Celeron processor is paired with 128 MB of RAM; storage includes a 15 GB hard disk drive and a DVD-ROM drive. The system's midrange-sized screen measures 13.3 inches diagonally and supports 1,024 x 768 resolution. A 56K modem is included as well. One area where the Satellite is less than ideal is portability: at 7 pounds, almost 2 inches thick, and with a rated 2-hour battery life, it's not easy to carry around for long. The Satellite comes with Microsoft Windows Me, plus Lotus SmartSuite Millennium Edition and Quicken Basic 2001. ... Read more

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Piece of crap! Bad Design
I believe I bought it in 2001 at Staples.Since the, the problems with laptop include frequent shutdown due to overheat, bad hardrive, dead battery and LCD with dead pixels.This will be the last product I buy from Toshiba.

a very great computer
fist of all, i'm not under 13. anyway, i think this notebook is very great. it doesn't shut down all the time. i read other reviews about this computer. it seems that the people who wrote the review was either pissed off about this computer, or they are jealous because other people have it and they don't. this notebook has satisfied all my computer needs. it has a dvd and cd player, 256 mb ram, runs on 1.2 GHz, and dvd and cd buttons to play, pause, skip backwards and skip forward buttons, and a stop button for your cd and dvd. it doesn't have a wireless card, so i bought one. it is worth the price. i mostly use this computer to watch movies. it isn't really for games. i tries playing a game,but it didn't work. but it is a very good computer. buy it if you have the money and want a notebook.

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Editorial Review

Marginally larger than the Portege 3500 Tablet PC it replaces, Toshiba's Portege M205-S810 Tablet PC is also more adaptable, more battery efficient and substantially more powerful. Though substantially costlier than comparable non-tablet portable computers, the unit nevertheless blends the speed of a midrange notebook with the convenience of stylus-based, handwritten input and subcompact portability. Few tablet PCs pack this much power into a profile this petite.Read more

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Worked well, then broke
I love the weight of the machine, though the small screen was tough to see and I had to use my reading glasses for it. Also, I had some software compatibilty issues with Windows XP for Tablet PC. Still, it was quick and portable and OneNote worked well at recognizing my handwriting, though it couldn't do it in real time and I had to convert it paragraph by paragraph after a meeting. Then, after about 13 months the hard-drive crashed. I had it replaced and 3 months later the motherboard croaked, so I gave up. I would think about a tablet PC again, but I'd want to be sure the software issues with the operating system were fixed, and that the hard-drive could take being tilted while running (what else is a tablet for if not to hold in your hand while you write?).

Exactly what I had hoped for
I'm an animator and I had previously used a Wacom tablet for drawing - but I found the distance between my screen and the Wacom a bit disorienting. I shopped around and researched awhile before I decided on the Toshiba. Animators gave this model consistently good reviews. This was my first tablet so I didn't know what to expect but I was pleasantly surprised at how easily the tablet was to configure and use for my specific needs. I was drawing on day one, and it was so nice to be able to draw right on the screen. One note about that - before my tablet PC was delivered I also ordered a screen protector (from StrongEngineering), which I put over the screen before I began drawing. These are not expensive (about 8 dollars) but will save you from needing to replace your screen due to nicks and damage from the constant pressure of your pen. My other laptop weighs in at a pretty heavy 12 pounds, granted it has two hard drives and an internal DVD burner, but Wow - this machine is so light! When I pick it up I almost have to remind myself that it's not a toy and to be careful with it. There is the trade off in weight for specs, but there have been no problems burning backup data from the Toshiba via my USB external DVD burner. The battery lasts an impressive length of time, which is nice since my goal was to streamline this system as wireless and cordless as possible. And I had no problems setting up this system to my previously established wireless network. My range does seem more limited then my other laptop, but this could honestly be a configuration problem. I had a lot of fun downloading free programs for the Tablet PC operating system at the Microsoft website. I have had absolutely zero problems and I am looking forward to the creations that this draw on system enables me.
FLAWED PRODUCT DO NOT BUY. TOSHIBA WILL NOT SUPPORT
I simply picked it up by the corner and the screen shattered. Instead of acknowledging that one should be able to move a tablet without breaking it, Toshiba doesn't want to hear that the corners are obvously not well enough enforced with zero-cost spacers to prevent the stress. As 'physical damage', Best Buy and Toshiba refuse any consideration. Terrible design and non-existent support. I've owned Satellites, too. That's why I expected so much better.Apparently the constant mental overhead of fear of fragility is part of Toshiba's daring new mobile vision. ... Read more