TOSHIBA Laptop Tecra Intel Core 2 Duo T5500 (1.66GHz) 512MB Memory 80GB HDD Intel GMA 950 15.4" Windows XP Professional A8-EZ8412

Pros: Very high quality, fast and worth the price.

Cons: USB and DC power located in back.

Overall Review: This Toshiba is my first notebook and is a great desktop replacement. Intel Core 2 Duo makes all the differance.

Pros: This laptop is pretty great. Lightweight (at least I think so), VERY sturdy, dual point device, fingerprint security, vibration and drop protection with an accelerometer, good speakers, large bright display, decent hard drive size, and not loaded with too much bloatware. I did remove some, but that wasn't bad and it wasn't intrusive. The installed applications to manage power options, the drop protection, CD drive quieting software, and wireless are great. It even runs a fair amount of games decently well at the 1280x800 res. I've been very impressed. Also, it stays very cool and when the fan does come on its quiet. CPU is very powerful for this beast, so you won't have any problems with not having enough processing muscle. Almost forgot, it has a spill resistant keyboard, protective foam padding in the hard drive bay, and reinforced hinges for long life.

Cons: Odd keyboard layout with windows and tilday keys. Though, you get used to it quick. USB ports are on the back, but I went in to it knowing that and it doesn't really bother me. A DVD burner and DVI out would be nice, but what do you expect for such a great price! The super-multi DVD drive is a little loud at full blast, but you can quiet it with a click of the mouse. During normal operation, including DVDs, you can't hear it. Only 512mb install RAM wasn't enough in my opinion, and after adding another 512mb it really flies.

Overall Review: I joined the Air Force and really needed a mobile PC while I'm in tech school. I have a powerful desktop, and didn't want a slouch notebook. I also wanted plenty of security, durability, and dependability. While this isn't a monster gaming machine, it does enough to keep me occupied, and the processor is very powerful. The screen looks great for DVDs and games, and I've used it plenty of times to hook up to a projector for my fellow Airmen to watch DVDs. Software makes it so easy. I enjoy that it doesn't get hot, the battery lasts around 2.5 - 3 hours when just web browsing, which is plenty for me. The casing is simple yet sexy, and feels incredibly tough. When I saw a review where they dropped it with it on and it had no issues at all (hard drive drop protection, foam padding, and reinforced structure), I was pretty sold. Oh, and the fingerprinting does work very well. You won't find all this for such a great price anywhere else! You won't regret it!

Pros: Price and quality. It's also Windows Vista capable just flash the BIOS to version 3.20 or up. Added another 512MB PC2-4200 of kingston memory and all I can say is "Wow".

Cons: Took me some time uninstalling junk/demo softwares.

Pros: very good deal, nice dual core processor, nice monitor and interesting fingerprint capability

Cons: there is too much "junk" software installed by default

Overall Review: this is a great deal and i am glad i got one

Pros: Very Dependable, I've bought serveral of these and never had a problem.

Cons: They load you up with unneccessary software. I don't think this is

Pros: Solid business laptop. Our company has bought several.

Cons: I like Toshiba laptops but am not happy with the driver support ever since Vista came out. If you plan on getting a Toshiba and doing a reformat/reinstall with XP, check Toshiba's website for drivers first for your particular model. What I've noticed is that the Vista drivers are available right away but it usually takes a while before the XP drivers make it onto the site. It is possible to go back to earlier models and find drivers that work. This may save someone a little grief if they ever have to overnight an emergency replacement laptop for their boss.