Thinking of buying a Toshiba Satellite A300/08v or asus or Vaio?

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twinkletoes

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Hi guys, i'm thinking of buying a Toshiba a300/08v (similar to the 09y)

Here are the specs:
$1899
centrino 2 Duo 2.4GHz
4GB ram
400GB Hard drive
15.4" display
DVD SuperMulti Drive
wireless
vista home premium
fingerprint reader

There is also an asus for $1999
and it has the same stuff except it has:
2.53GHz but only 320GB hard drive

or i was thinking of buying a vaio Fashion pink notebookvgncs26gp
it has:
$2299
14.1" display
weight 2.9
battery life 2hrs
cache memory2gb
main memory 4gh
hard drive 250 gb

if you have nay other laptops you would rememend then let me know and if you have any problems let me know and also tell me which one you think i would be better of purchasing.

Thanks alot guys and if you have any tips please tell me because i've never had one before.

Also is it true that if you download limewire or msn onto your laptop it will stuff it up..and would i be better of with a 13" macbook??
 
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eck_03

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Go with the toshiba.. and do not install lime wire or toshiba... if you need music that bad look in to bit torrent. The vio is a little over priced and as for the Asus, the difference in processor is almost negligible unless you are doing something really hardcore. The storage will make the difference.
 
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sani

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It depends what operating system you want it for, and what you want to use it for. I have a Toshiba Satellite P105-S6134 and here are some of the problems with the Satellite models:

1. Onboard Graphics - 3D is crarpy! Seriously I can't even run google earth! The graphics card is not something you'd want if you were interested in using it for gaming.

2. The keyboard is not very good. I'm a touch typist and I can't type very fast on this. The keys are loose-ish and keys randomly stick down (even though there's nothing stuck under them)

3. Onboard Audio - Okay unless you're using Linux

4. BIOS software - The BIOS software is crappy; and depending on the version of your BIOS software and the exact model of your laptop, you may not be able to have sound in Linux. the onboard sound card settings conflict with the ACPI settings in Toshiba's BIOS software. You *may* be able to extract, patch, re-insert your DSDT file on linux to fix this, but again, it depends on the specific model of your laptop (it doesn't work for mine - I have to use USB audio). No BIOS software problems with Windows.

5. Recovery Disks - I don't use these anymore as they kept crashing my computer. They actually damaged my hard drive when they crashed while creating the primary partition.

6. Software - You get the recovery disks, so it restores Windows to the factory settings (default) when you restore. But even when you haven't yet installed anything, the bootup is S-L-O-W on Windows. Also you get a lot of 'trial' (junk) software that you have to spend ages uninstalling LOL.

7. Monitor - spiffy!!

8. Performance - meh I think its okay but I'm not into doing much with it. I would definitely *not* recommend it if you want it for gaming; I don't think the onboards graphics could survive!! lol

9. Laptop lid - very sturdy. No complaints.

10 - Replacement Parts - easy to come by

11. Fingerprint reader - Useless to me.
 
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