  | Toshiba Satellite 1805-S204 Notebook (1-GHz Celeron, 256 MB RAM, 20 GB hard drive)
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 Most competitively priced laptop available in my place | |
| I'm a computer fan and I've saved money for a whole year to be able to get finally a laptop that I've always dreamt of. To me, my dream laptop should be of high performance and low price at the same time. So I started looking in every computer store and combed through every product, but with no luck. Just when I started to give up, this one drew my attention. PIII 1G, 20G HD, 256M RAM, 14.1 LCD, Cyber Blade XP that supports openGL and D3D, 8x DVD, floppy drive, modem, LAN connector, various ports, everything you need is all in one Satellite 1805-s254. Most importantly, the price is so reasonable that at first time I just couldn't believe it. With my knowledge in computers, I knew a laptop with this configuration and price was the best bargain I could have. So I bought it immediately. I'm very happy I've made the right choice. | |
 I HATE IT! I HATE IT! I HATE IT! | |
| When my parents bought me the satellite for my 17th birthday i was so excited since it was my first personal notebook. Now i am 19 and have suffered the last two years with this peice of junk. I don't even know where to start...first it randomly shuts down for no apparent reason. It constantly locks up when using the internet, my screen freaks out randomly at least a couple times a year to the point where it literally wont show an image, the speakers suck, it's slow as hell and i can't even remember everything else that is wrong with it. On top of all of this Toshiba itself sucks in the customer service department. My father is now on their "beware of customer" list because he continually calls when the damn thing breaks down and ends up getting people who don't speak english and don't understand anything he is trying to explain. I promise you he and I are both fully capable of explaining a problem. Toshiba's solution has been multiple times to send the computer in for fixing - which i have done at least four times over the last two years. - One example of Toshiba's poor service: I sent the computer in to fix a dimming screen and on their service sheet, i boldy stated NO to refragmenting becuase of all the saved work i had on it. Well they refragmented it, lost all my work over the last year, and on top of it as my luck would turn the back up CD i had didnt work. Though the CD part was my mistake, i was devestated considering Toshiba shouldn't have lost the work in the first place. The other reason i hate this thing is that being a college freshmen i have to rely entirely on my computer. SO low and behold this thing decides not to show images on my screen two weeks before my final exams. I was forced to box it up and send it to a repair shop ASAP, in which the computer wasn't returned to me for over a week. Thanks to Toshiba, i am forever turned off of Toshiba computers. i will never in my ENTIRE LIFE purchase a product from their company and i suggest to those reading this that they do the same. On top of it i am worried that Toshiba has completely turned me away from PCs which i have so dilegently used the last few years...looks like Apple has a new customer. THANK YOU TOSHIBA! | |
| A piece of junk | |
| I kick myself every time I try to use this worthless piece of frustration. I hate it. It shuts down all the time. The sound card doesn't work. Half the time, when it boots up, the screen is black. Keep rebooting, and eventually, it will display and image. I hate it. I hate Toshiba products. I will never ever buy another one. And, of course, all this started immediately after it was out of warranty. |
