Is this a good laptop?

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doglover10

IT is a toshiba satellite from best buy for $329
here are the specs
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Warranty Terms - Parts
1 year limited
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Warranty Terms - Labor
1 year limited
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Product Height
1.5"
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Product Width
14.3"
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Product Weight
5.5 lbs.
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Product Depth
10.6"
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Processor Brand
Intel®
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Processor
Intel® Celeron®
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Processor Speed
2.2GHz
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Display Type
Widescreen TFT-LCD with TruBrite technology (1280 x 800)
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Screen Size
15.4"
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System Bus
800MHz
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Cache Memory
1MB on die Level 2
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System Memory (RAM)
2GB
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System Memory (RAM) Expandable To
4GB
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Type of Memory (RAM)
DDR2
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Hard Drive Type
Serial ATA (5400 rpm)
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Hard Drive Size
160GB
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Optical Drive
Double-layer DVD±RW/CD-RW
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Optical Drive Speeds
6x DVD+R DL; 6x DVD-R DL; 8x8x8 DVD+RW; 8x6x8 DVD-RW; 5x DVD-RAM; 24x24x24 CD-RW
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Direct-Disc Labeling
No
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Digital Media Reader or Slots
No
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Graphics
Mobile Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD
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Video Memory
128MB - 830MB dynamically allocated shared
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Personal Video Recorder (PVR)
No
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TV Tuner
No
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MPEG
Yes
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Built-in Webcam
No
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Modem
None
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Networking
Built-in 10/100 Ethernet (RJ-45 connector)
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Wireless Networking
Wireless-B+G
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Bluetooth-Enabled
No
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S-Video Outputs
No
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Speakers
Built-in stereo
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PCMCIA Slots
1 ExpressCard 34/54
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USB 2.0 Ports
3
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IEEE 1394 FireWire Ports
None
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Parallel Ports
None
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Serial Ports
None
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Game Ports
None
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Laptop Weight
Standard (more than 5.5 lbs.)
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Battery Type
6-cell lithium-ion
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Battery Life
Up to 2 hours and 40 minutes
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Pointing Device
Touchpad
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Operating System Platform
Windows
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Operating System
Windows Vista Home Basic with SP1
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Included Software
Toshiba Disc Creator, DVD Player, Microsoft Works 9, Adobe Acrobat Reader and more
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ENERGY STAR Qualified
No
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HDMI Output
No
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Blu-ray Player
No


I will want to use it to surf the web and to play pc games also to write papers for school

Answer
The price is good but the product is bad and the OS is really bad. better put some more dough and get a HP with Windows Vista Home Premium

is this apple macbook pro a good deal?

Spkey

hey guys, basically i want to purchase a mac (my first) and wondered if this deal was good?

It's the 2.54 ghz processor, 4gig ram, 320 gig hard drive core 2 duo model. says its a macbook pro 5.1 and seller said was purchased in late 09. i have knocked his price down from 700 to 600 English pounds, is that worth it for this model?

thanks for any help

Answer
Do you mean relative to other Apple MAC Pro's?
Apple is great operating system, excellent customer service, very good reliability, good weight and dimensions for the size, BUT
Always expensive and weak speed and graphics at the price. Here is a review on it:
http://www.notebookcheck.net/Review-Update-Apple-MacBook-Pro-5-1-Unibody-9600M-GT-9400M.12518.0.html
It was 2250 Euro when new. Seems to have a switchable operating system as Vista and Leopard.
Intel Core 2 Duo T9400 2.53 GHz
4096 MB, GDDR3 1066 MHz
NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT - 512 MB, Core: 500 MHz, Memory: 800 MHz, GDDR3 + GeForce 9400M (G), ForceWare 176.44 (Windows Vista)
Hitachi HTS543232L9SA02, 320GB 5400rpm S-ATA
Sound Realtek ALC885/889A
1 Express Card 34mm, 2 USB 2.0, 1 Firewire, 1 DisplayPort, 1 Kensington Lock, Audio Connections: optical /analogue audio in- and out, Uni-directional Irda for Apple Remote, FireWire 800, iSight (Webcam)
Networking 10/100/1000MBit Broadcom 802.11a/b/g/n (abgn), 2.0 + EDR Bluetooth
Matshita DVD-R UJ-868 ATA
height x width x depth (in mm): 24.1 x 364 x 249
Weight 2.49 kg
Battery 50 Wh Lithium-Polymer, 10.8V
Price 2249 Euro
Operating System Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 32 Bit
Mac Os X 10.5 Leopard
Alternatives from Amazon:
Lenovo Ideapad Z575 15.6 inch Notebook - Gunmetal Grey (AMD A8-3500M, 8GB, 750GB, Radeon HD 6740G2 2GB, Blu ray, BT, Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit)
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B006AASDE4/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&qid=1324940376&sr=1-18&condition=new
CPU is 64% faster, Twice the DRAM, 2.3 times the HDD, high midrange graphics vs low midrange so is better graphics processor and has 2GB VGRAM vs 0.5GB, and has a bluray player instead of a DVD. Is only 10/100 ethernet and no bluetooth, but does have HDMI and is 2.59kg vs 2.49, but has a 1 year warranty. Overall, a world above a used MAC.
Also, Samsung RC520 15.6 inch notebook (Intel Core i5 2410M 2.3GHz, 6Gb, 750Gb, DVD SuperMulti DL, WLAN, BT, Webcam, Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit) - Black/Silv
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-notebook-SuperMulti-Windows-Premium/dp/B0053GLCDU/ref=sr_1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1324940376&sr=1-1
Slightly lower graphics GT 520M compared with the Apple, but EVERY OTHER SPECIFICATION is better than or equal to the Apple, and some substantially better.
Would get the Samsung before the Apple in a heartbeat, and the Lenovo is also much better than the MAC, and there are other new choices.

For a MAC at 600 pounds, it is a good deal. To buy a used MAC with old technology vs a Samsung of the same size and weight and everything better or equal except the graphics processor as slightly worse and Samsung being new, I would not even think about the MAC.

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