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Customer Reviews for Toshiba Satellite Laptop with AMD Turion 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-58 - Onyx Blue Metallic
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Toshiba Satellite Laptop with AMD Turion 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-58 - Onyx Blue Metallic
Model: A215-S7437
SKU: 8548039
UPC: 032017977358
This laptop is ideal for your mobile and multitasking lifestyle, with a brilliant 15.4" TruBrite LCD screen and built-in 802.11b/g wireless LAN. You can even create your own media discs with the multiformat DL DVD±RW/CD-RW drive and Labelflash technology.Windows Vista Home Premium preloadedWhich Windows Vista edition is right for you? Compare.Take a product tour.
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Customer Reviews for Toshiba Satellite Laptop with AMD Turion 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-58 - Onyx Blue Metallic
Review 1 for Toshiba Satellite Laptop with AMD Turion 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-58 - Onyx Blue Metallic
RE: Meliss
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: imhere
from california
on 01/28/2008
What's great about it: fast, memory
What's not so great: battery life
the windows are minimizeing when you are scrolling down b/c your finger or something is hitting the top right of the mouse pad lol... the top left, top right, bottom left, and bottom right of the keyboard all do something when you click them 1 time and release...
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Review 2 for Toshiba Satellite Laptop with AMD Turion 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-58 - Onyx Blue Metallic
Satisfied
Customer Rating
4.0
Posted by: Meliss
from New York
on 01/17/2008
What's great about it: 2GB, Price- 4 Name Brand
What's not so great: Short Battery Life
I bought this Christmas Eve and think it's great. I'm not very pc literate, but what drives me crazy is when I am scrolling down or trying to send email it minimizes??? I was told I'm hitting something that makes it do that, but I am just scolling down! Anyway, other than that, I love it! Battery dies quick though! But over good product.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Review 3 for Toshiba Satellite Laptop with AMD Turion 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-58 - Onyx Blue Metallic
Great Computer!
Customer Rating
4.0
Posted by: RBAH
from Grand Terrace. CA
on 01/07/2008
What's great about it: It's fast and great price
What's not so great: SD slot is in the front would be better if on the side. Mine blacked out too.
I got it for Christmas on sale too! That is the only way I would have bought it. These laptops are only good for about 4 years so why pay so much when you will need to upgrade the technology? but anyway great computer love it!!
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Review 4 for Toshiba Satellite Laptop with AMD Turion 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-58 - Onyx Blue Metallic
All your "blackout" troubles
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: ILoveMyLaptop
on 01/04/2008
What's great about it: great speed, awsome memory, runs extremely quietly
What's not so great: windows vista, "administrator" accounts vs. regular, battery life
I love this computer! I have been trying to get a computer now for three years and when this one went on sale I bought it. The amount of memory is amazing for a laptop in my opinion. The battery life for this laptop isn't that great unfortunately but I have dealt with much worse. This computer runs extremely quietly for its size and power!
I read a few posts before I bought the laptop that mentioned the "blackouts" and I encountered one myself the day after I got my laptop. I found that if you close the screen and open it again it will come up with the user log in screen (if you have one set). You may have to move the cursor to turn off the sleep mode completely after closing and opening your laptop.
The "blackout" from my experience only occurs when the computer goes into sleep mode to conserve battery life. I was unable to just move the mouse and then continue using my computer but I closed the laptop and opened it again and it came up where it left off.
I read a few posts before I bought the laptop that mentioned the "blackouts" and I encountered one myself the day after I got my laptop. I found that if you close the screen and open it again it will come up with the user log in screen (if you have one set). You may have to move the cursor to turn off the sleep mode completely after closing and opening your laptop.
The "blackout" from my experience only occurs when the computer goes into sleep mode to conserve battery life. I was unable to just move the mouse and then continue using my computer but I closed the laptop and opened it again and it came up where it left off.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Review 5 for Toshiba Satellite Laptop with AMD Turion 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-58 - Onyx Blue Metallic
It's nice!!
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: Anonymous
on 01/02/2008
What's great about it: Cpu,Memory,Weight
What's not so great: Battery,Video Card, preloaded with a bunch of nasty stuff
I bought this Laptop 3 days before christmas because it went on sale, I didn't open it however till a few days ago. I spent 1 hour just cleaning it out, which wasn't a big deal really. I'm able to Play CS source, TF2, WoW, with no problem. The memory is what really makes this laptop a steal. Playing with vista until it looks like XP was easy, and it runs really good. REMEMBER to format after you remove all the stuff and it'll run even better. The video card is not ideal for gaming however. Games like Fear, Unreal T 3, games that were developed to really use the video card will perform horribly. Other then that its a great laptop (I'm writing my review on it right now while installing WOW, and listening to music with no problems)
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Review 6 for Toshiba Satellite Laptop with AMD Turion 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-58 - Onyx Blue Metallic
Great Laptop
Customer Rating
4.0
Posted by: jdez12
from Miami, FL
on 12/30/2007
What's great about it: Lightweight, Fast, 2GB, 200 GB space
What's not so great: Battery Life
I bought the laptop a few days ago becasue it was on sale and I was looking for a new notebook. You can't beat the AMD 1.9ghz, 2gb mem, and 200 gb storage - with Vista Premium. Great deal and great features. Although, the comp did black out just once and I think it was because the battery was very low. The only thing that I dislike about the comp is that the battery life is horrible. I am not sure if I charged it right, but I usually leave it on the balanced setting and I will probably have about 1 - 1.5 hours MAX of battery time. For the most part it is an awesome laptop and worth the price.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Review 7 for Toshiba Satellite Laptop with AMD Turion 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-58 - Onyx Blue Metallic
Best Bang for Buck
Customer Rating
4.0
Posted by: Sincere
from Birmingham, AL
on 12/30/2007
What's great about it: everything, screen, memory, price
What's not so great: usb ports on right side gets in way of cd drive, screen goes black sometimes and have to rebot
I like everything about this laptop except what i statted in the cons, 2 usb ports on right side or by cd drive which gets in way sometimes but the resolution is to use the other two on the left side first. I read some reveiws about the screen going black and yes- mind did it and still does after about 2 weeks. I read if I change power options to high performance that it will not do that so I will see. If it does not stop happening then back to best buy this laptop goes. I had an IT friend delete all the trial software to clear even more space on my laptop. I would recommend except the black screen part because if not saved you will be losing your work. ONE LOVE
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Review 8 for Toshiba Satellite Laptop with AMD Turion 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-58 - Onyx Blue Metallic
Good laptop - runs 64-bit Vista Ultimate!
Customer Rating
4.0
Posted by: SeattleIT
from Seattle, WA
on 12/29/2007
What's great about it: lightweight - fast - price - wi-fi range - screen
What's not so great: battery life - inconvenient USB port placement
- Being an IT Pro, the first thing I did was wipe the hard drive. Then I installed the 64-bit edition of Windows Vista Ultimate since all accounts show that the 64-bit OS is far more robust than the 32-bit Vista Home edition that Toshiba ships with.
- After an hour or so, including a few reboots and visits to Windows Update, everything was working great except for the video card. Neither Toshiba nor ATI provide a pre-packaged 64-bit driver for this particular ATI Radeom X1200/X1250 Series video device [PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_791F...] A quick search on driverheaven.net turned up a simple INF file hack. Everything works great now, although I suspect playing DVD's will fail since the video driver is no-longer "signed". We don't use this machine for playing movies, so its not a big deal.
- I also installed an SD memory card for ReadyBoost, but it didn't really do much. 2GB of system RAM seems to be more than enough for Vista.
- Battery life is poor if you run the CPU at full speed, but if you use low-speed/low-power mode, it is acceptable. This is pretty much the same story with any of the AMD-based laptops from 2007.
- The placement of the USB ports next to the DVD drive is a little annoying since every time you eject the DVD, it hits the USB cables. They could have put the ports on the front or rear.
- The real volume control dial on the front is a nice touch, although it seems that you have to keep spinning it and spinning it for it to change the volume - there should be a way to mute much quicker.
- After an hour or so, including a few reboots and visits to Windows Update, everything was working great except for the video card. Neither Toshiba nor ATI provide a pre-packaged 64-bit driver for this particular ATI Radeom X1200/X1250 Series video device [PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_791F...] A quick search on driverheaven.net turned up a simple INF file hack. Everything works great now, although I suspect playing DVD's will fail since the video driver is no-longer "signed". We don't use this machine for playing movies, so its not a big deal.
- I also installed an SD memory card for ReadyBoost, but it didn't really do much. 2GB of system RAM seems to be more than enough for Vista.
- Battery life is poor if you run the CPU at full speed, but if you use low-speed/low-power mode, it is acceptable. This is pretty much the same story with any of the AMD-based laptops from 2007.
- The placement of the USB ports next to the DVD drive is a little annoying since every time you eject the DVD, it hits the USB cables. They could have put the ports on the front or rear.
- The real volume control dial on the front is a nice touch, although it seems that you have to keep spinning it and spinning it for it to change the volume - there should be a way to mute much quicker.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Review 9 for Toshiba Satellite Laptop with AMD Turion 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-58 - Onyx Blue Metallic
Amazing.
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: Welcome2Paradise
from Ventura, CA
on 12/27/2007
What's great about it: Everything, literally.
What's not so great: None so far.
I absolutely love this laptop. I just bought it and so far haven't seen anything I didn't like. I was originally going to purchase a Gateway and was talked into an upgraded version of the one I had wanted because it wasn't in stock..that wasn't in stock either...was told to come back another day..came back and it was still gone..So I decided on this amazing machine! It was just meant to be. Ha. But really, it's my first laptop and it's been great..perfect for school and just messing around on. I would definately recommend this to friend. Great sound and I love the keyboard. My cousin has an expenzive Sony and it's nice and all but after 15mins with it on your lap you're practically on fire! This is great, it doesn't get hot at all..which is definately a plus!
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Review 10 for Toshiba Satellite Laptop with AMD Turion 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-58 - Onyx Blue Metallic
VERY GOOD DEAL
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: truelove22
on 12/26/2007
What's great about it: windows vista, 200gb hard drive, 2gb memory. cheap
What's not so great: nothing so far
i just bought this today, its my first laptop n its great. its very easy to use n im not havin ay kind of problems with it. i already recommended this laptop to 2 of my friends its a very good deal for $699.99.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Review 11 for Toshiba Satellite Laptop with AMD Turion 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-58 - Onyx Blue Metallic
Great Computer for the Price
Customer Rating
4.0
Posted by: jwazer1
from Stow, Oh
on 12/26/2007
What's great about it: speed, ease of use, great screen
What's not so great: wireless takes awhile, but fixed it, to many additional programs don't use
I read the reviews prior to purchasing this laptop. After trying to connect to my wireless device for long period of time I went to device manager deleted out the wireless card, re-booted, the card was re-added automatically and everything worked fine.
Knock on wood I did not receive the black screen of death yet!
I decided to purchase this laptop compared to a desktop for Ipod, homework use, Internet, and some gaming for my small kids. So far so good and I am very pleased.
Knock on wood I did not receive the black screen of death yet!
I decided to purchase this laptop compared to a desktop for Ipod, homework use, Internet, and some gaming for my small kids. So far so good and I am very pleased.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Review 12 for Toshiba Satellite Laptop with AMD Turion 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-58 - Onyx Blue Metallic
Over all good
Customer Rating
4.0
Posted by: Golfrick
from Rapid City, SD
on 12/24/2007
What's great about it: wireless / screen / no problems
What's not so great: Staying plugged in
I payed more for mine got it at the store instead of online. Didn't have the net at the time I got it. One thing I do like the geek squad set it up for a small fee so it ran good out of the box. They removed all trial software and found the net right away with no blackouts.
All in all a good system
All in all a good system
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Review 13 for Toshiba Satellite Laptop with AMD Turion 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-58 - Onyx Blue Metallic
Toshiba laptop
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: toshibareviewer
on 12/23/2007
What's great about it: 2gb of ram great for gaming
What's not so great: none
this laptop is the best i just got it 1 day ago its great for gaming i can run counter strike source on it and that game requirs alot.....i love the keyboard 2gram and 1.8ghz it has a amd and ati64 athlon- radeonx1200 video card this laptop is great for the price i give it five stars..plus its a toshiba cant go wrong with themm..
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Review 14 for Toshiba Satellite Laptop with AMD Turion 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-58 - Onyx Blue Metallic
fabulous laptop
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: Anonymous
on 12/23/2007
What's great about it: Just about everything
This is a great computer. Vista is taking a little time for me to get used to, but that's my problem not the computer's. For those complaining of "black outs", it has to do with your settings and you have to go to the control panel and take the computer off of the sleep mode, otherwise it will keep doing that.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Review 15 for Toshiba Satellite Laptop with AMD Turion 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-58 - Onyx Blue Metallic
Good Gaming Computer
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: AdrianWolf
from Souther state of the north
on 12/21/2007
What's great about it: Good graphincs
What's not so great: Vista is not quite ready
This is a good computer for general coputing, has a great graphics card, and is very fast, awsome graphics.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Review 16 for Toshiba Satellite Laptop with AMD Turion 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-58 - Onyx Blue Metallic
Big Deal ! Enjoy it !
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: Xyko
from Jacarei-SP, Brazil
on 12/19/2007
What's great about it: Beautiful, lean, fast, good price and the brand garantee: It´s a Toshiba !
What's not so great: No webcam
I was looking for a Sony Vaio. There was no none in stock. So, I´ve decided to buy it since I saw it on the showroom. I´ve tryed it and at first time, I´ve heard the sound. When I´ve identified that the sound was origined by Toshiba, man, I enjoyed it a lot !!!
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Review 17 for Toshiba Satellite Laptop with AMD Turion 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-58 - Onyx Blue Metallic
unfortunate purchase
Customer Rating
2.0
Posted by: tryingtofindagoodcomputer
on 12/13/2007
What's great about it: good resolution
What's not so great: black screen constantly, short battery life, problems with vista, memory card reader doesn't work
i've had the computer for about a month now and have been having really problems with it. first off, the memory card reader slot for digital cameras (SD cards) doesn't work. it puts purple/yellow bars through the photos when i transfer them to the computer.
second, the screen goes black every now and then, i'm going to say at least once every two days, and i'm only on it for about an hour a day. when you haven't saved what you are working on yet it is very annoying.
i have had to completely reboot the entire computer and lose all of the things on the hard drive because the cd drive was not reading cds.
the only thing good i have to say about it is toshiba's support is very helpful, and the screen's resolution shows photos very well.
overall, i would not recommend it.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
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Review 18 for Toshiba Satellite Laptop with AMD Turion 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-58 - Onyx Blue Metallic
great laptop for great price
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: 1cent
from wilmington , nc
on 12/13/2007
What's great about it: price, memory, 200gb
What's not so great: plug design
I have had this laptop for about 3 weeks now and it works great. This is my 2nd toshiba laptop, the 1st one is 3 1/2 yrs old and still works good. But i was time to upgrade to more hard drive and faster cpu and I got it on sale for $699 and this is a better laptop than higher priced sony laptop and other brands. It has 2gb of memory and 200gb hard drive. Screen looks great. The lights on the front our really cool. I have had no problems w/ the battery so far. Only negatives are the finish on the top leaves finger prints and smudges on it and the plug is right next to the cd/dvd drive and sometimes when you open it, it hits the plug.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Review 19 for Toshiba Satellite Laptop with AMD Turion 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-58 - Onyx Blue Metallic
outstanding purchase
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: simsplayer
from houston, tx
on 12/09/2007
What's great about it: awsome 200 G.B. memory,good graphics, looks,fast
What's not so great: none
i would recomend this because it has awsome memory. it is also fast, good looking, video entertainment is great and it burns cds and dvds fast this is the perfect product to buy if you want the best comuter.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Review 20 for Toshiba Satellite Laptop with AMD Turion 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-58 - Onyx Blue Metallic
Great for the price.
Customer Rating
4.0
Posted by: Dawn27NC
from Gastonic, NC
on 12/04/2007
What's great about it: Overall performance, look, and feel
What's not so great: I have gotten the black screen, the battery doesn't last long
I received the black screen after I had my laptop for a week. It only happened once, and I did some research and found that if I adjust the power management settings to 100%, it should resolve the issue, and to my surprise, it did. I did this by going to Start, Control Panel, Mobile PC, Power Options, and chose "High Performance"
I've found the battery life is not that long, and that was even before I changed the power management settings. I keep the power chord plugged in at all times.
Otherwise, I would say I'm very satisfied with my purhcase. My lap top was on sale for $699. Also Best Buy had a special promotion last month that if you sign up for road runner you get $100 off the purchase of a computer, and 6 months high speed internet at 29.95. So I got my computer for $599. Not a bad price.
I've found the battery life is not that long, and that was even before I changed the power management settings. I keep the power chord plugged in at all times.
Otherwise, I would say I'm very satisfied with my purhcase. My lap top was on sale for $699. Also Best Buy had a special promotion last month that if you sign up for road runner you get $100 off the purchase of a computer, and 6 months high speed internet at 29.95. So I got my computer for $599. Not a bad price.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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