Toshiba Satellite 5100-501

The graphic card Nvidia GeForce4 440 GO is a real pain! It has a serious problem and stop working anytime.

Ditto .. i have had tonnes of problems with this laptop since purchasing it. Kept crashing when i first bought it .. got a bios update,.ran ok for a couple months only random crashes , now its back to the same old frequency ... what a nice looking piece of junk.

Why? Why? Why didn't I listen to the advice here? my 5205-S703 is now one month old and has not been used for two weeks. The battery lasts less than 40 minutes, the graphics card is defective and the damn laptop crashes every ten minutes [or less].

Toshiba's response was: "you shoulda bought a Sony". I now truly and whole heartedly agree.

Anyone need a door-stopper?

Where does one begin? I was unlucky and stupid enough to think Toshiba had cornered the market on Desktop replacements. What I discovered was a very heavy laptop, with less than 40 minutes of battery power, and a computer that crashed more than a drunk being chased byu the cops. What an amazing piece of junk!!!! From the very first moment that I hit the power button, I was released on a long fantasy Journey of customer service and half-assed tech support. Toshiba was kind enough to say: "So the computer keeps crashing, have you tried to reboot?" after it crashed 24 times.

never again

As a second Toshiba owner. This unit just plain and simply sucks. The unit crashes every 3 weeks. Toshibas recommendation, reformat. Error texts, non location of Hard drive. If you love migrains, Trashiba is the right product. Model "5100 problems" offers customers that, send your unit one more time for repair, that you just can't find with any other brand. Because after 4 months Toshiba wouldn't take back this great product. I'm using it as a door stopper!!! I know...pretty expensive, but at least it works there!!!

The RRP of the Toshiba Satellite Laptop is a hefty £2500-2600 but it's a beautiful laptop to use. A real class machine that feels great with the full sized keyboard. Aesthetically stylish, unlike some of the older Toshibas. Features are endless from integrated bluetooth, firewire, to SD card and Smartmedia card slots which really increase the multimedia functionality of the machine. The multimedia performance is fab with Harman Karman speakers and integrated subwoofer delivering a totally authentic stereo sound, unlike most laptops. The 32MB Geoforce 4 graphics card rips through games and delivers excellent DVD. UXGA 15" monitor goes up to a 1600 x 1200 resolution and delivers lovely colour depth and brightness, very sharp indeed. The P4 mobile processor and internal architecture flies through applications and is also very fast use online. Although expensive I feel that I have a future proof machine that will last me 3 years and I upgrade a lot. The only gripe I have is why on earth didn't Toshiba allow extra memory expansion up to 1GB even if 512MB is more than ample now?

Overall a fab laptop, worth the yardage on the outlay, and a genuine desktop replacement unlike other pretenders. Can handle virtually anything thrown at it, even video editing or high-end 3D games. Shop around, I got one by getting a best price in Tottenham Court Road, London, and eventually purchased it for £2280 with a firewire lead thrown in.