Buy Toshiba Satellite 1135-S155 Laptop (2.0-GHz Celeron, 512 MB RAM, 40 GB Hard Drive, DVD/CD-RW Drive)Toshiba Satellite 1135-S155 Laptop (2.0-GHz Celeron, 512 MB RAM, 40 GB Hard Drive, DVD/CD-RW Drive) Product Description:
- Satellite 1135 Series features the Intel Celeron 2.0GHz or 1.80GHz processor, DDR SDRAM memory expandable to 1GB
- Also a 15.0" XGA display, and DVD/CD-RW multi-function drive - all at an affordable price
- Integrated 10/100 Ethernet for broadband communication, V.92 modem technology & hassle-free upgrade to wireless connectivity
- This provide easy connectivity to the Internet
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful.
Heat spots? What heat spots?
By A Customer
I almost didn't buy this laptop because of several reviewers mentioning issues with a "heat spot" where the right wrist would be when typing. This particular model had everything I needed, and some more to boot, and I knew I wasn't going to do much typing as I mostly use it for electronic circuit analysis which is 90% mouse use. So I bought a ... Kensington external keypad in which to facilitate entering in different component values without having to hunt an peck on the keyboard and burning my wrist badly.For me, it is a fabulous set-up. It works well.Oh yeah, I was curious about that hot spot, so I left the thing on all day and checked it out for myself. Just for clarification for the benefit of others, the heat spot is about 1 degree (fahrenheit) warmer than the rest of the keyboard area. There is just enough difference in temperature that our sensitive nerves can detect it, but it definately is nothing to write home about. In fact, I was disappointed. Where I live it can get chilly sometimes and I was thinking of using it as a portable heater. But alas, it is not to be so. But still, that Kensington keypad is so convenient as it comes with 2 USB ports as well. Because I thought I was going to be getting burnt by the heat spot, I also bought a USB powered fan. Now that is unique! I plug it into the little keypad USB port and the fan is positioned on a flexible, positionable rod and provides enough air circulation to keep me comfortable but doesn't blow my paper around the office. I haven't had to use it to cool down my wrist yet, but maybe with time the hot spot will grow and grow...until it is like a furnace. Then I will resolve to buy a summer time laptop and keep this one til winter. But for now, it's a winner in my book.
15 of 18 people found the following review helpful.
Very good features/price -- overheating probs
By A Customer
I got my laptop 2 weeks ago. It has been really awesome. I used Dells and other Toshibas in the past. But I really like this one. Its very quiet and the keyboard is very smooth and nice. The display is also remarkably improved.
The only gripe (and it is serious) is that it overheats a lot. Now, all the modern laptops generate enough heat to oviate the need for a room heater. But for this model, the part where your right wrist rests while typing, heats up! As a result, after working for a while, this heat gets very annoying. It doesn't burn your skin or anything, but the extra warmth irritates the skin. I complained to Toshiba about this..
Other than this heating under the wrist, I LOVE THIS LAPTOP..
BTW, the speakers could have been better. They call them "stereo" speakers but looks like they threw one of those entry-level ones...
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.THE LINUX PointOfView
By A Customer
I think that this is a good choice to buy a new machine. The hardware/price is excellent, the most amazing things are the 512 RAM, 15' screen, the 2.0 processor, 3 usb ports and the HD, I think in that order. The machine runs really fast, due to the RAM I think. The low points are: Windows XP preinstalled(as always), no Windows XP CD but Toshiba recovery... so, no posibility to install both OS, and lack of PS2 ports. I removed Windows, so RedHat 9.0 is running... all devices recogniced. Xfree86 really is running fast under this machine.I think that this is the best choice for a <1200$ portable.
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