re: Toshiba M45 at Best Buy $750 free ship

did all my research thru the excellent reviews on this site so it's payback time

it's part of the two day sale ending Thursday and it seemed like an exceptional deal to me

comments welcome

hideo


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Intel® Centrino™ mobile technology with interrelated Intel® Pentium® M processor 730, Intel® 915GM Express chipset, Intel® PRO/Wireless 2200BG network connection (802.11b/g) and extended battery life capability


512MB DDR SDRAM for multitasking power, expandable to 2GB; 533MHz frontside bus, 2MB L2 cache and 1.6GHz processor speed


Multiformat DVD±RW/CD-RW drive with double-layer support records up to 8.5GB of data or 4 hours of video using compatible DVD+R DL and DVD-R DL media; also supports DVD-RAM

15.4" active-matrix TFT-LCD widescreen display with TruBrite technology and 1280 x 800 resolution

80GB parallel ATA hard drive (5400 rpm)

Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 900 with 10-128MB dynamically shared video memory; SRS TruSurround XT and SRS WOW audio enhancements

Express Media Player with CD/DVD launch and control buttons, including play, stop and next/previous track

6-in-1 bridge media adapter supports Secure Digital, MultiMediaCard, Memory Stick, Memory Stick PRO, SmartMedia and xD-Picture Card

i.LINK (IEEE 1394) port and 3 high-speed USB 2.0 ports for fast digital video, audio and data transfer

Built-in Marvell 10Base-T/100Base Ethernet LAN with RJ-45 connector; V.92 high-speed modem

 

Yes, I think it is excellent deal. Even machine weight is not that bad at 6lbs for 15.4" laptop.

If I have to buy, I would not hesitate...

 

Oh my goodness, that is a very good deal, thanks for posting it!

 

WOW!!! That is an amazing Toshibah deal!! To bad im in the market for a smaller notbook otherwise I would just gobble that one right up. You could probabally even use fatwallet to get 2-3% off the entire purchase!! DANG THATS A KILLER DEAL!! Would take off $20+!!


Also you can find more information at:

http://www.toshibadirect.com/td/b2c/cmod.to?seg=HHO&coid=-28865&sel=0&rcid=-26367&ccid=1291021

The notebook looks much nicer. The picture on the Best buy site is incorrect. Also I sudgest looking at the video. It seems like a very nice notebook. And one of the collest feature is the ability to play a DVD/CD without booting up the OS!! That is so awesome, and saves on battery life im sure... Anyone in the market for a laptop like this.... THIS IS A STEAL GET IT NOW!!!

 

Dang it. Its gone

 

Best Buy has these back in stock and online for 749. Wow, been chasing this around the Gulf Coast for 2 days. Finally the Mobile Al store has 10 of them. Ordered it on line and will pick it up in the am

BTW, haven't talked to a salesperson yet that could believe the online price, thought it was a mistake!!

Anyway, great forum, lots of help and info. Sure I'll be back, this is my first laptop I've ever owned.


BillD
Pensacola FL

 

Watch out this thing only provides you with just over 1 hour of battery life!!! THAT IS SAD for a Centrino notebook. If you get this plan on upgrading to the larger capacity battery....

 

I'm in the Los Angeles area and just picked one up in the Los Feliz store over the weekend. It is such a great deal for this fast yet light weight laptop. It comes with a 6-cell battery that lasts about 2.5 - 3 hours per charge. Monitor is sharp and bright. You have to set it at the maximum resolution though or the icons appear a little fuzzy. I love the multi-format media reader also and I can download pictures from my camera without having to use another adaptor. Overall this is just an awesome laptop and I'm very very happy with the features, quality and of course how much I paid

 

dat luks like an excellent deal bravo

 

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage...ctCategoryId=pcmcat600050027&id=1129786822744

This deal is back. Along with the good price and the Centrino chip is has a bit faster hardrive, 5400, than the other low price choices.

 

Its gone

 

It really provides you with 2-3 hours? From the reviews that I heave read about the M45, most people are terribly unhappy with the 1 - 1 and 1/2 hours of battery life... Perhaps the batteries that provided this had a lower capacity 4 cell?? Does anyone know anything about the M45 battery?

 

I confirm that this model's battery has 6 cells. I bought one from BB. Overall I've been very happy with it except the wireless signal's speed seems to fluctuate very often (say every 15 min). Do you M45-users have this same problem? How do you work around this issue?