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    M45-S351

    Discussion in 'Toshiba' started by sandiego, Jan 21, 2005.

  1. sandiego

    sandiego Newbie

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    I saw the new M45 at Fry's in San Diego on 1/19. Looked pretty sharp with 15.4" TruBrite widescreen display. I believe it is based on the new Intel Sonoma chipset. This could be the 1st notebook out there with the 915 Express.

    Anybody have a review?
     
    sandiego, Jan 21, 2005
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  2. Brian

    Brian Working at 486 Speed NBR Reviewer

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    Nope, but we have an M45 en route and will have a review in the next few eeks. It just came out nationwide this week.

    Editor in Chief http://www.bargainPDA.com and http://www.SPOTstop.com
     
    Brian, Jan 21, 2005
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    Thaiwoo Notebook Geek

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    I'm looking to buy one of these by the end of February. Will be interessting to see how it does. Hopefully there will be some reviews out by then.

    At first I wanted to get the A75-S231 and after reading bad things about it I kind of got scared away from it.

    My biggest issue is the warranty. I would like to purchase extended warranty. I live in Canada and work in the US for about half of the year I need one that's covered in both countries.

    How good is the Toshiba one? Is it international?
     
    Thaiwoo, Jan 23, 2005
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    implayaz9 Notebook Guru

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    is it light in weight?? i wonder as i am anout to buy the hpdv1040 or the dell 700m but this looks good and at the same time sleak.. do u think i would be portable enough to carry around in college?
     
    implayaz9, Jan 23, 2005
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  5. Brian

    Brian Working at 486 Speed NBR Reviewer

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    It is portable, but I would not call it light. It's a 15.4" display for crying out loud.

    As for TOshiba One, I'm not sure. You should probably call support to make sure you know before making a decision.

    Editor in Chief http://www.bargainPDA.com and http://www.SPOTstop.com
     
    Brian, Jan 24, 2005
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    sofla Notebook Enthusiast

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    The Toshiba M45S351 is at Circuit City's now and Amazon, of course. It looks pretty good with the 1.7 Sonoma chip and I would think graphics decent, Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 900, 128mb shared video memory. It will be a definite must to up, up RAM, to at least 1 gb. Weight is just ok at 6.3 and biazare for this chip, battery only about 3 hrs. You do have a 100 gb hd, quite nice.

    I am comparing it for purchase with the new Sony Vaio FS models that also use the Sonoma chip - don't like limitations they have on RAM expansion but do really like the Vaio screens (unblievable) and to a lesser extent, the dual layer drive.
     
    sofla, Jan 30, 2005
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    <blockquote id='quote'> quote:<hr height='1' noshade id='quote'>Originally posted by Brian
     
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    ROG, Feb 5, 2005
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