M45-S359 Satellite- Just Purchased

I am pleaed thus far - 2.0 Ghz Centrino; 1 Gig ram; 100 MG Fijutsu HD; Nice screen. Al for for under $1,300 at the big CC with 24 month no interest financing.

Connectivity is wonder with it's Intel 2200 and my Linksys WRT54GS router. I mean , it's fast.

Battery life not great - anbout 2.5 hours. But knew that going into it.

Impressed with the performance of this laptop- rivals my tower P4 3.2Ghz system for most applications so far.

Does not look to be the sturdy workhorse that say a T43 Lenovo/IBM is- but this unit will primarily be used around the house.

Those are my thoughts so far- CC gives until the 8th of January to return if there are issues. But so far- really surprised and pleased.

 

Congrats on the purchase!! I have the S269 and I love it.

 

As a follow up- just ran the Super Pi algorythm with the following results:

1:40 with wireless turned on and Zone Alarm on

1:39 with wireles off and Zone Alarm off

This seems decent as compared to the tests and reviews on other notebooks I've read here.

So far- I am liking this unit

Contemplating upgrading the memory from 1 to 2 gig.

 

Seems like a great notebook! I personally like the M40/M50/M60 out of the Satellite series, as they're the most stylish IMO. However, I was dissapointed that Toshiba didn't put a better GPU in their retail notebooks Hopefully they'll put a better GPU in next time! Nice notebook BTW!

 

if i'm not mistaken basically the M45 is the retail version of the M40 without a better GPU option.
the M40 is one of the options on my shortlist so far, but have been put off by some comments about the build quality.
can you give a few more details about its sturdiness, hinges, flex, etc.
i plan to use my next notebook around 3 years without changing it, so just want to be sure before i go out and get one.
thanx

 

Well yes, the M45 is the retail version of the M40, however, here in the States we get jipped out of the GPU About your other question: the Satellite has above average build quality IMO. There shouldn't be too much flex anywhere, although the keyboard/lid may give a little.

 

I will be perfectly honest- I am not familar enough with laptops to make a call on it's build quality. Never owned a laptop before.

However, seems built well enough. But it does not impress me as a travel warrior - like say the IBM Thinkpad series.

I got a reasonable price and 24 month zero interest financing throu CC.

The one weakness is the video memory- 128MB off memory(not a separate card). For my purposes - Surfing; MS Office applications; email; very light gaming - it's more than adequate. For the price- not a bad configuration.

So far - please with the unit. Still early- if it falters before January 8th, then back it goes to CC. But I really like what I see so far.