Satellite A100-702 anybody?

Can anybody please tell me about Satellite A100-702 ??
Is it a good burgain?
It would be great if somebody tell me his/her first hand exp about A100-702 or generally A100 series.
I saw in yahoo answers that the Toshiba A100 series in faulty and a 'law suit is underway is this corect?

The specs for Satellite A100-702 (the grafik card is not enough it seems)

Betriebssystem Windows Vista Home Basic OEM-Recovery

Prozessortyp Intel® Pentium® Dual Core T2060

Taktfrequenz 1,60 GHz

FrontSideBus 533 MHz

L2 Cache 1024 KB

Arbeitsspeicher 1024 MB (2x 512 MB)

Speicherart DDR2-SODIMM

Speichererweiterung /-steckplätze max. 4 GB / 2

Festplattengröße 120 GB

Festplatten- geschwindigkeit 5400 U/Min.

Display-Größe 15,4" (39,12 cm)

Auflösung intern 1280 x 800 Pixel (WXGA)

Grafikchip Intel® GMA900

Grafikspeicher bis 128 MB

Laufwerke

- DVD Double Layer +/- R/RW Brenner ja
Lautsprecher integriert ja
Ausgang DVI nein
Ausgang TV ja
Ausgang Audio ja
Ausgang VGA ja
Eingang Audio nein
Eingang Mikrofon ja
Schnittstelle SPDIF Digital-Audio nein
Schnittstelle USB 4x 2.0
Schnittstelle Firewire ja
Schnittstelle Modem RJ-11 ja
Schnittstelle Netzwerk RJ-45 ja
Schnittstelle Infrarot nein
Bluetooth nein
Wireless LAN 802.11 b/g, bis zu 54 MBit/s
Steckplätze Speicherkarten 1x Typ I/II
Steckplatz PC Karte SecureDigital, MultiMediaCard, MemoryStick, MemoryStick Pro, xD-Picture Card
Akkutyp Lithium Ionen
Akku Laufzeiten bis zu 2,10 Std.
Gehäuseart/-farbe spritzwassergeschützte Tastatur / schwarz, silber
Abmessungen 360 x 36,8 x 267 mm (BxHxT)
Gewicht 2,72 kg
Lieferumfang Akku, Netzteil, Netzkabel
Software Intervideo WinDVD, Configfree, Toshiba Disc Creator, Ulead DVD Movie Factory, Online Benutzer- und Modemhandbuch, Toshiba Dienstprogramme und Treiber, Norton Internet Security 2007 (inkl. 90 Tage kostenlose Updates), jew. OEM
Herstellergarantie 24 Monate mit Abholservice
Gewährleistung 24 Monate

 

the lawsuit was probably the battery recall last year... shouldn't affect any a100s now

 

The unit is fine for basic computer work, word processing, spreadsheets, web surfing, etc. Is it a good deal? depends on the price!

 

The price is 777 Euro or there about.
Is it okay?
I know that generally things are way more expensive in Europe compared to the US.


I am specially concerned about three things>

1. the amount of complaints I see here in this forum about sound card
2. The grafic card is only GMA900
3. that people say Toshibas quality is worsening

 

Unfortunately it is hard for me to say without knowing the current pricing in your area (Germany I presume?). By Canadian standards it is definitely on the high side, I would be able to find a similar configuration for about $850 - $900 CAD or ~$550 Euro, but this may not be realistic by european standards.

As for toshiba quality, they are no better no worse than any other big name like HP or Acer. High end business models are generally much better quality. The model you're looking at is an entry level model, and will have an average build quality.

My toshiba sound works fine for an inexpensive integrated audio. If you're looking to use the machine for serious music production and play, I'd definitely look for something with a better sound chip. Me, my MP3s sound just fine!

Good luck,

Chef