Toshiba A65-S126 Any good?

Hi Everyone,

I am interested in getting a basic notebook for mainly productivity applications. I am currently considering the Toshiba A65-S126. Is this a good basic notebook? Does anyone here own one? If so, how do you like it? What type of battery life should I expect?

Thanks for any help!

James

 

I don't have one of these units, but if battery life is your main concern, you may want to look at getting a Pentium M notebook instead. Or, in the least, get a Celeron M. It's rated at approx 192mins of runtime.

http://www4.tomshardware.com/mobile/20040309/centrino-10.html#battery_test_mobilemark_2002

You can get an HP NX5000 which is a lighter/smaller unit and lasts longer than the standard Celeron's used in the Toshiba notebooks.

A unit you should definitely look at, is the Acer Aspire 2012WLMi. This units sells for approx $1350USD and has a Pentium M CPU, DVD Burner, 15.4" Widescreen LCD and wireless built in. The expected battery runtime for this unit is over 3hrs, but that's expected from Pentium M units.

-vb-

 

Hi Venombite,

Thanks for your help and suggestions. I went and looked at the Toshiba again today and decided not to get one. I don't think it could hold up to the every day use I would put it through.

I am an IBM ThinkPad fan and will probably pay the extra money to get a good solid unit. I have always found the IBM ThinkPad and some of the Dell Latitude laptops to be the best in the industry. The IBM Machines are in a totally different category than the consumer laptops you can find at retail outlets such as Besy Buy, Comp USA, etc.

Thanks anyway for the help!

James

 

If you're looking for a Business model, then the Toshiba Tecra M or A series may be what you're looking for. The issue with these, are the fact that they are more than $1000.

Like I mentioned in my previous post, you may want to look at the HP NX5000. Their base model is a Celeron M and starts at under $1000. If you're concerned about the low clock speed, don't be. The Celeron M CPU's are based on the Pentium M CPU. These CPU's were designed from the ground up, and were also dsigned to process more commands per clock cycle than a P4 CPU. Therefore, since it does more per clock cycle, it doesn't have to be clocked so high to do the same work. Giving you more battery power with similar processing power. Also, the unit is smaller, lighter and will run cooler that any standard Celeron based unit.

The quality of HP's business product line is also excellent. I would even go and say better than Dell, but slightly lower then IBM.

-Vb-