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    Toshiba M300-037 - is this a good buy?

    Discussion in 'Toshiba' started by divman, Mar 19, 2009.

  1. divman

    divman Newbie

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    Best Buy had these on special for $799 canadian. I snagged one and I'm wondering what people think of this series?

    I already have a tower, which is now hooked up to the TV for movies, games etc.

    I need a laptop that can do browsing, email, and work stuff when at home (vpn in, check email, word, excel etc).

    I keep hearing that Toshibas, and any laptop in the under $1000 range are typically build like crap and unreliable. Does anyone have experience with the M300 line on this?

    I'm also looking to not get any extended warranty, maybe pickup some near the end of Year-1 directly from Toshiba.

    Granted this might not be the best built laptop, ABS, flexing etc, but it will still hold up for 2 years?
     
    divman, Mar 19, 2009
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    Ryan45 Notebook Geek

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    First of all, laptops under $1000 are not piece of crap and they are not unreliable. My friend has a Lenovo T41 and it is heading on it's 8th year. It still runs great and play's few games. Second, Welcome to the Forums. The laptop that you have bought looks like a fairly decent deal. The RAM is great, and the harddrive space is pretty good too. I was actually looking at getting this laptop as I was just about to buy it until I saw my laptop at Bestbuy. My 1 suggustion is to get some blank CD's and make a recovery disk if anything goes wrong.
     
    Ryan45, Mar 20, 2009
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    kyle82 Newbie

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    my friend has this model of toshiba and it yeah it's quite of mock to generalize that it's unreliable. it's sturdy and speakers are good. I could say it's worth the buy.
     
    kyle82, Mar 20, 2009
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    Ryan45 Notebook Geek

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    That's one thing I find that Toshiba is GREAT at putting in their laptops.. My laptop speakers are very loud and I play my music on it all the time. They are great.
     
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    divman Newbie

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    Thanks very much all. I've spent a couple days with the laptop and I'm very pleased. Great buy, and handles my tasks perfectly.

    I've just finished making my recovery disk. Is this based on the factory image or the current system?
     
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    Ryan45 Notebook Geek

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    I believe it is based on current system.
     
    Ryan45, Mar 20, 2009
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    shurcooL Notebook Deity

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    I think it's based on the factory image. It just copies the stuff from the read-only hidden recovery partition. I know this from experience, but it's been a while ago, so it's not 100%.

    But who are you gonna believe, me or the monkey with glasses? :p Just kidding, Ryan.

    I'm considering getting an M300-034 too. I'm surprised how little info/photos/discussion there is on the Satellite M300 models. =/
     
    shurcooL, Apr 5, 2009
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