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    What's the best Toshiba laptop and model line?

    Discussion in 'Toshiba' started by Stoic, Jul 3, 2010.

  1. Stoic

    Stoic Notebook Consultant

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    I've been buying Thinkpads for awhile but have been casting about for a change and was wondering what's the best Toshiba model line and laptop of all their models.
     
    Stoic, Jul 3, 2010
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  2. lsudvm

    lsudvm Notebook Consultant

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    Best bang for the buck toshiba right now it the M645 from Best Buy for 799.99. core i5, 500 gig 7200 rpm drive, optimus graphics switching, ~8 hrs battery life with the bigger battery std. Sam config from toshiba direct is over $1000.

    What exactly do you need in laptop?
     
    lsudvm, Jul 3, 2010
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  3. nanohead

    nanohead Notebook Guru

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    Yep, what exactly are you looking for. They just introduced lots of new models.
     
    nanohead, Jul 6, 2010
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  4. Stihy

    Stihy Newbie

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    I worked as Toshiba technician, from my point of view any Tecra and Portege series is No1 choice, after that Satellite Pro.

    Tecra has under 1% failure rate and is virtually unbreakable unit
     
    Stihy, Jul 21, 2010
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  5. tbonez1376

    tbonez1376 Notebook Enthusiast

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    From what I've been able to find, the Qosmio X505 series is Toshiba's best model line. Pricey, but for the specs., I don't think you can argue. I'm thinking of getting the Qosmio X505-Q890 myself. Maybe Stihy can give some imput to the Qosmio line. But I'm 99% certain I'm going to buy the Q890.
     
    tbonez1376, Jul 27, 2010
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  6. moral hazard

    moral hazard Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Why not go for an ASUS G73?
    Has a much better GPU, probably cheaper also.
     
    moral hazard, Jul 27, 2010
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