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    planning on new notebook

    Discussion in 'Toshiba' started by Darthsnipe, Jun 9, 2008.

  1. Darthsnipe

    Darthsnipe Notebook Geek

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    Eyeing on x205-S9810 and here are my questions:

    How much battery life would be expected from this notebook and at what settings?

    Does this computer come with a Vista clean install disc? (If it doesn't, how do i get a clean install without buying another vista disc)

    How is customer support with Toshiba with "system guard + 2nd/3rd Year Extended Service Plan"...is it good? (and please tell me if it does include on-site service? If it doesn't include on-site, where can i get it?)
     
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  2. CeeNote

    CeeNote Notebook Virtuoso

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    No, Toshiba, like most manufacturers ship their laptops only with recovery discs that have all the bloatware pre-installed. You will have to delete the software you don't need manually, maybe defrag the hdd and the registry and run ccleaner. You can't do a clean install though.
     
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  3. Darthsnipe

    Darthsnipe Notebook Geek

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    ok that answers one of my questions....anyone else wanna answer the other two? Thanks ceenote...rep for u
     
    Darthsnipe, Jun 9, 2008
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    I used to have a 17" Toshiba laptop that was about the same calibre as this about 3 years ago (it was called the M60), and had all the bells and whistles in terms of specs (vid card etc).

    On typical usage, I usually got between 2-3 hours. That wasn't using power saver mode so I guess if you turn everything down to low, maybe a little longer. But don't expect it to play a whole DVD, because it won't.
     
    CanadianDude, Jun 10, 2008
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  5. Darthsnipe

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    thats the battery question...hmmmmmmm wut about the customer support i mentioned above?
     
    Darthsnipe, Jun 10, 2008
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  6. littledonny

    littledonny Notebook Guru

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    can't really say about battery life... i have an X205-SLi3 which has 2 video cards and a CPU that consumes more power, and if i set the power plan to balanced i get maybe 90 minutes of battery life. i would guess that 2 hours should be the minimum, maybe more with tweaks... hopefully someone with the model you are looking at can chime in
     
    littledonny, Jun 12, 2008
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  8. iRis9091

    iRis9091 Notebook Consultant

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    90 minutes on that laptop? i doubt it, if it was a 9 cell, then maybe but if its a 6 cell, expect about 45mins to 1 hour battery life tops on lowest brightness
     
    iRis9091, Jun 13, 2008
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    Well i get around 90 minutes if i set the power scheme to power saver and dip the brightness to it's lowest level... I don't see why the SLi3 won't archive the same battery time...
     
    JosePerez, Jun 13, 2008
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