Toshiba Core i7 Laptop with Blu-ray

Deal Chatter Electronics
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I have the previous model, the only major difference is the first gen i7’s where before intel started really pushing their own graphics and so mine has an Nvidia card and no bluray.

The biggest thing to know is that on the 6 cell battery you might get hours, but this is really a workhorse laptop meant for a lot of multi tasking and I would not recommend it for more than the ocassional trip to the coffee shop or class before returning back to your desk/dorm/home (mine is currently running like a desktop with two 23in monitors hooked up).

I love the Harmon Kardon speakers, the best full range of sound from laptop speakers IMO. Which is nice since a lot of the time you will be at a desk plugged in where as something like an ultrabook doesn’t need it as much because you will mostly be using headphones on the road (although if you are at a desk you can just plug in speakers…)

All in all, I recommend it for its processing power if you need it to be portable from time to time, but if you are primarily mobile or can settle for a desktop, those would be better alternatives.

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The crappy graphics card alone makes this a waste of money on top of the 2nd gen processor… thumbs down on this so-called “deal” …
And what’s up with the battery thing for the 16" screen? Maybe should be 3 thumbs down?

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Don’t knock Toshiba. I’m running a core i3 with 6 gigs of ram and it runs the latest version of Traktor DJ with a special edition controller (digital turntables). Most DJs I know are running core i7 macs for that kind of thing. Not to mention my toshiba and my wife’s toshiba have been running strong with zero complaints for years. (She is about due for an upgrade, I think hers is 4 or 5 years old now.)

I think toshiba is the winner for reliability in the laptop category. Seen all my friend’s hp’s and dells etc all fail while our toshibas keep running reliably.

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Maxes out at 8gb ram? Pass. I need 16 minimum. Running more then 3+ virtual machines will eat up that 8 in a heart beat.

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As long as you plan on NEVER dealing with Toshiba customer service, their products are good.

They have the worse customer service in the industry. Search toshiba customer service reviews

As for this deal, I’ve seen better recently. October is the worse time to buy anything electronic.

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If you have a Blu-ray, and not a DVD, would you rather watch it at mid-res, or not watch it at all because you don’t have a blu-ray player. Also you can hook it up to an external monitor via HDMI.

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My thoughts exactly.

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More 14" and below size please.

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This sounds like a great deal and here are my reasons:

i7 for under $500 bucks
comes with 6gb of DDR3
15.6 is my lappy screen size of choice
USB 3.0 and 3 usb 2
Harmon Kardon and NOT beats.
This might have eSata, because similar models do, although I don’t know any that have both eSata and USB 3.0

Here are my reasons for possibly not getting it:
You are a high end gamer.
No PCMIA (from what I can tell, the pcmia is MIA)

This is practically what I desire in a laptop for what I use it for, which is sending emails and using protools.

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Ripping them.

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Looks like this model has not sold new for about 2 years. Any concerns buying this refurbished version?

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So all of you talking about a better deal, post a link. I’m not smart enough to find these better machines for this price. Thx in advance.

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This is the first Toshiba laptop in years that, on first appearance, didn’t look like absolute rubbish.

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[QUOTE=peaceonearth11, post:14, topic:399375]
I don’t even get this one. What’s the use case for blu-ray on a low-res laptop?
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The resolution of the screen is high enough to display 720p/i. 720 is HD. You can upconvert a DVD to 720 and 1080, but the image will not be equal in quality.