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This laptop runs Ubuntu 12.10 well (touchpad is a bit over-sensitive). At home I keep it plugged into a 24 inch monitor. On the road it's battery life is great (6 hour+). The really weird screen size is absolutely perfect for airplane travel. It fits on the tray and because it isn't too tall you can actually open it up to get a comfortable viewing angle. After working on a massive screen at home, it was always a bummer to go to a little 14 inch (or smaller) screen. But the high resolution wide screen means I can continue to have tons of tabs and lots of split windows for editing code.
Its CPU matches new macbook airs. It has 6GB of ram. It's really light and thin. It is almost as portable as a netbook, as powerful as a desktop and the screen makes it trump everything else when it comes to travel. I bought mine for $650 after lots of comparison shopping. Highly recommend.
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[UPDATE: Note -there was a strange problem with this notebook which also affected another reviewer here where the notebook "died" and would not boot. The battery would charge, but pressing the power key would do nothing. Of course, you could return to Toshiba for warranty service, but I happened to try something which apparently has worked to "fix" the problem (at least so far about 2 weeks with no issues as I post this). Since you cannot remove the battery, I simply left the laptop in a closet for a couple of months to let the battery drain (which it did). [I had earlier gone through various other efforts, charging the battery, etc. which did no good). However, once I let the battery drain completely and then plugged the A/C in, the laptop booted normally, the battery charged up, and everything appeared fine. I immediately did all the updates available, in the hope that whatever caused the problem was software related there have been some issues with sleeping and hibernation on laptops with Windows 7 in the past). After that, I have used the laptop normally. Put it into sleep mode, shutdown, on A/C, on battery power, and so forth and so far, so good. Fingers crossed. Based on this, I have restored my original 5 star rating on this excellent laptop.]Original review:
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If you catch this on sale it's a steal, it's a good value even at the "regular" discounted price. See my review of the same model with 256 GB SSD and i7 CPU here: Toshiba Satellite U845W-S414 14.4-Inch Ultrabook (Midnight Silver)
The two machines are identical except for the CPU and SSD. The i5 in this model is quite capable as well and you get more storage in the 500 GB HDD. For the price you get an excellent, solid and very well built ultrabook with great performance and a lot of nice features, like three USB 3.0 ports, an HDMI out port, the unique 21:9 wide screen display and very nice styling. The is a very attractive ultrabook and for productivity uses, it performs very, very well. The side-by-side windows are a treat for daily tasks and combined with the excellent speakers makes watching videos or listening to music a great experience. The speakers sound very good and are a big plus. Nearly all the comments in my other review apply to this model as well.
Text is clear and easy to read even at the 100% default setting, you can boost to 125% if you like, but even with my old, tired eyes I did not feel the need to do so. Also, one of the nicest looking Ultrabooks (in my opinion) around. Easy to carry and handle, too. Very sleek. The rubberized surfaces are wonderful every one should copy Toshiba on this aspect.
A top performer (excellent benchmarks) and an excellent value at the current discounted pricing.
**(Update: Discounted no more, alas!)**
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Pros: good speed, fast start up, great (but not amazing) speakers and a really nice physical design.Cons: short screen size makes it hard to view certain documents and websites; the screen has really terrible viewing angles and you can only see it if it is perfectly parallel to your face.
This was a decent laptop and I enjoyed using it for three weeks. Then it stopped working (would no longer power on). Dealing with Toshiba customer service has been frustrating as many of the representatives hang up randomly and their English is very difficult to understand. It will cost $25 to ship the laptop to their repair facility and I was warned that there is a chance my files will be wiped. Quite the annoyance for a laptop I bought just three weeks ago and only used lightly.
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This team has excellent speed for activities conducted and memory capacity. I like his speed to run the applications I use regularly: databases, programming tools, etc.. I would recommend this computer to people who have interests similar to mine use.Find helpful customer reviews and review ratings for Toshiba Satellite U845W-S410 14.4-Inch Ultrabook (Midnight Silver)
I'm very happy with this Ultrabook. It does everything I need it to do, and probably a lot more. But it's very thin and easy to stow in my briefcase, leaving a lot of room for other stuff. But the best feature is that it fires up very fast, so, if I want to use it for as little as 5-mins, I don't take most of that time waiting for it to be ready. At most, it takes 15-seconds to be ready to go. I'm a teacher, and move from classroom to classroom, so waiting around for a computer to get its act together isn't in the cards. This machine fills the bill!
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