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I bought the 14Z Ultrabook. It came with WINDOWS 8 installed. I bought a Microsoft Pro Pack to upgrade to WINDOWS 8 PRO. When I put the code, the computer lost its original activation and the upgrade was not installed nor activated.

I called Dell and they told me that their Laptops now are not compatible with any thing related to the WINDOWS 8 OS, even if it is from Microsoft. They could not help me to get the original activation again either, because they are not using the 25 digit code anymore. The Sticker comes without that number too.

I called Microsoft and after a few minutes working with my Laptop, they found that the number for my OEM windows code was empty. They asked me to call Dell again and ask for the number.

Dell told me again that they don't use that number any more. I asked for technical support (my Laptop was one week old) and they told me that it was going to cost me because when I installed the WINDOWS 8 PRO Pack I LOST MY WARRANTY.

Then I went back to Microsoft and they transfer me to a specialized techincian located in India, and they Waive all fees. The technician worked for more than 4 hours to restore my Windows 8 without loosing all the info and software licenses that I already had installed, They succedded, but they were unable to install the WIN 8 PRO Upgrade.

I had to keep my computer because I have installed a lot of software and loaded it with information, but I wont buy another computer from Dell in my lifetime. By the way this American Laptop is produced 100% in China.

Conclusion: Excellent service from Microsoft and no service at all from Dell; the worst I have ever had from anyone. They only gave me headaches.

My recommendation: NEVER BUY A DELL COMPUTER.

I want to add two comments, because today May the 3rd. I am still having problems: The activation done by Microsoft lasted until Dell did its first automatic update, Then I lost it again.

Then I received this "private message " from Dell through Facebook

Hi,

Sorry for the late reply. On your system, you may go to Control Panel> System and Security > System . Look for the WINDOWS ACTIVATION at the bottom of the page and click on a hyperlink. That should activate the Windows operating system.

Let me know if it helps.

Regards,

Fernando Thursday 4:50am

My Reply to Fernando (DELL):

Jorge Ros Sr.

No Fernando. It doesn't works. First, on Windows activation it says that Product ID is not available. I don't have That ID and there is no way to enter it. Also there is no hyperlink.

I have taken the problem on my own and decided that it requires a Radical Solution. I bought two different software: 1) A Windows 8 System Builder Disk and 2) A another set of discs for my Windows Office (Amazon already delivered this).

I expect the Windows 8 disks today (They will be delivered today Friday the 3rd. by Amazon). I already backed up all my files and documents.

I will reformat the Hard Drive and will do a clean installation of Windows 8 that will be activated with a license ID provided by Microsoft. Then I will reinstall Office. Transfer again my files to the Lap Top, and 3 or 4 other programs that I use and Voilá Dell.

I am only sad that because I HAD TO SPEND MORE MONEY THAN WHAT I PAID FOR THE LAPTOP; TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM that got worse due to the ignorance of all the people from Dell's Technical Support and the Poor service that I received. (For your Info: Just having to buy a new Windows and an Office amounts to: $207.00 dollars plus my other software, plus my time. All this just to fix problems that should have been taking care under warranty but due to negligence and ignorance.

A Few minutes later I added this additional comment:Thursday 4:53am

Jorge Ros Sr.

One more thing: Trust me, to abandon the use of the 25 digit key for an embedded key in the Motherboard that no one can reads has been one of the worst decisions ever made by your company (with the complicity of Microsoft). And almost all of the technicians at customer support were unaware of a solution and lacked the proper training to deal with it.

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I really like this computer. I was a little hesitant about getting a Windows 8 machine, but found it very easy to learn to use. Once I got the hang of it I found it very fast and responsive, easy to move between different applications. The display is very bright and crisp and the speakers are a big improvement over my older Dell laptops. Since my last laptop was 5+ years old, I'm enjoying this light, fast little Dell.

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Run and run very fast from this computer and any Dell product. Their customer service must be the worst in the business as I type this I have been listening to crappy dell music for over thirty minutes. Brand new computer for my son and it has already frozen up and doesn't work. Will never buy another dell product no wonder they are in such crappy shape

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Notebook starts fast, is lightweight and met all my needs.

It is for sure not a gamer notebook, but for someone looking a fast terminal for using the web, emails, powerpoint and excel, it is just the right thing. Go for it, price is a bargain.

Regarding the battery, it is not the best thing in the market, but for price paid is more then enough.

Only con is Win8 that is quite cumbersome. Waiting for the 8.1 to go out.

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So far, no issues with this computer. We've owned several 14-inch Dells previously, and each does the job. Good value, I think, for the price. Windows 8 takes some getting used to.

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I have always enjoyed the Asus products and this one is no different. It is light weight, easy to use and transport. Loaded with software to get off to a good start.

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The screen is incredible. I have an ASUS Zenbook Prime UX31A-XB72, a MacBook Pro with Retina Display, and an iPad, etc., and my Zenbook's screen is the most vibrantly colored and sharpest display in the world. The SSD is so fast. I have no wait time (except IE haha). Seriously I love this machine for my work, travel and personal play.

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In had a user who's not supposed to lift heavy things, and was shlepping around a Dell Latitude that was ~7lbs or so, not counting the laughably large power supply, and it was not working out well. There is a Microsoft Store in the area, so I figured I could go there and see a variety of Ultrabooks from various makers and compare build quality. I got there and found that the Microsoft stores now only carry systems with Windows 8 (barf) and are all touchscreens (because of the Windows 8 requirement no doubt). I am amazed that there is nothing at all in the Microsoft Store that was even a little bit "business friendly." Being the only non-employee in the place, I was free to ask the idle employees about this development, and they agreed that it was dumb. They previously HAD been carrying Windows 7/non-touchscreen systems, but had to pull them. One fellow told me that the Asus Zenbook had the best build quality of those they carried. At that point I left and came to Amazon and bought one sight-unseen. Additionally, it was pre-loaded with Windows 8, so I had to make sure there were Windows 7 drivers available (there are), because no way am I asking anyone to live with that mess.

There are three things I was looking for specifically, and none were related to performance. The first is a decent hinge. Macbooks have this one nailedyou can lift the lid of a Macbook and the bottom doesn't lift up off the desk/your lap. That is, the hinge doesn't require more force to open than the weight of the bottom part. PC makers regularly fail on this point, but this Asus was pretty good. Not Macbook good, but better than most. The next is screen/lid integrity. When the laptop is open grab the top corners of the lid and push on and pull the other a little, in such a way that the screen is twisted (GENTLYdon't snap your screen and yell at me) I look for as little wobble as possible, and usually this is a deal-breaker too, but the Asus was better than most. The last item is a good touchpad. The Macbooks have some kind of glass surface that wears like nails, but most PC makers use something that feels like a shower curtain liner in short order. I don't know how the Asus will fare on this point, but the initial tactile experience was decent.

The Zenbook has two disksone 24GB SSD and one ~500GB SATA. They have a utility that is meant to use the 24GB SSD as a cache, and I struggled to decide how to handle the reloading. Did I want to recreate this shared arrangement or what? 24GB isn't quite enough to load Win 7, Office, and other sundry things a user needs, and given that the intended recipient is a remote worker, I decided to just load everything on the 500GB and ignore the small SSD. What? You now think I'm nuts? Okay, but here's my angleif I'd setup the sharing arrangement and something went sideways, what are the odds that I could support it well? In my mind, it's negligible. Beyond that, there is the matter of default disk formatting. The Windows 8 models (not sure about the others) have the disks formatted in GUID mode, not the conventional MBR formatting. Does it matter? Not a ton, but if you want to do whole disk encryption (as I do), Truecrypt won't fly. It needs MBR disks, as do most other encryption utilities. If you use Windows 7 Ultimate, you can use BitLocker, and that's what I did. Yes, that's a performance hit, but in this case the user who'll have it is not power hungry. In the configuration I'm describing, the performance is ordinary.

As for the dimensions/weight, it's a close approximation of a 13" Macbook Air. The screen is slightly different geometry, but you'll need to set it next to a Macbook Air to notice. In other respects, it's Air-like. The closed profile is about the same, the materials are similar, but the Zenbook feels a little bit heavier. Don't get me wrongmy lift-limited user is delighted with the change. It's around three pounds, and the power cord is a small block much like the Macbook Air one. It doesn't come with a USB to Ethernet adapter, which I thought was a rotten of Asus to exclude. Hell, even Apple gives you a Thuderbolt to Ethernet adapter when you buy a Macbook Air. As long as I keep comparing this to the Macbook Air, I'll mention that the battery life on the Zenbook is maybe a bit less, but certainly in league. In my usage, it would get close to 5 hours on a charge.

Verdict? If you really want Windows (over say Linux, Mac OS X, etc.) and don't want Apple hardware, this is a good choice. I suppose the cost is another significant factor. As of this writing, the Zenbook is $768 and a Macbook Air is $1200not twice as much, but close. My preference would have been to get the Macbook Air, and load Windows natively. I find the Air to be a better made item (and I'm betting the trackpad on the Zenbook won't stand the test of time well), but the user in this case didn't want any more changes than necessary, and I'm not upset by saving money. I didn't have time to try making a "hackbook" with this, and have no idea if OS X will run well on this model.

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First, don't let this review reflect amazon because they were great about shipping the product. I purchased an asus that broke and sent it for repairs. They fixed the initial problem after a 4 week turnaround time and sent it back broken with another problem. They then took another 3 weeks ( which I am still waiting on), refused to send me a loaner or speed up the process even though they broke the computer and worse the computer doesn't even run well. Think twice before purchasing an asus

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I was short with the ASUS 128 GB solid state hard drive. This has 24 GB solid state plus 500 GB regular hard drive and I have enough memory for my dropbox files. Size, weight, operation are no problem.

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Thinkpad is the brand we have used for many years and we really like it. Since my old laptop doesn't work so efficiently now, I ordered this one. Everything are nice except the noise sound during system operating.We have bought one Thinkpad T430s from Lenovo last October and it never make the noise like this. I don't understand the reason.

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I had purchased this laptop directly from Sony about two years ago. Immediately I noticed that the fan is loud! A fresh boot, wait your four minutes for everything to load and the fan is just noisy. After a while you kinda got used to it. The second thing is the keyboard would stop functioning after a reboot. No lights, no buttons, nothing worked. To fix, I had to close the lid to sleep mode. Then reopen the lid and wake up computer, to find that the keyboard now works fine and all lights are working also. The last thing was the screen is now black. After some research, two different techs examined it (one at the Sony Store) and both said to replace the motherboard. The video chip is broke, so the whole board needs to be replaced. I've 'googled' new boards and cant seem to find a replacement board online. The Sony Store said I could send it in for repair and that a motherboard repair is considered a 'major' repair, its minimum $300, no parts. At this point it just be cheaper to buy a new, cheap laptop for that and buy an extended warranty to cover future breakdowns. Or just consider building a desktop. Either way, $1000+ laptop, worthless.

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I bought a VPCF1390X directly from Sony about a year ago. I am now planning to sell it and get something a little lighter and less annoying to use.

The good: this model has excellent port options, as I would expect of a high-end notebook, including two USB 3.0 ports, eSATA and HDMI output. Overall it is constructed well (with the exception of the cooling system, described below), and the keyboard is ample and well designed. It boasts a nice, large widescreen display, which is glossy (I actually prefer matte, but your mileage may vary). While I didn't care for much of the bloatware that Sony installed, I was ecstatic that they included Adobe Elements with Acrobat 9 Standard (which is apparently difficult to get by any other means).

The bad: I was disappointed in the performance of this notebook. Compared with my old 2007 model HP DV8000T, this newer and more powerful notebook actually seemed to lag when operating internet and simple desktop programs. It did have an advantage in being able to run 64 bit Windows, newer games and looked nicer, but it didn't really do any of that very well. The bloatware that comes on the Vaio also seems to contribute to it getting bogged down and running at higher temps, which brings me to the next point...

The ugly: My VPCF1390X is outfitted with an Intel Core i7 840QM processor factory rated at 1.87Ghz and 45W TDP, as well as discrete NVIDIA Geforce GT 425M graphics. As such, there's variable demand on the notebook's cooling system, and there's where the problem creeps in. The laptop's cooling is freaking loud. This is to be expected with most i7 CPUs and discrete graphics card, but there's an additional problem with the laptop's fan: a high-pitched whistle at mid-speed. Sony spent the better part of 2011 troubleshooting this problem, but eventually was unable to resolve it. Some users have published guides and videos showing a procedure that is supposed to eliminate this, but I had no success with it, perhaps because it doesn't work with my unique hardware. If the thing was just loud like any other high-end laptop, I wouldn't be too bothered, but with the fan speeds oscillating up and down constantly and fading in and out of this annoying whistle sound, I've gotten so tired of using this thing that I'm done with it.

This is probably the most uninformed purchase I've made when it comes to electronics. Hopefully I won't repeat that mistake with my next notebook.

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laptop is good but does not have a lighted keyboard as in the description. had some problems with Norton blocking internet access.

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I purchased this as a temporary laptop as I saved up for a more expensive and powerful computer. But upon first use I was surprised by this laptop's power and efficiency. The screen is beautiful. Not something I was expecting. Also the AMD A8 APU provides more then enough juice for watching movies and playing modern games on low or medium settings. Everything about this laptop is great. My only complaint is that upon 2 occasions this laptop has become hot to the point of being uncomfortable. This temperature was reached after playing games for about 4 hours straight, but still...it was hot. Other than the heat, I have no complaints and I am completely satisfied with this computer.

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I really like this computer, until it stops working. Bought it to Skype with my kids while on vacation and for school. The day before we left it just wouldn't turn on, only had it for a week or two. So I exchanged it at the store and now five months later it has happened again. This time during finals and they want me to send it away to be fixed. Since the same thing has happened to me twice on 2 different devices (at the worst times!) i would say to keep shopping..

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I bought this laptop for school not too long ago. The specs aren't too terribly impressive, but it gets the job done for the most part. The build quality is not very good, even for the low price I paid for it.

First, after having the laptop for about 6 months, one of the hinges broke and the screen came loose. Every time I closed it, I had to squeeze the end so the hinges would allign. I was having to angle the screen closer by about an inch so the loose screen would drop back to where I wanted it. Fortunately, Toshiba fixed it without any problems.

Second, it does not come with a recovery partition. You have to create a back-up disc from Windows, but you have to use their buggy software to do it. Toshiba's disc burning software is embaressingly slow. I finally gave-up after 2 1/2 hours and I'm not willing to spend $30 on a recovery disc. I'm a student, so I was able to get a copy of Windows and do a clean install.

Third, the trackpad sucks. I use the tap-click feature because it's easier for mr. The problem is that is constantly giving me false taps. When I'm writing a paper, every four sentences, the trackpad records a false tap and the cursor moves to a random paragraph on my paper.

I should have spent a little more and got a Dell or HP.

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I purchased this computer used for $260 dollars. I installed 8 GB RAM for $50 and a solid state disk drive (SSD) for $125 dollars. So, for a $435 dollar investment I now have a nice laptop that boots windows in 10 seconds.

The B960 isn't an i7 by any means, but I have an Acer i7 with a similar configuration of memory and SSD disk and this Toshiba does what I need it to do just fine. I have no complaints. I mostly surf the web which is lightning fast with the SSD and use MS Office. I also run turbo tax and quicken and they all perform just fine.

I'm running Win 7 64 bit, so I can't comment if Win 8 would bring this machine to its knees.

This Toshiba was so easy to work on installing the memory and hard drive. On a B960 Acer where I recently did a similar memory and hard drive upgrade, I had to totally disassember the Acer and dismantle it down past the motherboard. The Toshiba has trap doors that made the upgrades a breeze.

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I love the finish, which is kinda textured so you don't have to look at the smears of the shining finish ones. It is very expensive looking and runs like a dream. I am very pleased with all its features.

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I bought this laptop March 2012 for personal/home use. I loved this laptop, especially loved having the numeric keypad on the side. 6 months later it crashed. Unfortunately I did not purchase extra coverage but luckily it was still covered under the 1yr warranty. I was able to send it in to Toshiba for repairs & have it returned to me faster than expected. (the customer service by the way was awesome.) 8 months after that my daughter damaged my screen therefore that had to be replaced. I had someone to replace the damaged screen with one I purchased on amazon. The replacement actually looked better than the original. ok. still good until a month ago when certain keys suddenly stopped working....specifically the z, ?/ key, the zero on the numeric pad & all four arrows. yes you can use the onscreen keyboard but it is extremely annoying trying to type with your mouse. I've searched for solutions on the internet but none have worked for me. I'm looking at having to either buy a new laptop or possibly pay an arm and a leg to have this repaired. I would not recommend buying this laptop unless you only plan to use it for a few months and that would be a total waste of money.

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This is an excellent upgrade from my old dell. I love how fast it is, i can click on programs and they open right away, and videos load very quickly. The screen, also, is very bright and looks excellent and vivid. I also like the windows 7 operating system a lot. It's not the best looking computer, but you only ever look at the screen anyways, and i prefer this look to something with swirls or bright colors, it's much more classy.

When i first got it i was very disappointed with the speaker volume, i couldn't properly hear videos without using headphonesthey were just too quiet. To fix this problem:

1. go to the Control Panel (found in the start menu),

2. click on "hardware and sound,"

3. under "sound" click on "change system sounds," this will bring up a window called "Sound"

4. click on the "playback" tab, click on "speakers," (mine are powered by a "Conexant" driver),

5. click on "properties" (in the lower right of the window). this will open the window "Speaker Properties."

6. Then in this new window click on the "enhancements" tab, and check "Loudness Equalization." Make sure you click Ok or Apply afterwards.

For me this completely solved my only problem with this computer (which was a pretty annoying problem). Enjoy.

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Purchased this prior to Christmas 2010. Looked like a good deal relative to capabilities (W7HP x-64). Upgraded to W7Pro x-64. Doing ok for the most part. Started having spontaneous reboots with the following black screen notification:

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Disabled PCI in CMOS setup; now, when the spontaneous reboot occurs, I get the the black screen with "no bootable device available". I reboot in Safe mode, then normal, and wait for the next event. Called Toshiba, and received the general non-comittal, "When it happens again, we'll boost it to a level 2 tech issue." Did a complete system scan with Norton 360 v5 Premier so far so good. Maybe it's that the hard drive has a milli-second comms disconnect from the system and that's the reason for the failure. Maybe it's the i3. We'll see.

This seems to be an issue with Toshiba for a while 2 yrs on some of their other laptops; however, no apparent rectification. Other than that, an OK machine. Be circumspect. Just some background info for potential customers.

(Update) Removed and replaced the HDD, restored the system onto the replacement HDD, and it appears as if this is the solution. It's been running for 2 days with no adverse events.

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This computer is great for speed and power better than my HP Desktop Computer and way better than my old toshiba laptop 1805-s274 pentium 3 256 mb ram,20gigabite harddrive.

But i noticed one thing about this laptop The webcam color picture is horrible its like any other webcam that you get at the store at target the color is bad but then again i dont use the webcam anyways.As for the most of you that says that a smell is comming out of the vets thats over heating or the sound is bad. well i really havent had that problem and everything seems to be working well besides the webcam.

I didnt get this laptop through amazon.com.i got it at bestbuy for $449.99 for a christmass present it was on sale and it was way better of a price than amazon was getting for it.

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The computer does have the i3 processor which is the lowest of the 3 (i3, i5, and i7) but is a major upgrade from the celeron processor. has good battery life and looks nice. only problem is the speakers. they dont get very loud but easy fix if you buy cheap portable speakers like the Chill Pill. overall it has great memory with 500GB hard drive and 4GB of ram. better price from best buy though.

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I bought this in a holiday deal in my short visit to USA, after 2 days of using it , I am getting burning smell from the Vent area , I called the company reported this problem, they are asking me to arrange for shipment to back to their service center which takes 8 to 10 working days for it ! . Unfortunately I am leaving to India , Toshiba is not ready to replace the item. Crappy product and service.

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When I first bought the Toshiba Satellite in the summer of 2012, it was the most powerful computer at Best Buy. This computer was marketed at $850, but was only $750 at that time. Even at the discounted price, this is a wonderful computer. The Toshiba anti-theft and virus software has gotten me out of many problems that killed off my previous computers. It is very fast, and very reliable. The computer screen is beautiful, the number pad is a great addition, and the hardrive protection is wonderful. However, it isn't flawless. On more than one occasion, this computer has overheated due to it's metal body. The computer will automatically shut off protecting it, which is good, but the fact that it does it at all, isn't good. I've had this issue with my Xbox where it'd do that and turn off randomly during a game. It's worse with this because I use my computer for important things, like generating essays. Another problem is that the trackpad is very glitchy. I'd definitely reccomend a USB plugin mouse for this. I've only gotten the bluescreen once, and that was due to a software issue from one of the programs I've installed on here not being configured properly. So if you want a cheap and fast computer, I'd reccomend this over the MacBook Pro any day.

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After careful research, on October 24, 2012, I bought online from Toshiba Direct a Toshiba Satellite L850 customized laptop for roughly $844 with taxes. I received it 2 weeks later but was out of town on work, so when the package was officially opened, it was after the 15 day "full refund" time period. What irony?! Well, I opened it, it worked fine the first time and the next morning, when turning on again, I got the "blue screen" treatment that so many other unhappy Toshiba buyers have experienced. I called Toshiba and got the scripted customer service replies for the next few days with no resolve. To be clear, I said I want to return it each time because I knew from former reviews that this was not going to just go away. No one helped at Toshiba's customer or tech service phone support and when I asked to speak with a supervisor, I was told they would have to call me back within 2 business days. Seriously? Well, that also didn't happen. So, I've now had the Toshiba laptop opened and out of the box for officially 3 weeks at this point, can't return it for a full refund, can't get sales or tech support to solve the problem, and can't get upper level supervisors to speak to me. Any wonder how I feel about spending $844 on this piece of garbage? It get's better too. Toshiba now wants to charge me shipping costs to send the laptop to their repair facility and perhaps within 2 more weeks, they'll tell me all of this is NOT under warranty and for a mere $200 more, they can fix it. Well, I decided I wasn't going to give them the option to fail me yet again. I took the laptop to a STORE (Best Buy) and spoke face to face with a PERSON (in their Geek Squad) and they ran a diagnostic in 1 day and yes, $200 later, fixed the blue screen problem and removed the spyware and adware that was also on the system too. One more thing; this is the first review I've ever written. Spending the five minutes of time to write this review will be worthwhile only if other online buyers don't also get fooled into wasting their time or money buying a Toshiba.

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I bought this as a desktop-replacement for my wife for $460 Nov 2012. Not sure why the price is higher now. You can find a higher performing toshiba than this for $680.

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Quality and durable hardware.

Textured D-Pad

Moderate windows 7 performance

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Be prepared to uninstall 10+ preinstalled toshiba bloatware.

Hassled constantly to purchase an antivirus program when Microsoft Security Essentials provides it for free.

Basic no-frills laptop that's great after an hour of uninstalling programs.

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I like it. Awesome for the price. Feels cheap but acceptable given the price. Looks very good though. If you are looking for the best laptop under 500, and don't want a huge laptop, this is the one to get

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This Toshiba laptop is a great value. I am very pleased with its performance and speed. I would purchase this product again.

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Its worth 300$. I got it second hand,2011 model. Its working perfect. I had some minor issues like ' key not working at once but after reformatting, it was all perfect.

I am an engineer and its great with 6GB DDR3 RAM, lots of multitasking possible. Awesome screen and never have hanged since I got it past 2 months.

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The best of Thinkpad T series i love to use it all the time if you want to have better a better speed with all thinkpad T series choose their HDD type to SSD (Memory)

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We own a Lenovo T410s 2901CTO. When the computer was almost a year old, we started to see a verticle bar in on the screen. We were able to use the bezel (see link below) to get rid of it at first. Within a month or two, the bezel did no good. We replaced the screen, and the same thing happened within 9 months. You will have to pay to fix this defect if it happens after your warranty has expired. We will NEVER buy another Lenovo after this experience. For more information, see the following links:

Lenovo IdeaPad Y510p 59375625 15" i7-4700MQ 2.4GHz 16GB 250GB SSD Review

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This thing is a beast! It will play all the latest games and do daily task without breaking a sweat! If you are looking at getting the Y510p make sure you get this model, it has everything you need.

Pros:

Fast!

I7 processor

Sleek metal design

Matte 1080p screen

Decent webcam

Backlit keyboard with 2 different levels.

Stylish

Cons:

Runs a bit hot

Touchpad is a disaster

Fingerprint magnet(impossible to remove them too)

The ultrabay GPU's are still not on the market.

Slow 5400 rpm hdd(really is the only cause for slowdown on this laptop)

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Dell Inspiron i13z-8864sLV 13-Inch Laptop Reviews

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Pros: price, seem very well built, keyboard, size/convience. When it was working, it was fast and ran very smooth.

The Issues: After about 4 weeks it would not boot. I sent it off to Dell service center and they needed to replace the motherboard, hard drive, audio board and reinstall Windows 8. Not sure what the exact issue was and Dell support has been somewhat vague. When the laptop was returned an administrator profile was setup and it would not allow me to create a profile. I was on the phone with tech support for over an hour for them to tell me the OS needs reset/put back on the computer properly (not sure why this was not fixed properly before sending back to me). Anyway they want me to buy an external disk drive and install Windows 8 again.

Overall I'm very pleased with the build of the laptop and wish that it would work.

UPDATE: I sent the laptop back and was given a refund. I do not recommend buying this laptop because of the 4 weeks issues (will not boot). I have found several other reviews stating the same issues as mine. It appears Dell's quality has lowered. I was also not pleased with the customer support.

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Seriously. Not a month of use, and the motherboard is dead. It can't identify a boot device. Been on chat with a (friendly, thank goodness) Dell rep who is sending a tech to replace the motherboard. I hope this is a one-time problem. My previous Dells have fared far better...

UPDATE: A couple of months have passed since the comment above and I'm less frustrated with this computer. Dell actually did the right thing and sent a tech to look at and fix the laptop. He replaced the motherboard and everything is working okay now. The tech met me at work and fixed the computer before the end of my day, so it was very convenient. Well done Dell, I'm pleasantly surprised. Now I just hope the computer keeps working (it's great when it does...)

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This laptop looked good out at first. It is definitely not a high end product, but then one would not expect this at this price. Things got bad after just a few weeks though as it would no longer boot. I tried to resolve the issue with Dell technical support, but this took so long to do that I returned the product for a replacement as suggested by Amazon. Great service from Amazon, and poor show from Dell. I am told the issue is due to an incompatibility issue between the Windows 8 updates (which the machine downloads automatically once switched on) and the hardware. I am ordering a second laptop like this one an hope to have more luck with it next time.

Update: despite having been sourced from a different supplier, the second laptop failed after just a few days and would not boot. Exactly the same problem as with the first laptop. I tried to resolve the issue with Dell technical support, but this proved to be really frustrating. The technical centre is based in India and the telephone line kept dropping. I had to call 5 times, which was really infuriating because I had to start from scratch each time (warranty code, laptop model, my name, description of the problem, etc). Very disappointingly, Dell could not fix the problem over the phone, and wanted the product returned to them for servicing this would have taken weeks. It was much easier and quicker to return the laptop to Amazon for a refund. Not impressed at all by Dell, I think there are better choices. Do not buy this product.

I have heard of others complaining about the technical support from Dell. It is obvious the staff in the technical support centre are not technical at all, they are just people working to a script. I think they are doing the best job they can, but the support they can offer is limited, and the script makes the whole process very time consuming and cumbersome, especially if like me you had to call back 5 times because the call dropped. I spent over 1 hour on the phone dealing with the first laptop, and well over 2 hours dealing with the second one. Might have been OK if they had offered a resolution, but they did not, so I had to return both laptops anyway.

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I went through many reviews to finally choose this one, it's the best you can get at this price. I've been using it now for more than a month and am so satisfied with it.

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I like the size and performance of the computer. I like typing on the keyboard. The touchpad is integrated into the palmrest so there aren't any cracks to collect dirt and crumbs.

I installed an SSD in mine. Be aware, that as this is in the "ultrabook" category, you need a 7mm thick hard drive, where as standard 2.5" drives are 9.5mm thick or so. I also installed Windows 7 and it works great. Dell offers drivers on their website. The label on the bottom identifies this as an Inspiron 5323.

The port covers are annoying. I'd rather have functionality over aesthetics. They open just far enough to connect my mouse, but it would just be better if they weren't there, but that is the worst thing I have to say about the computer.