Toshiba Equium A100-147 Reviews: Windows Vista Home Premium 15.4" Screen Laptop computer

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+ This laptop scores high on software bundle. - It scores very poorly on size and weight. “Good value for money” Anonymous verified purchaser View all 37 real customer reviews

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Dual Core Processor with and 60GB Storage on Windows Vista Home Premium. More »

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37 verified purchasers have reviewed this product.
93% of people recommend it.

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Battery life	7.2
Design	9.0
Performance	7.5
Size and weight	6.0
Software bundle	7.3
Value for money (at time of purchase)	8.9
Weight	7.3
Overall rating	8.8

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Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 7.0/10

+ Good value for money

- haven't found any

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purchased 06 Dec 2006

jane, dunstable

Score 10.0/10

+ dual core a real plus
great purchase very good value

- Reviewer left no comment

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purchased 05 Dec 2006

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 9.0/10

+ Nice size screen, do like the touch pad mouse

- Battery life only lasts about 1 hour not really long enough.
No infrared irda communication port

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purchased 17 Nov 2006

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 10.0/10

+ Its good but the wireless is not working properly,and i dont know what to do.

- Reviewer left no comment

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purchased 06 Dec 2006

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 10.0/10

+ Great quality screen, solid feeling keyboard and all the connectivity for anything you'd like to connect to it. Comes with seperate recovery cd and software to create drivers only cd.

- No OS CD media for recovery.

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purchased 25 Nov 2006

Ben, Romford

Score 10.0/10

+ Great Value for money with core 2 duo and 1GB of ram

- No real office bundle, MS Works isn't really that fab. But openOffice is good enough. (and free to download)

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purchased 16 Nov 2006

john, newport

Score 9.0/10

+ everything except..

- battery life

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purchased 28 Nov 2006

Dhiren, London

Score 10.0/10

+ Reviewer left no comment

- no blue thooth,inbuilt speakers and inbuilt web cam..

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purchased 21 Nov 2006

David, London

Score 9.0/10

+ Nice design, very few config issues and the card drive is very handy

- This isn't a machine if you may want to do some gaming the video card is very basic and not replaceble

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purchased 06 Dec 2006

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 8.0/10

+ Screen display crstal clear and good bright levels.

- Mouse touch pad - too sensitive. Could do with a manul button to disable it when using external mouse.

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purchased 06 Dec 2006

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 8.0/10

+ Good gright screen display, lightweight with plenty of usb ports. Internal wireless very useful.

- Reviewer left no comment

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purchased 17 Nov 2006

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 10.0/10

+ Reviewer left no comment

- Sounda quality - this is very poor

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purchased 06 Dec 2006

Chris, Harrison

Score 9.0/10

+ Lovely screen, good value for money

- Intermittant problem with the speakers not working, but as I have external speakers, not much of an issue

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purchased 06 Dec 2006

Tony, Colchester

Score 9.0/10

+ high spec for cost, a very good basic laptop for kids use

- Reviewer left no comment

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purchased 06 Dec 2006

Gary, Ipswich,Suffolk

Score 9.0/10

+ very easy to set up straight from the box,plenty of connectivity points,nice keyboard,great screen,stylish & smart.

- speakers sound a little "thin".

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purchased 06 Dec 2006

Simon, Grantham

Score 8.0/10

+ Good Screen, reasonble software package, MS office would have been better than MS works as I use office at my work place.

- No way of recording audio apart from mic, a line in socket on the sound card would be handy

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purchased 04 Dec 2006

Chris, Cookstown, Tyrone

Score 8.0/10

+ Nice screen

- Too much rubbish software.
Reformatted straight away.

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purchased 06 Dec 2006

tony, redhill

Score 8.0/10

+ very good price, vista upgrade, keeps the wife quiet.not had any problems with it

- none

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purchased 06 Dec 2006

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 9.0/10

+ Good Value for money

- n/a

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purchased 04 Dec 2006

David, Winchester

Score 8.0/10

+ Screen, quality feel

- Battery life, processor performance mediocre

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purchased 18 Nov 2006

Rupert, Winchester

Score 10.0/10

+ Value for money and performance

- Not enough software included

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purchased 12 Jun 2007

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Product Features

Screen Size in Inches	15.4
Screen size is measured diagonally from corner to corner.
Operating System	Windows Vista Home Premium
Software on which the device runs
Number of Cores	Dual
Computer processors are made up of 1 or more cores. Having multiple cores allows the computer to process more information at once making it faster.
Hard Disk Capacity in GB	60
Hard Disk capacity is measured in GBs which stands for Gigabytes. A gigabyte is 1000 MB or megabytes. The more GB you have the more info like photos and music you can store.
Screen Resolution (pixels)	WXGA
The number of pixels the screen has. The more you have, the more detail the screen can display, given a high quality source. A breakdown of resolutions can be found on Wikipedia here
Processor Brand	Intel
There are 2 main manufacturers of computer processors. They are Intel and AMD.
Processor	Core Duo T2050
This is the processor model range. Different types of processor have different types of functionality. For example Centrino processors are specifically designed to increase battery life in laptops.
Processor Number	T2050
This is the specific processor number in the processor range.
Processor Speed in MHz	1600
The processor is the driving force of your personal computer. The higher the number in Megahertz or Mhz the faster your computer will run. Don’t forget that other factors such as the number of cores will have an effect on speed.
Integrated Webcam	No
A webcam is a small, in-built camera that allows you to record video to upload to popular sites like Youtube or have video chats with friends on Instant Messaging services.
WiFi	Yes
Wifi allows you to connect your device to wireless routers or modems which allows you to connect to broadband internet.
Bluetooth	No
Bluetooth is a technology for the wireless transfer of data such as contacts, photos and music between mobile phones, computers and a host of other Bluetooth enabled devices. Read more about Bluetooth on Wikipedia
Fingerprint Access	No
Fingerprint access offers you an extra layer of security on your computer and is essential for any budding secret agent.
Remote Control	No
DVD Writer	Yes
DVD Writers can be used to copy data, music, documents or films from your laptop, netbook or desktop computer, onto a blank DVD. DVD writers can also copy info onto blank CDs but CDs have a lower storage capacity. Normal DVD discs can store up to 4.7GB of info. DVD stands for Digital Versatile Disc.
Dimensions (mm)	360x26.7x267
The size of the device in millimetres, in width x height x depth.
Weight (kg)	2.7

Brand of Graphic Chip	Intel
Graphics cards in desktop computers and graphics chips in laptops are manufactured by 3 main companies: Intel, ATI and nVidia. If you want to play modern games aim for an ATI or nVidia card or chip. Intel cards and chips work perfectly for general laptop use, video playback and older computer games.
Graphic Card or Chip	Intel Media Acc. 950
This is the range and model number of the graphics card or chip in your desktop or laptop computer