Toshiba P300-156 T55503G Reviews: Windows Vista Home Premium 17" Screen Laptop computer

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+ This laptop scores high on design. - It scores poorly on battery life. “Full sized keyboard. separate number pad. excellent 17" display. very responsive…” Bob, Glasgow View all 44 real customer reviews

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Dual Core Processor with 3GB of Memory and 250GB Storage on Windows Vista Home Premium. More »

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Battery life	6.3
Design	9.1
Performance	8.8
Size and weight	8.0
Value for money (at time of purchase)	9.0
Overall rating	8.8

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Music, gaming or video fan (1)

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Score 8.0/10

Bob, Glasgow

+ Full sized keyboard. Separate number pad. Excellent 17" display. Very responsive built-in Bobmousepad.I have had no problems whatsoever connecting to my home wireless network. Very quick load times from startup and with all programs, runs all games I have really well at maximum resolution (For comparison, Warhammer Soulstorm is my greediest game). Sound is good. Looks lovely!

- It is quite a heavy machine for a laptop; that said, it wasn't unexpected as I went for the 17" display mainly for gaming purposes.Battery life is not great, however this is my first laptop so have little to compare it to. I use it with wireless on virtually all the time and get a couple of hours out of a maximum charge.

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23 of 23 people found this review helpful

purchased 18 May 2008

Score 8.0/10

Paul, Edinburgh , “Experienced fairminded honest reviewer.”

+ Beautifully designed laptop. A work of art - screen was fairly glossy but this is not always a good thing due to reflections. Nice mouse buttons - gimicky facial recognition log-on feature though quite fun! Mouse pad has very good feel unlike most HP laptops which I found to be very sticky. Useful spare bay to add a second hard drive for extra storage. Really good speakers for a laptop - second only to Acer 6920G which has a subwoofer built in.

- Quality of webcam very poor compared to Acer webcams. Quite big and heavy but what do you expect from a 17" laptop! Poor battery life but again this applies to almost all laptops and to be fair this is intebded as a desktop replacement so battery life not so important. Some people may not like the glossy keyboard as it does show off fingerprints rather easily.

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10 of 10 people found this review helpful

purchased 22 Aug 2008

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Enjoy gaming & surfing”

+ High performance, Good looks and value for money

- Battery life indicator states more battery power (time & %) than is actually remaining

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8 of 8 people found this review helpful

purchased 31 Aug 2008

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “a busy teacher”

+ speed, price and overall value

- size, and battery life.

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8 of 8 people found this review helpful

purchased 01 Sep 2008

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Attractive design, very easy to use. Great desktop replacement.

- Battery life only 1hr 20mins whatever i'm using it for.

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5 of 5 people found this review helpful

purchased 05 Sep 2008

Score 8.0/10

jimmy, Bury, Lancs

+ Performance, look, screen size.

- battery life could be longer.

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5 of 5 people found this review helpful

purchased 05 Sep 2008

Score 4.0/10

dennise, london , “honest”

+ its a nice design colur was good

- ver bad performance battery kept runing out and it wouldnt turn on sumtimes

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4 of 4 people found this review helpful

purchased 03 Sep 2008

Score 9.0/10

Tony, London Borough of Ealing , “Long experience with PCs..”

+ Good modern design and appearance. Great screen for colours, pictures, DVDs and a good size for large spreadsheets.Good feel to the keyboard - quiet and soft without being rubbery, good tactile feedback.

- None so far, I'm pleased to say.

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

purchased 16 Sep 2008

Score 8.0/10

sean, exeter , “amater user”

+ easy to use, connections in easy to access places

- prefer the basic shut down or restart options, i still dont know how to take it out of standby when option chosen, all i can do is switch it off

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 16 Sep 2008

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Its great for video/photo editing and playing games with relativley low specs as well as watching movies and surfing the net

- If any periferals are plugged in when you turn it off... it turns itself back on again. SO FRUSTRATING!!!

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 16 Sep 2008

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Can't complain about this laptop, absolutely amazing.

- Reviewer left no comment

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purchased 06 Sep 2008

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Exellent Quality!

- Short Life for Battery due to the size of the Laptop!

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purchased 09 Sep 2008

Score 9.0/10

Simon, Bridlington

+ Looks great and easy to use

- Reviewer left no comment

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purchased 03 Sep 2008

Score 8.0/10

David , Cardiff , “experienced desktop user”

+ Very smart looking computer, nice sharp big screen. Good value as a Reconditioned product. Previously bought same model for family member for work games and entertainment, good enough to buy a second machine as replacement for home desktop/tower pc, working anwhere wirelessly.

- never sure what a picture really looks like because if you vary your angle of view only slightly, the screen appears brighter or darker, therefore making it difficult to accurately judge and process photos. Maybe a common characteristic of this type of screen - I don't know. Seems to spontaneously go to sleep or into hibernation during normal use at random times, dont know whether this is me accidentally touching something, in which case it's not a very good design, or whether there is a fault. - maybe the cause of it originally needing to be "reconditioned"

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purchased 04 Sep 2008

Score 9.0/10

JASON, LONDON , “good”

+ Good value on this product and have good performance system.

- Reviewer left no comment

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purchased 07 Sep 2008

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ its a fantastic pc

- Reviewer left no comment

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purchased 04 Jun 2008

Score 10.0/10

Francisca, London , “Sci Fi Geek femal”

+ Fantastic laptop. Never been keen but needed one to use in my room. This has been very reliable and easy to use. So many features too still trying to use them all. Playing movies is much better on this than my normal tv. Game playing is excellent boyfriend uses it for Championship Manager (8 hours a time) practically fight over it. Email is great with great features and easy to use my mobile phone to sync with the laptop. Screen is large to good for viewing. It has everything you could want top laptop to have. I was a bit dubios paying so much for one but would recommend paying the extra if you like computers.

- Some features are hard to get to grip with, The screen resolution is way too bright. Battery life is pretty bad so has to be plugged in most of the time I use it. It is heavy so not recommended for people who are going to be carrying it for long periods. Would be nice if it was preloaded with extras like different games or a movie.

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purchased 11 Jun 2008

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Design, Speakers, Buttons., The Quality for price, Screens ok, no bleeding at all. crisp resolution at optimum.

- Above the F keys the paint can rub off on the corner EASY.. watch your hands.....!

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purchased 29 Oct 2008

Score 10.0/10

paul, chester , “I enjoy life”

+ a beautiful fast up to the second styling with all the connnections you will ever need with bags and bags of memory and hard drive,i am sure i will never out grow this lap top,also great for watching hi definition tv and films oh and the speakers are bliss you can simply float away on your top tunes or feel the axe chopping up the zombies. This is one present to myself i will be enjoing for a long time

- ther are no bad points owning this except all your family and friends want one

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purchased 06 Jan 2009

Score 10.0/10

Ron, BARNSLEY

+ i love the shiney keys on the keyboard easy to keep looking new and clean

- the keys are so sensitive easy to get wrong spelling in words

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purchased 24 Mar 2009

Score 9.0/10

Andy, London , “Music, gaming or video fan”

+ Fast, easy to arrange delivery. The product itself is a huge improvement over the old laptop I was using before - both in terms of processor speed and capability. Money well spent.

- Maybe due to the large screen size the battery life can be a little short. Most of my use is in the home though - it's a bit big for carrying around unless you need to - so this hasn't been a big problem.

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purchased 27 May 2009

Score 10.0/10

JOHN, SELKIRK , “General home user”

+ Excellent machine , fast and so far has given good service.

- Battery life could be better but can't expect much more due to the size of the laptop.

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purchased 29 Aug 2009

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Product Features

Screen Size in Inches	17
Screen size is measured diagonally from corner to corner.
Operating System	Windows Vista Home Premium
Software on which the device runs
RAM in GB	3

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	250
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)	1024x768 (XGA)
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 2 Duo
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	T5550
This is the specific processor number in the processor range.
Processor Speed in MHz	1830
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.
USB Port	4
Socket for connecting devices such as a computers and other components
Integrated Webcam	Yes
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.
DVD Drive	Yes
CD Rom	Yes
Blu-ray Drive	No
HDMI Interface	No
Like a scart interface but capable of carrying HD signals from or to other devices. You’ll need these to link your Playstation 3 or your Blu-ray player to your HD-ready TV.
VGA Port	No
VGA stands for Video Graphics Array. The VGA socket is used for connecting a monitor or TV to your computer. If you want to use an external monitor, TV or projector on your laptop make sure it has a VGA or DVI socket. VGA is also sometimes referred to as D-sub.
DVI Port	No
DVI stands for Digital Visual Interface. Like VGA, DVI is used to connect laptops, desktops and other devices to HD TVs or monitors. You can buy a small adaptor to convert your digital DVI socket to an analogue VGA socket for use with older monitors if needed.
Card Reader	Yes
A memory card reader allows you to connect various types of card such as SD Cards, MMC Cards or Compact Flash Cards to your laptop or desktop computer. Memory Card Readers are extremely useful for photographers as it allows you to quickly transfer your snaps from camera to machine meaning you can have them uploaded to your favourite website or printed out in a matter of minutes.
Dimensions (mm)	398x38.9x288
The size of the device in millimetres, in width x height x depth.
Weight (kg)	3.35

Brand of Graphic Chip	ATI
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.
Colour	Black
The main colour of the product.

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Manufacturer's Description

The Satellite P300 delivers both elegance and the latest in multimedia entertainment. The gloss black chassis combined with the textured palmrest and glossy keyboard add to enhance the sleek latch-less design whilst the high quality 17” Toshiba TruBrite® widescreen display is ideal for watching movies and playing games. Satellite P300 models feature the latest Intel® Core2 Duo processors providing the ability to run powerful applications and programs with ease. The P300 is packed with innovative multimedia features such as feather touch white LED media controls, and Harman Kardon speakers. A 1.3MP camera is also integrated into the design, ideal for video calls, and has face recognition technology which allows easy logon to Windows.