88 verified purchasers have reviewed this product.
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Score 9.0/10
Anonymous verified purchaser
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I really like this Toshiba laptop. Its very convenient for me as its light and compact and has all the right features, inbuilt cam e.t.c.
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I don't think its battery life is all that great, as I have to charge it every hour or so, but I guess thats the case with all the latest technology these days.
21 of 21 people found this review helpful
purchased 01 Oct 2008
Score 9.0/10
Anonymous verified purchaser
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Really nice laptop, easy to use.
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gets lots of fingerprints on it
7 of 7 people found this review helpful
purchased 05 Oct 2008
Score 10.0/10
Anonymous verified purchaser
, “University student”
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Fast and sleek
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No warning of battery running out
4 of 4 people found this review helpful
purchased 19 Oct 2008
Score 9.0/10
Anonymous verified purchaser
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fab size and weight, perfect for travelling!
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battery life could be better
4 of 4 people found this review helpful
purchased 22 Oct 2008
Score 9.0/10
Angela, Kent
, “Very busy”
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Small but easy to use. Makes it possible to work anywhere
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Could be a bit lighter but then it would be more expensive
4 of 4 people found this review helpful
purchased 24 Oct 2008
Score 8.0/10
Anonymous verified purchaser
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easy of use, gets going very quickly on start up. In sleep mode even quicker
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Reviewer left no comment
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
purchased 23 Oct 2008
Score 10.0/10
Anonymous verified purchaser
, “Student, 20”
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very light...face and sound recognition is amazing...
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nothing at all...
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
purchased 24 Oct 2008
Score 9.0/10
Anonymous verified purchaser
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Excellent laptop. Modern stylish design. Very light and powerful with a good screen.
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Bluetooth would be nice.
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
purchased 21 Dec 2008
Score 9.0/10
olga, london
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Reviewer left no comment
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battery life, no bluetooth
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
purchased 22 Dec 2008
Score 8.0/10
matt, coventry
, “a very astute shopper.”
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even though this was a refurbished product the condition i received it at was indistinguisable from brand new.
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not knowing what was refurbished and whether it will affect the longevity of the products life.
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
purchased 26 Dec 2008
Score 7.0/10
Anonymous verified purchaser
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Good performance, light and practical.
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Fingerprints, easy to scratch, fragile.
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
purchased 14 Jan 2009
Score 7.0/10
Anonymous verified purchaser
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Easy to use and lovely screen
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Poor battery life
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
purchased 03 Nov 2008
Score 9.0/10
Anonymous verified purchaser
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Looks good, quality make, can deal with everything thrown at it so for
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One more USB port would be handy, face recognision is a waste of time
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
purchased 24 Dec 2008
Score 10.0/10
John, Manchester
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Good looking, not complicated, works well, is light in weight and easy to carry. Overall great value!
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As i bought this to use on my travels, a longer battery life would be useful
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
purchased 12 Feb 2009
Score 7.0/10
Anonymous verified purchaser
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lightweight, pretty, stylish
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slow, problem with its connection to belkin wireless router
purchased 01 Nov 2008
Score 9.0/10
Taynara, Glasgow
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beautifull, light, good worker, compact. perfect for everyday use!
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badety is not that lng by itself.
purchased 22 Nov 2008
Score 9.0/10
Anonymous verified purchaser
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small and compact, stylish, quick. overall i'm very happy with the product
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battery life is ok but could be longer, the mouse pad sticks sometimes and automatically scrolls, this can be very annoying
purchased 29 Dec 2008
Score 8.0/10
Anonymous verified purchaser
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great buy does what it said on the tin
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Reviewer left no comment
purchased 30 Dec 2008
Score 7.0/10
Anonymous verified purchaser
purchased 01 Jan 2009
Score 9.0/10
Anonymous verified purchaser
, “general laptop user”
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good size, keyboard very good
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havent found any yet!
purchased 01 Jan 2009
Score 10.0/10
Anonymous verified purchaser
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I love the price! great product that's served me well so far.
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Little battery hungry and the design is a bit to detailed for me - plain black could be nice.
purchased 02 Jan 2009
Score 7.0/10
amber, luton
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looks good
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slow running
purchased 05 Jan 2009
Score 10.0/10
Wioletta, Bournemouth / Bedzin
, “Tourist Specialist age 34”
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Small size, good capacity, comfortable design, qiute good price
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I haven't found it yet
purchased 04 Jan 2009
Score 9.0/10
Anonymous verified purchaser
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lightweight, just the right size to use at university or to carry around
not as loud as many other laptops out there
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battery life is very, very poor
the glossy effect on the keyboards, makes it look dirty after touching...even when your hands are clean
purchased 14 Jan 2009
Score 9.0/10
Colin, Netherseal, Derbyshire
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Have not tested the battery life yet. Starts up quickly. Quiet. Clear display. Switches between Windows quickly. No major problems.
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Taking forever to get used to the locations of the PGUP/DN and END keys, but that's probably just me. Also touchpads drive me nuts as being so easy to trigger unwanted actions, but again that's a personal thing and I have not explored the Synaptics settings,
purchased 14 Jan 2009
Score 9.0/10
G, Bristol
, “Student”
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It is lightweight, sleek and easy for portable use.
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Battery life is literally the only bad point.
purchased 17 Jan 2009
Score 9.0/10
Anonymous verified purchaser
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Excellent value
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very few. battery life isn't as good as i had hoped. a small point is that the touchpad is not horizontally centred, meaning that i often end up scrolling instead of moving the pointer
purchased 16 Jan 2009
Score 9.0/10
Anonymous verified purchaser
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It's a fantastic size and looks great.
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Gets dusty quickly and you can see lots of fingerprints on it. Battery life is not great, lasts about 1 and half hours - 2hours max.
purchased 19 Jan 2009
Score 9.0/10
jj, outer hebrides
, “very fussy about laptops”
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This is a brilliant laptop. I was a little wary of buying a recon but there is not a mark on it anywhere. I would definately recommend it.
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Battery lasts about 45mins, which I guess is not THAT bad!!
purchased 28 Jan 2009
Score 9.0/10
Anonymous verified purchaser
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Sleek design, a lot of interfaces and power in a very small box.
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Battery life is poor, case attracts many fingerprints, mouse can double click unexpectedly
purchased 03 Feb 2009
Score 7.0/10
Bill, Stafford
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size, weight, screen quality
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battery does not live up to expectations.
purchased 04 Feb 2009
Score 9.0/10
Anonymous verified purchaser
, “Student”
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Very portable and with enough memory to do all I need to. Good streamlined design.
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Battery life perhaps could be better, but not an issue.
purchased 04 Feb 2009
Score 8.0/10
Mark , Liverpool
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Nice design and ease of operation
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Battery life is not great
purchased 05 Feb 2009
Score 9.0/10
Anonymous verified purchaser
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Ratings say it all!
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Mouse moves too much!
purchased 05 Feb 2009
Score 10.0/10
MUMTAZ, STAFFORDSHIRE
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EASY TO USE.HAS EVERYTHING AND MUCH MORE AS WITH ANY HIGH QUALITY DESK TOP, HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. GREAT SLEEK COMPACT DESIGN. VERY STYLISH, A HIGH QUALITY LAPTOP.
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NONE.
purchased 08 Feb 2009
Score 10.0/10
Manjit, Leicester
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It is very good value for money.
I am very pleased i purchased this.
The design the weight it really is just fantastic.
I have no problems with the system everthing seems to be working just fine.
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There are NO bad points
purchased 14 Feb 2009
Score 9.0/10
Anonymous verified purchaser
, “mum”
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very stylish, up to date
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not enough memory for my son's game, world of war craft, so he was disappointed.
purchased 14 Feb 2009
Score 9.0/10
annette, stoke-on-trent
, “very fussy buyer”
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great looks, brilliant laptop for the price.like new condition.
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battery life could last a bit longer
purchased 08 Feb 2009
Score 10.0/10
Anonymous verified purchaser
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Excellent Design
Fast
Loads of features like inbuit webcam, mic, good quality speakers....
Value for money!
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No inbuilt bluetooth, but still we shouldnt expect everything in this price!
purchased 21 Feb 2009
Score 9.0/10
wasted, belfast
, “multiple pc owner”
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nice size and weight, looks nicer than most laptop/notebooks, nice price
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battery life not the best only gets about 1hour on balanced settings, memory limited to 2gb so not as upgradable as some others
purchased 25 Feb 2009
Score 9.0/10
David , Hawkhurst
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great design, beautful looking
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Reviewer left no comment
purchased 28 Feb 2009
Score 10.0/10
Anonymous verified purchaser
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looks amazing
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Reviewer left no comment
purchased 03 Mar 2009
Score 9.0/10
Anonymous verified purchaser
, “Computer uses for years”
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Performance and design
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None so far
purchased 13 Mar 2009
Score 9.0/10
Anonymous verified purchaser
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Perfect size, excellent value.
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Shows fingerprints
purchased 18 Mar 2009
Score 10.0/10
Anonymous verified purchaser
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Neat design - no wasted space on the keyboard and surrounding frame. Excellent performance - handles Vista very comfortably. Wireless access excellent. Sharp graphics and easy to view screen. Looks and feels much more substantial and classy than competitors' brands including those in a much higher price bracket.
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Can't think of any bad points
purchased 14 Mar 2009
Score 9.0/10
Anonymous verified purchaser
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machine works well, looks good, connects to all other devices as required, weighs very little and yet is a proper laptop (not netbook) with optical drive (silent!) and decent screensize.
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Windows Vista - would have preferred XP
purchased 05 Apr 2009
Score 6.0/10
Priya , Feltham
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Light weight. Soft touch keys. Stlish look
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Slow performance even for usual applications like explorer
purchased 18 Apr 2009
Score 8.0/10
Anonymous verified purchaser
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Very good laptop, fulfilling all my criterias.
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Let down by very poor battery life. Only getting approxiamately one hours life on best power management settings.
purchased 18 Apr 2009
Score 8.0/10
Anonymous verified purchaser
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Great looking, good performance.
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Not really had any yet its great!
purchased 22 Apr 2009
Score 9.0/10
Charlie , Leicester
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convinient size and performance is fine, nice screen
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battery life about 1 half to 2 hrs, but I was aware of this.
purchased 22 Apr 2009
Score 8.0/10
Abu, London
, “IT Technician”
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small and light weight
very good design
nice screen
low noise
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battery life is only 2 hours
purchased 26 Apr 2009
Score 9.0/10
Anonymous verified purchaser
, “nufin really”
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Has a good memory and is black and shiny - which is what I wanted
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The description made it seem like it was totally black, but the outer cover was dark grey
purchased 06 May 2009
Score 1.0/10
Anonymous verified purchaser
purchased 01 Jun 2009
Score 9.0/10
Simon , Hednesford
, “Often on the move”
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Very stylish and easy to operate
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As with all laptops a 12hour battery would be great!!!!!
purchased 05 Jun 2009
Score 8.0/10
Anonymous verified purchaser
, “General home user”
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good size, quick, good memory
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low battery life, heavy
purchased 04 Jul 2009
Score 8.0/10
Anonymous verified purchaser
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Lightweight. Looks/behaves like a new product.
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Reviewer left no comment
purchased 14 Jul 2009
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Screen Size in Inches

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13.3
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Screen size is measured diagonally from corner to corner.
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Operating System

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Windows Vista Home Premium
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Software on which the device runs
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RAM in GB

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2
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Number of Cores

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Dual
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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.
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Hard Disk Capacity in GB

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160
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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.
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Screen Resolution (pixels)

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1280x800 (WXGA)
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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
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Processor Brand

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Intel
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There are 2 main manufacturers of computer processors. They are Intel and AMD.
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Processor

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Core 2 Duo
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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.
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Processor Number

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T2390
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This is the specific processor number in the processor range.
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Processor Speed in MHz

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1866
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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.
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USB Port

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3
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Socket for connecting devices such as a computers and other components
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Integrated Webcam

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No
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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.
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WiFi

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Yes
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Wifi allows you to connect your device to wireless routers or modems which allows you to connect to broadband internet.
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Bluetooth

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No
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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
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Fingerprint Access

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No
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Fingerprint access offers you an extra layer of security on your computer and is essential for any budding secret agent.
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Remote Control
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No
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DVD Writer

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Yes
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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.
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DVD Drive
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Yes
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CD Rom
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Yes
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Blu-ray Drive
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No
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VGA Port

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Yes
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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.
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DVI Port

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No
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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.
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Card Reader

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Yes
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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.
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Dimensions (mm)

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314x35x229
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The size of the device in millimetres, in width x height x depth.
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Weight (kg)

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1.97
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Brand of Graphic Chip

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Intel
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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.
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Graphic Card or Chip

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GMA X3100
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This is the range and model number of the graphics card or chip in your desktop or laptop computer
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Colour

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Multi
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The main colour of the product.
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TV Output
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Yes
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Firewire
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Yes
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Laptop Buyers' Guide
Manufacturer's Description
The 13,3” lightweight stylebook:
The great looks of the Satellite U400 mean that you will want to take it everywhere – and it is so lightweight that you can do just that. Weighing less than 2 kg, this laptop makes a serious, ultra-portable fashion statement. Toshiba’s eye-catching silver-line Horizon design together with its white LEDs makes it one of the sharpest machines around.
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