Notebook Reviews

Pretty roomy. I would have given it 5 stars but after you put a laptop in it there is'nt much room for books, etc. Nice looking bag!

I use to have a backpack with a laptop and all my school items in it and it weighed about 30 lb. when I got the allsop laptop rover backpack i put my stuff in it including my laptop and put it to the test i wore it for 20 minets. around the house and after i took it off my back didn't hurt. that was so cool so i also weghed it and it weight ten and half pounds! WOW! i was so impressed!! This is also a backpack that you could go to school, work, biking, travaling, etc. in cool style!!!!!!!!!!!

This has just exactly what you need and none of what you do not. A seperate specific, internal, and specially padded bag for your laptop embedded with the rest of the backpack. Supplying secure carriage for your laptop, but also allowing for books, folders, papers, or whatever within the main compartment. It also sports exterior pockets of various sizes, one with mutiple storage pockets for say a PDA/Calculator, pens and pencils, etc. The straps are nice, including a waist strap for those worried about your bag slipping. Very highly recommended. My Dell Inspiron 4100 fits just fine.

Nicely constructed and well padded. Looks classy, too. Bad news is...no strap or belt loop just a silly sideways loop. No protected hole for earphone or controller. And the whole thing is just a trifle small for a minidisc. The minidisc fits, sure, but no space is left for earphones or discs! I suspect the same would be true for many mp3 players as well. So it makes a nice padded carry-case for the "CPU" of my minidisc system...but it isn't a carrier to go jogging with.

Awesome Deal and Quality, however my Dell Digital Jukebox doesn't fit in the pocket, so i have to just zipper it up with it lose in the case. If you have a smaller mp3 player it would be perfect. Still, I think it is a good investment to protect an mp3 player.

You may wonder why i rated it 5 stars that would br for thinner mp3 players. My personal rating would be a 4 star

I own this case and have been very satisfied with it. it DOES have a belt loop, which is a piece of fabric about 1 inch wide that spans vertically from the top to bottom of the back side of the case. i keep my iPod in it (3rd generation, 10gb) with plenty of room to spare. there is a zippered pocket on the other side for earphones or memory cards. zipper is high quality, and the zipper handle is made out of rubber. the mesh part of it stretches to hold your mp3 player. note: the color is less copper looking than in the picture. it is more of a champange color. and if you want a mini disc player case, look at the case logic mini disc player case.

This sleeve is not for iBooks. It's for 15" screen laptop computers and swims on my 12" PowerBook. Maybe it's OK for a 14" iBook, but not a 12" iBook or PowerBook as the other review suggests.

I already have a backpack in which I carry my laptop. It didn't have quite as much padding as I wanted and I wanted to protect the laptop from othe items I may carry in the backpack. This sleeve turned out to be the perfect solution. My computer fits perfectly and everything works out great. I have a Dell with a 15" display, the sleeve fits like a glove and adds considerable padding to the situation. This would be a great solution for carrying a computer in a bag not specifically designed for a laptop. Highly recommended.

I was looking for a case that would protect my iBook (dual USB) against the elements. Since I already had a leather briefcase, I didn't need a separate case. All I needed was something simple that would encase the laptop and guard it from the dust, debris, and occasional raindrop that finds its way into my bag. This case is perfect. The neoprene is soft, water resistant, and provides minimal cushioning. The zipper snaps into place so that it doesn't catch on other items. The rear zipper allows me to charge the computer's battery while keeping it protected in the sleeve.

I've seen other computer sleeves that offer more cushioning, but they also take up a lot of space in your bag. This case is a good trade off. Overall, I'm completely satisfied. Pick up at Circuit City was hassle-free.

The configuration is great, especially for desktop replacement since it is a little on the heavy side and the battrey life is not good enough.

Upside:

Great performance for entertainment and games

Great layout of all ports and drives a separate button to scroll comes in handy for browsing

Comes with USB 2.0 and 1394 for digital video.

JBL Speakers are great for their size.

Down Side:

Heavy not very protable.

Battrey life is low

Display lets you down especially when you consider all the other cool features on the PC. The resolution is not great and fudges small size fonts.

Overall a good buy

This product is really great. It has everything embeded in it. Very convenient to use. It has all new technologies (depending on the version you but) Firewire, USB 2.0. Good ammount of hard drive (40G) and main memory (512) and 32M dedicated graphic memory. Great for games, programming and anything I can imagine. Good battery life (almost 2.5 hours) and no over heating (among all the previous notebooks I have used this is the only one which is not hot after several hours. It really has good perfomance. I am using it for .Net programming, Photoshop graphic generating and gaming :) It also has SVideo which is with good quality. And well DVD/CDRW combo and disk. It really has everything. good design for keyboard and mouse (horizontal and vertical scrollers)
The only thing which might be improved on this notebook is the monitor which has the maximum resolution of 1024*768 and just another mode 800*... (but thats for all XVGAs)... also it's a little heavy (7.5 pounds) . But I definitely recommend it... Thanks to compaq

My Compaq Presario included two 2.0 USB ports and a 4 pin firewire (non powered). The video memory was dedicated it also included JBL Speakers that sound awesome for such a small size. The layout of the ports is very convenient and pleasing. Yes, it is a bit heavy, but so are most other companies Notebooks (other then Apple). Additionally Compaq had an offer for a wireless lan access port and connection point for a very good price via a mail in offer. This proprietary wireless connection point connected to the back of the monitor and did not use any of the USB ports or PCMIA Card Slots. I'm very pleased with my purchase and would highly recommend this unit to anyone.

if u wanna buy this one u may choose another brend

Easy to install and it works as advertised. Don't suspect I will need to use it but has a lifetime warranty to boot.

I bought this product from amazon and it was delivered very quickly. After I got it I saw on the packaging that you can go to www.pny.com/configurator to check the compatibility with your system. So I recommend going there to make sure you are ordering the right memory card for your system (I didn't go there first, but this just happened to be a compatible card for my Dell Dimension 2400). Then come back to amazon and buy the card you want.

I didn't know that RAM can make such a big difference, even if you aren't using big programs. Easy to install, a monkey could do it. I upgraded my system from 128 MB RAM to 384 MB RAM with this card and my computer is easily twice as fast as before. If your computer is slow, just get more RAM :)

Pros. I'm a pretty technical computer and this is my second laptop. All the bells and whistles are great. Fast speed 800FSB is the best of it's kind right now. The screen is very bright and big. Also, the ram slot is expandable up to 2048.. this is great because you can update it. most laptops max out at 1024. Buring CD's couldn't be easier... takes around 7 minutes with verification process, around 4.5 minutes without.
* This laptop is everything you would expect for you money... Shop around, this laptop has a great range of 2500 to 1600.. yeah..so wouldn't want to be ripped off... I got mine for 1600 after 400$ rebate. :0

Cons. You need to buy an external mouse. I think all laptops need external mouse cause the touchpad is just weird, and most pep don't want to re get use to somethings else. Windows MEdia Center is buggy, so just download updates from www.microsoft.com.. update often. The machine is a power sucking beast.. but you could get 4 hours plus if you adjust the power management. depend on how birght the screen you want. I use mine in normal, so it lasts about 3 hours.
IT's pretty heavy too.. 7.9 lbs. but i'm used to carrying a heavy bagpack. so no biggy.

This is a very solid machine. Bought this a few days ago as I have been looking for a while. After review of several other machines Dell 8600, Gateway 17", IBM Thinkpad, and Apple Powerbook 17" this and the Apple really stood out. As I chose to go Windows it was this. I also looked at the 17" version of this but it is REAL big, as are all the other 17" machines. This is almost too big as it is to be really portable anyway. IE....I wouldn't want to travel too much with the 17" of any of them. If you're an apple fan, get the Powerbook.

I am also impressed with the overall build quality. Very good in a world of cheap crap. The Dell is garbage in comparison and to get anywhere near the same Video, HDD, P4 etc on the Dell is several hundred more. Everything is very sturdy. Even the power cord is above average.

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My only complaint is the keyboard. The top of this thing is PLENTY big enough that Toshiba could have fit a full sized board. Instead there are some idiot lights that let you know the HDD is spinning and wireless is working etc. I could easily do with out that for a full sized board. Few keys in some funky places too. It also has a remote and TV tuner that are external but I will never use them Could be a good idea for a college dorm or similar though.

I'm using it for portable video editing and so far so good. Ripping and burning a full (4.38 gigs) DVD takes a bit over an hour. Streaming from camera over firewire no problem. HT technology on the P4 2.8 with the included 512 ram seems to handle video processing better than my desktop AMD 2.8 w/ a Gig of memory. Haven't done any 3D gaming or such but it wasn't bought for that.

Had a question before I bought it so I tried tech support. They shipped some of them with "32 meg video" stickers (removeable) but they all have 64. Just a typo. A quick check of the system confirmed that it really did indeed have 64 as the specs say. Got through in literally 90 seconds, answered my question right away. Maybe a fluke but hey, when was the last time you got a tech support question answered in under 3 minutes?

So Toshiba if you're reading this....BIGGER KEYBOARD would have gotten you 5 stars!

This was my first notebook and only my second computer so I put a lot of research into it. Bottom line was this Toshiba was the most bang for the buck. I've had it now for about 2 months and haven't had a single problem with it. Media center is great. What did I do with out it? Most anything with music or video can be controlled via the included remote control. you can even put the noteboook into standby mode with it. The tv tuner is great and the ability to record to HD is icing. Media center does use a lot of memory and processor power though. It's also a little buggy. Nothing closing and reopening wouldn't fix. After hearing the built in speakers in the store I was a little worried, but once I got it home, they did the job better than expected. Of course ext. speakers most of the time, but in a pinch the built in speakers aren't that bad. Maybe another 20G on the HD would be nice but now I'm just getting greedy. All in all I have no regrets, it is everything I expected.

I have found this to be an excellent light-weight laptop bag for my 4 pound Sony Vaio, but it would easily accomodate a much larger laptop (say, the Dell Inspiron with 15 inch screen). I bought it based on the light weight and unique design compared to many of the traditional laptop cases that you see out there. Even with the laptop and media slice, there is still room in the bag's compartments for my firewire hard drive, headphones, and AC adapter (plus pens, papers, and other sundries). The shoulder strap has a nice quick-adjust feature and the shoulder pad is well bolstered with a non-slip material, so you don't have to worry about it sliding off and falling. Obviously, this case isn't going to be quite as sturdy as a larger, heavier case, but in a year of use it has protected my goods without a problem. The rubberized bottom "tire tread" protects against accidental drops and there is adequate padding inside to protect the screen (but I wouldn't go slinging it around). The only thing that kept it from getting 5 stars is the fact that it may not be secure enough for the largest laptops on the market, those with 16 inch screens. For anything under 6 pounds, I would definitely recommend it.

I looked and looked for a bag that woudl fit my dell 8100 and this was really the only one I could find that was under [money]. its great but I I wish there were a couple of more pockets for CD's or disks etc.

This is a 2-main compartment bag. In my determine of size, single compartment bags have just 1 compartment for the notebook. Flat flap pockets do not count. So this is the 2nd thinnest bag and possibly close to the lightest(1 1/2lb I think). It comes with nice soft strap and soft flexible compartments to accommodate odd shape objects. Its modern looking, suitable for most applications. I think this is the best size, weight, layout, look combination. Mine carries my HP notebook+PS+mouse, with space for cell, small digital camera and 2 books. The only downsides are the lack of a handle; and being a messenger bag, it can't stand upright.

I have found this to be an excellent light-weight laptop bag for my 4 pound Sony Vaio, but it would easily accomodate a much larger laptop (say, the Dell Inspiron with 15 inch screen). I bought it based on the light weight and unique design compared to many of the traditional laptop cases that you see out there. Even with the laptop and media slice, there is still room in the bag's compartments for my firewire hard drive, headphones, and AC adapter (plus pens, papers, and other sundries). The shoulder strap has a nice quick-adjust feature and the shoulder pad is well bolstered with a non-slip material, so you don't have to worry about it sliding off and falling. Obviously, this case isn't going to be quite as sturdy as a larger, heavier case, but in a year of use it has protected my goods without a problem. The rubberized bottom "tire tread" protects against accidental drops and there is adequate padding inside to protect the screen (but I wouldn't go slinging it around). The only thing that kept it from getting 5 stars is the fact that it may not be secure enough for the largest laptops on the market, those with 16 inch screens. For anything under 6 pounds, I would definitely recommend it.

I looked and looked for a bag that woudl fit my dell 8100 and this was really the only one I could find that was under [money]. its great but I I wish there were a couple of more pockets for CD's or disks etc.

This is a 2-main compartment bag. In my determine of size, single compartment bags have just 1 compartment for the notebook. Flat flap pockets do not count. So this is the 2nd thinnest bag and possibly close to the lightest(1 1/2lb I think). It comes with nice soft strap and soft flexible compartments to accommodate odd shape objects. Its modern looking, suitable for most applications. I think this is the best size, weight, layout, look combination. Mine carries my HP notebook+PS+mouse, with space for cell, small digital camera and 2 books. The only downsides are the lack of a handle; and being a messenger bag, it can't stand upright.

after couple days of use, I have to re-write the review
this card has very good reception
however, it shows only when not under heavy load
the reception drops dramatically when under load (file transfer, streaming radio)
after talking w/belkin ts, they suggest the driver from web, unfortunately, I am using with THIS driver, not the one with CD (I lost it the way back home after purchasing)
I'll give it back 5 stars once I found the solution of this issue (it happens on both laptop, even with any configuration)

I tried this out on my 4 year old laptop and I love it! I can go pretty far without and I'm always able to get online. I absolutely love it and I've gotten my dad and friends to buy one because I love it so much. Excellent product, easy to install, works great! Definitely recommend.

I just replaced an older wireless card with this Belkin in my aged Pentium II laptop... wow! Who knew there were so many access points in my apartment building? And I'm getting an 80% signal from my own network, instead of a feeble and unreliable 20%. Way to go, Belkin!