Also, the size of the power adapter is quite large - not unlike a small brick! The power adapter can become quite hot whilst charging too. You must remember that this is a desktop replacement system and therefore is not designed to be lightweight. To me this isn’t as heavy as it sounds, although you wouldn’t want to carry this with a single hand and you’d probably get tired carrying it around all day in a case or backpack. The Satellite A70 weighs in at 7.98 pounds without the power adapter. While wearing shorts, I’ve had the laptop resting on my legs and experienced just a wee bit of discomfort. Two fans mounted on the bottom of the machine and air vents at the rear provide adequate cooling with no signs of overheating. It has two sturdy hinges holding the display to the main body. The casing is made of a combination of plastic and metal. After several weeks of use, I have had no problems. This seems to be a very well made computer. Not a bad deal I thought when I compared the price to what other stores in New Zealand such as Harvey Norman were offering. The machine comes with a standard 1-year warranty.
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This saw me back in the computer store the next week and forking out an additional 200$ (NZ) for the Toshiba Satellite A70 for $3000 (basic machine + negotiated a free Norton’s Antivirus, a Targus Carry bag and a 16-month Interest free payment plan) I also spent an additional $399 (NZ) for a 3-year extended warranty. One of them made the allusion to HP machines being similar to a Hyundai car and the Toshiba like a European car! Until I showed it to some workmates in IT who immediately wrote off the machine saying it was too wimpy with a 1.7GHz processor and instead recommended a Toshiba. The DV1123 is a beautiful machine, really mobile and light and very nice to work on. Settling on Noel Leeming ( the first notebook I bought was the Hewlett Packard DV1123 - Centrino 1.7GHz, 60GB HDD & 512MB RAM for $ 3000 (NZ) ( Link) I researched both Noel Leeming and the Harvey Norman chain of electronic stores here in New Zealand. Being my first notebook computer and knowing I’d be using this at home quite a bit, portability and battery life was not a priority. The price limit for me was set at about $ 3000 (NZ). I also wanted a notebook computer that would have enough capacity for my large MP3 music collection (a few thousand files in number), the ability to play DVDs, store photographs etc.
Now I’m not being selfish, it’s just that the Desktop computer I have has been taken over by the kids needing study time on it. I also simply needed a separate machine for myself without the need to share with the rest of the family.
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I wanted a system that was capable of meeting my needs as a fulltime working professional and part-time student.
When I was researching what notebook to buy, I looked at several models and read extensively in the forums at. Due to the lower specs, the cost of the lower end A70 is about $500 (NZ) cheaper than mine Toshiba Australia and New Zealand (NZ) offers two other configurations for the Satellite A70 besides the one that I have, these configurations differ only in the terms of the Processor, which are the P4 3.20GhZ or 3.33Ghz (my configuration is 3.46GHz P4), both of these other offerings have a 40GB Hard Disk and 256MB of RAM.
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Left hand side view of the Toshiba Satellite A70 J00W ( view larger image)įrom the left to right on the LHS of the A70 there are: Infrared port, Optical drive, PC card slot, 5 in 1 card reader, IEEE 1394 firewire port Rear view of the Toshiba Satellite A70 J00W ( view larger image)įrom the left to right on the rear of the A70 there are: Power adapter port, S-Video output, External monitor output, Parallel port, 2 x USB ports, Ethernet and Modem ports
Right hand side view of the Toshiba Satellite A70 J00W ( view larger image)įrom the left to right on the right hand side of the A70 there is present: 1 USB port, Volume adjustment, Headphones jack, Microphone jack, Wireless switch and Security lock port
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