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Toshiba Satellite R15-S822 Tablet PC (1.6GHz Pentium M Centrino 725, 512MB, 60GB, DVD/CD-RW, Windows XP Tablet PC, 14.1
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- Included Devices
Storage
| Total HD Size | 60 GB |
| Optical Drive Type | DVD-ROM/CD-RW |
| Removable Optical Drive | Yes |
| Slots | SD Card |
| Number of Media Slots | 1 |
| PC Card Slots | Yes |
Battery
| Number of Included Batteries | 1 |
| Standard Number of Batteries | 1 |
| Type of Batteries | Lithium ion |
| Vendor Rated Battery life | 518 |
Networking
| Bluetooth | No |
| Included network card | Ethernet (10/100 Mbps) |
| Modem Type | V.92 |
| Wireless LAN Type | 802.11g |
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Pros
Screen offers plenty of scribbling room
Cons
Heavy and difficult to carry
Bottom Line
Convertible tablet is a bit heavy to carry around easily, but its 14.1-inch screen offers lots of room to write.
Toshiba Satellite R15-S822
Satellite R15-S822 Tablet PC (1.6GHz Pentium M Centrino 725, 512MB, 60GB, DVD/CD-RW, Windows XP Tablet PC, 14.1 Review, by Carla Thornton May 24, 2005
The Toshiba Satellite R15-S822 converts from laptop to tablet PC with a smooth swivel of its 14.1-inch screen. A reversible lid latch locks it against the keyboard in a jiffy. The $1599 R15-S822 worked well for me in either incarnation, although personally, 6.1 pounds (not including power adapter) of tablet is more than I would want to lug around in the crook of my arm all day if I had to do most of my writing on my feet. But for occasional tablet use or in scenarios where you would use it on your lap or another surface, this convertible is a fine choice, especially in the field.
The R15-S822's lithium-ion battery lasted 5.3 hours in our tests, long enough to plow through more than half a workday untethered to an electrical outlet. The R15-S822's speed when working in applications was in the ballpark for its 1.6-GHz Pentium M 725 processor, when supported with 512MB of RAM. It earned a WorldBench 5 score of 69, statistically equivalent to the slightly higher scores of an Acer Aspire 2000 and HP Compaq Nc6000 we tested with the same CPU. They scored 75 and 74, respectively. A good tablet, the R15-S822 boasts a bright, roomy screen that responded instantly to my taps, jots, and drawings using the comfortable black plastic stylus pen. Located on the right side of the laptop--or the top of the tablet in portrait orientation--the pen silo is easy to access no matter how you hold the unit.
The R15-S822 comes loaded with all the usual tablet applications, including Microsoft's OneNote 2003 writing application, an on-screen keyboard; and an input panel. Tablet buttons are few, but they cover the basics and more. In addition to the usual task manager button and a combination display rotation and <Esc> button, a versatile cross-functional button scrolls and allows drill-down access to numerous useful settings, from screen brightness to CPU speed. A nice extra is a right-side shortcut button for OneNote that includes its own lock button, which I soon found to be a necessity after accidentally launching the app almost every time I picked up the unit.
The R15-S822's firm keyboard features a fine layout and an attractive black-framed touchpad with large, easy-to-press mouse buttons. In addition to all the usual laptop connections--three USB 2.0 ports, one FireWire port, and one PC Card slot--the unit also includes an SD Card slot and a right-side, removable combination drive that can be swapped out for a second hard drive. Exchanging devices is not easy, though; the release on the bottom of my unit was so rigid that I had to force it to slide with the flat end of a screwdriver.
The front of the laptop features a Wi-Fi switch, mike and headphone jacks, and a volume wheel. The R15-S822's stereo speakers sound good for a convertible unit--fairly loud and clean, if not very heavy on bass. A Pirates of the Caribbean DVD looked good on the screen, but that's as far as the R15-S822's multimedia talents go. There are no special launch or control buttons for CDs or DVDs.
All the user-accessible parts are easy to reach, including the RAM slots and hard drive. The only design beef I have with the R15-S822 is the way the bottom of the screen slightly grazes the keyboard if you don't place it in a fully upright position before you swivel it. Toshiba does a good job of documenting the R15-S822 with good, basic printed instructions and a full Acrobat manual on the hard drive.
Upshot: The Toshiba Satellite R15-S822 is a fine machine, but you won't want to carry this 6.1-pound convertible laptop/tablet around for too many hours in a day.
Carla Thornton
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Strengths: Good System
Weaknesses: Too Expensive
Overall: I think that the tablet is way too expensive and should be at least 450$ or less. It is a very good working computer and should be that price. It would sell more.
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Reviewed by: sakuranekochick
Strengths: Easy to use, bright, clear screen, long battery life
Weaknesses: a bit heavier than i had expected, and the laptop itself is not as attractive as others
Overall: I got this laptop about 1 month ago for my birthday. Since then, it's worked very well for me, although i do have a complaint about the screen. About 2 weeks after i got it, tiny dots that looked like dust appeared behind the screen, and i have no idea what to do about them. There is also a larger more noticeable dot near the bottom of the screen... I guess i just need to take it back to comp usa and let them fix it... Any way, its very easy to use the laptop and then convert it to tablet mode. The Pen writes smoothly and where you store it on the side is very accessable. On other tablets, the pen is stuck on the side of the screen :/ The sound quality is average, it sounds better when you use headphones. There are also very helpful function keys at the top that allow you to change the brightness of the screen or turn the mousepad off and on. Very handy for when you are writing an email or a letter. The battery life is great, giving about 5 hours if you don't run any major programs. All in all, I love my laptop and would recommend this to anyone wishing to purchase their own Tablet PC
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Reviewed by: mythmanq
Strengths: some what light weight
Weaknesses: the screen not clear and support totally unhelpful..
Overall: got it home and after using one note for 15 minutes, the screen become flashing... turn it off and up again, it work fun... run virus scan and notthing found... talk to Toshiba tech support, been put on hold for almost 1/2 hour, and after tech support tell me do all the usally, i.e. reboot, reset, reinstall all software after format harddrive, etc... same problem.. sent it back to Toshiba, they send it back to me, got the same issues... go back to the store return it and exchange for HP instead...
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Reviewed by: DonBreaux
Strengths: I tried the NEC, the Avaretec and read rheems about others, before getting the R15. It is quick, light and I find the screen very clear. Toshiba put it all together in this one.
Weaknesses: The only thing so far is that the pen holder is tricky to use, causing my wife with longer fingernails some problem to click it into place. And wish it had a DVD burner.
Overall: I bought the R15 for my wife since she is just beginning to use a computer. The pen and liquid ink works well, the chip is really fast and the design is very practical. I find the Tablet OS is quicker than XP. Wireless is excellent and effortless. Had to turn off the Hard Disk message everytime I moved the unit, with it giving notice that the HDD had been jarred. Had never seen that before in normal usage. Has not affected operating however. At this point truly happy with it. Will update as time goes on.
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