Toshiba Satellite P105-S6217 Notebook (1.66GHz Core 2 Duo Mobile T5500, 2GB DDR2, 200GB, DVDRW DL, Windows Vista Home Premium, 17" TFT)

User Reviews for Toshiba Satellite P105-S6217 Notebook (1.66GHz Core 2 Duo Mobile T5500, 2GB DDR2, 200GB, DVDRW DL, Windows Vista Home Premium, 17" TFT)

• Reviewed by: toshibarippedmehoff

  Duration of ownership: 1 Year

  Strengths: It looks purty

  Weaknesses: It overheats and shuts off ALOT!

  Overall Evaluation: It all started with the sight of the dual core nvidia combo in a laptop. how happy i was! I bought the t2400 based model right away at costco. oh noes 0x00000ea errors. :*( must be bad ram or driver error. SO i called tech support to have some noob tell me how i should take everything off my startup menu. WHAT?! i didnt understand. so i returned it to costco for a full refund. :) then i see the toshiba stopped making the t2400 based nvidia combo and upped it to the t2500. im thinkin maybe it just needed more cpu power. So i spend $2800 bucks on a laptop with a 7900gtx and 2.0ghz dual core. the t2500. so happy. then i notice high def world of warcraft is out of the question. i think eh it may just be the ping throttle. no such luck. oblivion had the same issues. then overheating in basic windows? 12fps in wow at low definition?!?! THEN BSOD errrors!!! and so i decide to let toshiba help me out with the situation since i bought it from direct. 2 "system boards" and a full year of warranty later. I am talking to my 7th toshiba rep ,a mr. roger. lol . and everytime they transfer me their volume cuts in half. so i call for tech support. they transfer me to toshiba tech customer service who then tansfers me to customer relations who is inaudible. who then transfers me again. IM 2 HOURS DEEP INTO THEIR PHONES AT THIS POINT!!! i wanna test this in a recording at another time. horrible business tactic with system volume based off call duration. bad tactic. but i digress. they are now 2 days late sending me my "repaired computer" for the third time and im outta my warranty. so i can either shell out the extra cash for the extended warranty and wait till they stop manufacturing the "system board" to get a new computer that will hopefully work. Or i can take it all apart and introduce a water cooling solution to this overheated monstrosity.