Toshiba announced a slew of refreshes and new products today. The Japanese manufacturer refreshed its entire line of mainstream Satellite laptops, ditched the clunky Thrive Android tablets in favor of a whole new line of thin Excite tablets, refreshed its Qosmio gaming laptop, and redesigned its LX series of all-in-one desktops. It's certainly been a busy day for both Toshiba, and the product team here at gdgt. Let's take a closer look at each of these new designs though. The higher-grade...
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The US Copyright Office in 2010, stated Jailbreaking iOS devices is legal. Now this exemption is running out. I would like to hear what you think about rooting or jailbreaking. I'm doing some research of my own and want any information, whether you oppose Jailbreaking/Rooting or you're in favor, I want to know. Please be as detailed as possible when replying, so that your comment is not misconstrued.
Who's in the market for a new HDTV? Not me, that's for sure. After hearing that this will likely only be useful for people with tvs that have come out very recently I think it's a bummer. I guess this is how Roku gets out of the set top box market--because if it doesn't look like a set top box, but it plays like a set top box and smells like a set top box, maybe it isn't a set top box? Because, you know, people hate set top boxes. I agree that buying a Smart TV isn't a good decision with how fast...
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http://www.engadget.com/2011/12/19/lightpad-connects-your-smartphone-to-an-11-inch-screen-expands/ LightPad to the rescue! Boom, the versatility of a smartphone, no need to buy a smartphone and tablet to be a "road warrior." This is what I have been looking for in that you don't need a third device, you just have to be able to use your phone in conjunction with a peripheral that allows you to be more productive. This will be demoed at CES and is for sure purely a concept thing, my hope is that big...
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One annoying thing is it doesn't have an optical drive which wouldn't be so bad if booting from USB wasn't so fickle. It will only boot off a Toshiba USB optical drive, and a small collection of devices from other manufacturers. Couldn't even get it to boot off a USB stick.
I wanted so bad to like you, but with your terrible UI and slow performance, (despite spending way too much on RAM, $250 for 2GB of RAM), I had to let you go. Glad Best Buy took care of me after the hinge broke. What a nightmare. Can't believe I thought Vista would have been any better...
I got very good deal 50% off because it was open box at display last one, I took 3 years warranty and Install Norton Internet Security 2010 and Norton Utilities, for me I love this Laptop its pritty fast and i use Skype to call friends its very clear sound and they cant even tell that i am calling from laptop.
I know it's kind of a silly question but I'm thinking of getting this for my sister for Christmas and she plays alot of Facebook games. I just want to be sure she won't be dissapointed.
[I would prefer an Android-based tablet since I'm already familiar with that platform.]
By "best tablet" I mean, which is the most reliable and intuitive device for running PowerPoint? What about connecting the tablet to a projector? Do they all have mini HDMI? Of course I wouldn't be designing the presentations on the tablet, simply running them.
I have a 4 year old Toshiba Satellite A135 that runs Vista. It's a little beat up, but otherwise works fine. The processor is Intel Core 2 Duo 1.73 GHz, 110GB HD, and I upgraded the RAM from 1GB to 2 right away when I bought it from Bestbuy in 2007. The battery life sucks and it's heavy, but these things don't bother me anymore. I graduated college in 2008 and since have used it 95% of the time as a desktop, especially since getting my iPhone. So here's the question: Would upgrading the RAM to...
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Looking for a new laptop for grad school (economics) and it seems like I just can't find the right one. The MBA looks and feels amazing, but I like to game on the go between study sessions (mainly Magic Online which doesn't have a Mac client) and I'm worried about proper spreadsheet support+any statistical package my professors decide to use. Considering I'm going to be doing a bunch of writing, Lenovo (X1 or E420s) is a real possibility, but I like studying and doing work at coffee shops, not...
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Would like to know which manufacturer is not nerfing cool features and not installing bloatware so that I can browse that manufacturers products and only consider specs. If there is no saint then just opinion on the least obnoxious will be great. No #apple or #WP7.
I am looking at this Lenovo laptop: http://www.officedepot.com/a/products/902238/Lenov... and wondering if it is worth it, I don't want to spend much more than this and it seems alright. Just wondering what people think if it is a good laptop. I was looking at this or a used macbook around the same price range but I would rather buy a new computer and I don't want to get another HP or Compaq, they seem to breakdown on me too quickly. I found this one by Toshiba:...
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Got an advanced copy of Windows 7 Ultimate so I upgraded the laptop. Just wanted to report even though it took a long time (watch a show, play a game) the transition went smoothly. Only had to choose one option during the whole process. Runs a bit peppier now. Nothing dramatic but it is noticeable.
Got an advanced copy of Windows 7 Ultimate so I upgraded the laptop. Just wanted to report even though it took a long time (watch a show, play a game) the transition went smoothly. Only had to choose one option during the whole process. Runs a bit peppier now. Nothing dramatic but it is noticeable.
Does anyone have Windows 7 running on the Toshiba mini N205? My blue system has the 2GB upgrade, I've been running the win7 beta on other systems but haven't attempted an install on the 205. Any luck out there? Toshiba support?
So, it appears that while my Toshiba Satellite A205 is fully capable of Hardware assisted virtualization (the technology that powers windows 7 xp mode) the feature was intentionally disabled in the bios (with no switch to turn it on). Anyone discovered any hacks to get this feature turned on? Or does toshiba need to be chewed out for disabling existing features.
My M35 finally died when I couldn't get it to keep a charge. The power connector became loose, and even though I bought a new connector and tried to solder it myself, I never got it to work properly. I found this was a common issue with the M35 from various forums that helped me troubleshoot the issue. Here are the instructions if you want to try this out for yourself. http://www.laptoprepair101.com/laptop/2007/07/16/s...
