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post #81 of 130
5/24/06 at 7:35am
it can only act as a remote for dvd drive.Its not too bad,can play dvds, audio cds and dvds too.
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post #82 of 130
5/24/06 at 7:49am
In case anyone cares: there's a decent chance this is a MXM notebook
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post #83 of 130
5/25/06 at 6:35pm
Anyone notice that the Toshiba P105-S921 is now gone from Toshiba's website?

http://www.toshibadirect.com/td/b2c/...HO&coid=-30597
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post #84 of 130
5/25/06 at 6:51pm
I just ordered one the other day! ...yeah i noticed...what the @@@@ does that mean?
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post #85 of 130
5/25/06 at 7:41pm
Probably out of stock or they may be updading some of the options or despcription information.

It happened once before that they "dissappeared" for a day or so.
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post #86 of 130
5/25/06 at 8:35pm
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Originally Posted by nj2tx
I just ordered one the other day! ...yeah i noticed...what the @@@@ does that mean?
Hmm.. maybe a price increase?????? Or you can customize it.
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post #87 of 130
5/26/06 at 9:39am
It's also gone from Circuit City's website. You can find in listed under Toshiba but when you click the link you get an error.
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post #88 of 130
5/26/06 at 1:14pm
turns out ur all wrong, the remote almost acts as a mouse one day when i was bored and pusing the arrow buttons it was scrolling menu's by itsself, im going to dj a party 2 night using my p105-s921 the creative audigy2zs card and creative program it works universally but it works better with certian programs, windows media player it works perfectly in, the creative one has to be focused to work and if u have a menu highlighted it will scroll with arrow keys, spend 5 mins and play with it that lil remote can do alot
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post #89 of 130
5/26/06 at 5:28pm
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Originally Posted by det922
turns out ur all wrong, the remote almost acts as a mouse one day when i was bored and pusing the arrow buttons it was scrolling menu's by itsself,... spend 5 mins and play with it that lil remote can do alot
Thanks for the investigative work. And you're right it does do a lot. Now that's what I call a CoOl FacTor

Reps for you my brother!
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post #90 of 130
5/30/06 at 2:44pm
Looks like it is back on Toshiba's site.

http://www.toshibadirect.com/td/b2c/...HO&coid=-30597
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post #91 of 130
6/1/06 at 3:12am
I've got a bit of a question. I'm in the market for a laptop and I've always liked to have near top end quality, although I also happen to be unkeen on spending my hard earned cash. I've looked at the stats on this laptop and they are spectacular (My friend bought one so I'm gonna check it out when his ships) but I'm also looking at a lower cost alternative, the HP 8000t. It has nearly the same stats and is around $400 cheaper. The other thing is that for the same price I can get a 15.4" MacBook Pro, which I know as well to be an extremely good laptop. Although I've never owned a Mac and have not seen a MacBook Pro. Now, I've never used a Mac and I have a few friends Bias against Hp for various reasons and just witnessed my roommate last years Toshiba completely die (Harddrive failed. I tried every type of format and install of at least 4 different operating systems) so I am wondering if anyone has first hand comparasons of any of these.
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post #92 of 130
6/2/06 at 1:17am
I just opened up my new p105-s921 and my first impression is WOW. The finger print is easy to set up and works better than i expected. Its very quiet, light, and the screen is amazing. It was also extremely easy to connect to the internet. The only problem that i can see rght now is having to remove a lot of useless programs. Ill get back later with impressions after i have owned it for a while.
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post #93 of 130
6/2/06 at 10:10am
Removing the programs is always a problem when you buy from one of the big vendors.
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post #94 of 130
6/4/06 at 11:49pm
thers no reason to be biased on this laptop, or toshiba a hd is not a whole laptop and have had alot of hard drive faliures from alot of diff comps over the years, its just natural "wear n tare" im so into this comp im going to post my own review with pics and in action pics (i used it to dj a party its first week). so keep tuned!
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post #95 of 130
6/9/06 at 8:25pm
after a week or so of use, i havent run into many problems at all. havent had any hiccups or anything like that. personally i think that the speakers are loud enough, but i use a head set most of the time anyway. my real only complaint is that the cover scratches very easily. i left the protective sheet on as long as i could stand it, and right when i took it off i somehow managed to scratch it right away. overall it was definately worth the money.
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post #96 of 130
6/10/06 at 8:07pm
i'm getting mine on Monday..will probably try and image what's on there, then load Vista Beta 2. That or upgrade it to xp pro. Probably want to wipe it and reinstall as that's the fastest way of getting rid of the bloatware.

Looked at the vista requirements today and it should be fine, but may have to struggle a little with getting the various device drivers to work, we'll see.
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post #97 of 130
6/10/06 at 11:51pm
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Originally Posted by gmoffitt
i'm getting mine on Monday..will probably try and image what's on there, then load Vista Beta 2. That or upgrade it to xp pro. Probably want to wipe it and reinstall as that's the fastest way of getting rid of the bloatware...
First of all there isn't that much bloatware. Just do the uninstall thing, took me about 10 minutes to get rid of unwanted apps. Here's something to think about just in case you aren't aware of how this notebook is setup.

Toshiba has integrated some cool features that you might lose after doing an OS upgrade. Here they are in a list.

1. Protector suite finger print app.
2. Wireless configurator. This works great.
3. My safe folder. Opens with finger print reader.
4. Touchpad configurator.
5. No boot media feature.

Just a heads up but let us know how the Vista upgrade goes. And personally I don't see a need to upgrade to XP Pro. I have Pro on my desktop and don't miss it at all.

Good Luck!
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post #98 of 130
6/11/06 at 12:02am
Mooney, thks for the list. That's why the image..and I'm assuming it comes with a 'reinstall' cd? Some do some don't. Anyway will try and image to my external drive. I need the xp pro upgrade in order to run ms virtual server. I also may want to put server 2003 on there.

I checked the specs for Vista and the laptop (esp the cpu and video) and it looks promising, but there's a download from ms for checking compliance. Will post my experiences.

The other challenge is getting memory to bulk out the 4GB limit..i'm finding it hard to find any 2GB sticks..lots of 2GB *kits*..i.e. 2 sticks, only found one 2GB stick so far:

http://www.bytewizecomputers.com/pro...7/10/911/11776

oops..the above is PC5400, this laptop needs 5300..sorry! See my note further down.
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post #99 of 130
6/11/06 at 2:17am
Gmo, there is a toshiba recovery disk with all the drivers so you'll be alright with the upgrade. I check the Vista specs and this notebook is good to go. Looking forward to your evaluation and if this is your first duo core box then you're in for a nice surprise.
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post #100 of 130
6/11/06 at 1:52pm
Unless your Windows XP edition is 64bit and has the required CPU , it won't even recognize the full 4GB, so don't concern yourself with it.
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