Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #67286 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Toshiba
• Model: PSLE0E-00600KEN
• Released on: 2008-06-11

Manufacturer's Description
The Satellite L350D is a very affordable 17" widescreen laptop. Ideal for those looking to replace a desktop computer, or looking for a value for money big screen laptop, the L350D series delivers quality and good performance without breaking the bank. The high quality 17" Toshiba TruBrite widescreen display is ideal for watching movies, and other everyday computing tasks. Satellite L350D models feature the latest AMD Athlon64 X2 or Turion64 X2 processors, with more than enough power for everyday computing. All Satellite L350D models feature a webcam integrated into the chassis, ideal for video calls, and has face recognition technology which allows easy logon to Windows.

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Customer Reviews

Toshiba Satellite L350D-12M
I was looking for a desktop replacement with a good spec and a 17 inch display for under £400, this machine certainly ticks all the boxes. The setup was long winded and the display keeps going off making you wonder if its still working. No rescue disks of any description, Toshiba expects you to make your own. Not a good prospect for any novice PC owner, Dell give a much more user friendly experience.

If your new to PCs the AMD Athlon is the quicker cheaper version of the Intel Pentium (the processor I prefer as an experienced user).

So far we are pleased with the machine itself but found out later that the supplied Microsoft Office is a demo which lasts a few weeks before your have to pay for it. So we downloaded Open Office (127MB so broadband required) which is free and is compatible with Microsoft Office. If your used to PCs this is a very good machine, if your a novice then maybe your'll need help creating those backup disks.

The 2GB of memmory is the minimum for running vista (even though Microsoft do state 1GB) and the 120GB hard-drive is enough as long as your not into photo's or store large files. Even plays movies straight out of the box, which is unusual because the required decoders aren't always included with PCs.

Connectivity is sparse really with only the minimum connectors there such as 3 USB ports and the normal 15 pin HD for external monitors.

As the LCD is 17 inch this means that the keyboard is much bigger so all I needed to add was a wireless mouse to make it more useable.

So generally the family has been happy with this Laptop.

A good Laptop for a good price.
I wanted a new laptop for my daughter, she didn't want anything that was slow, but didn't need top of the range, as she only uses it for talking to friends, emails and homework & playing a few games.
But this was a lot better than her previous one. It was faster and more up to date too.
This is classed as Mid-Range in laptops and the specs for the money is really good.

2Gb of working space,
built-in webcam and microphone.
Intel Core 2 Duo T5800 (2.10GHz) processor.
1Gb + 1Gb DDR2 RAM. 160Gb SATA hard drive.
17ins wide XGA +200 CSV display.
DVD supermulti dual layer drive.
Intel GM45 graphics.
WiFi 802.11 a/g/h.
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium.

A Big Brand for a Small Budget.

Not pleased with my Toshiba
OK, on the face of it the Toshiba l350d is a good buy. Great screen, decent keyboard, decent memory and storage. In my case the graphics card wasn't great, but I was happy with that financial comprimise as I use it primarily for developing software and not for watching DVD's (although i do watch dvd's, more on that later).

From the get go, their were little things wrong with it. Nothing serious, for example when it went into hibernate mode, it took waay to long to come back. Also, it seemed to struggle with some DVD's. Like I say not huge problems and I was happy to see these as teething problems. Now after a year I can see that they were not teething problems but warning signs. Now if the laptop goes into hibernate mode there's a 50/50 chance that it won't come back ie you need to simply do a hard reset and then do a boot up in windows safe mode. The DVD player is getting worse. Also, the mounting for the power jack snapped off inside the laptop, which meant I had to get the whole thing repaired for 70 pounds. I did some research and found that this is a known fault with Toshiba's and that the internal housing for the jack is notoriously flimsy. In fact when I took it in to get it repaired the repair man told me that the very last person he had served had come in with exactly the same model and exactly the same problem.

Summary, i will never buy a Toshiba again. I will stick with Dell...