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POSTED BY:
swingingant
Overall rating: 
4.0 out of 5
"my previous laptop broke down suddenly and i had to quickly decide on a new one. i was lucky that i saw this one :)... it has all the features i wanted :)... was a little over budget but the features for that price was pretty good... i work on the laptop a lot and the only crib i have is the keyboard isnt that good... it looks very good but the feel isnt that smooth... but if u can look past that and get accustomed to it.... its a great piece of equipment for the price :)"
POSTED BY:
Ron
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Rockland County,N.Y
Overall rating: 
5.0 out of 5
"Great purchase, speed-performance excellent...only minor negative is I'm surprised they don't offer a keyboard protector for this model to prevent dust etc"
POSTED BY:
flight plan guy
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Grand Rapids MI
Overall rating: 
3.0 out of 5
"Good, other than my printer port inopertive after 3 weeks, What do I do? Send it back with all my programs installed? My other Toshiba was a workhorse for 5 years, but I have a short in the screen. The screen must be positioned just right for viewing. I have it hooked up on a large moniter which does work well."
POSTED BY:
Donna
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Gig Harbor WA
Overall rating: 4.0 out of 5
"This is a good laptop for personal and travel use. It has lots of features and is lightweight. I feel it will replace my desktop AND my netbook which I use for travel. It has 6mg RAM, built-in DVD and 600+ hard drive."
POSTED BY:
desertlife28
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Lake Havasu City, AZ
Overall rating: 5.0 out of 5
"A long time ago, about 13 years ago, I had bought my husband a Toshiba Satellite when they first came out (unfortunately on the way to Afghanistan it was stolen about 4 years ago). About a year after buying my husbands Toshiba we liked it so much we bought one for myself (about 12 years ago). Once he retired we bought him a new laptop an HP at a very good price, its been okay but the Vista is not all that user friendly. When the Windows 7 came out, my old Toshiba was becoming outdated and finding on-line support for updates is getting limited and we decided to buy me a laptop but unfortunately I decided to try a Gateway it was at a great price. I got it home and I have had problems with it from the beginning, half the time the Wi-Fi fails to work and their customer service for technical support was more then lacking. After serveral of years of frustration using the Gateway I decided I needed to look into buying something different, something that was dependable. While my old Toshiba (almost 12 years) is outdated it is the most dependable unit ever! And yes we still have it and it still works GREAT:) I have never had a problem with my old Toshiba ever and I decided to come home to the Toshiba brand and that is when I decided to look into the Protege. I wanted something smaller and lighter, for the longest time Toshiba didn't have the smaller laptops and my husband saw this one on a TV commercial and told me about it. I looked into it, it had everything I needed in my desires for a new laptop and it is sooooooooooooooo cute! The HD is eye-popping, the sound is not so good but it wasn't on my Gateway either. My old Toshiba has GREAT sound so what is lacking in sound with my Protege it more than makes up with HD! I can get small speakers for it if need be. I love, love, love my new Toshiba Protege and will NEVER buy another brand again! Oh, and Toshiba's technical support is AWESOME, I have always experienced goodness with their support whenever I needed to call about my old Toshiba. Thank you Toshiba for making the Protege!"
POSTED BY:
Mike
,
Indy
Overall rating: 5.0 out of 5
"I wanted to replace my 5 year old Satellite. It lacked speed, # of USB ports and had a small HD. I had all my media files on multiple external drives. I also had a 10 inch Lenovo netbook that I used for travel. I had a list of features that I wanted and had been looked for 6 months. I finally found the R835-R81. It had everything except a Blu-Ray. I decided I didn't really need that."
POSTED BY:
Professor in Colorado
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Boulder, CO
Overall rating: 5.0 out of 5
"I spent months reviewing the latest and greatest laptop features, but for the longest time I couldn't seem to find everything I wanted in one computer. I've had a Toshiba Satellite for 5 years--which I've LOVED--and though it was still performing great, it was starting to feel way too heavy to lug around everywhere. (I'm a university professor so I'm constantly lugging my laptop with me to show slides in class, attend conferences out of state, and conduct research overseas.) Everyone kept telling me to switch to a Mac, but I've been so happy with my PC that I kept hoping to find "just the right thing". I finally came across the Toshiba Portege R835-P81, and couldn't be happier. Though I'm bummed I found a cheaper price within a couple weeks of purchasing mine, I'm still highly satisfied with my purchase. The laptop is definitely light and portable, and the battery's been lasting around 6 hours. The keyboard feels great, speakers are way better than I'd expected, and I loved that this was one of the only ultrabooks I could find that still had a CD/DVD drive. I'm very impressed by the size of memory and HD, and the i5 processor is way faster than the Core2Duo in my old laptop--even with twice as many programs running. Knock on wood, I haven't had a single problem with this Portege and am so glad I ended up choosing it over all the others."
POSTED BY:
Adrian
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Mexico
Overall rating: 5.0 out of 5
"It is a very powerful computer, with all the ports/interfaces I wanted it to have, with DVD drive, and very light weight. All of these at an affordable price. I'm very happy with it and expect to have it for many years."
POSTED BY:
Pepe
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Laguna Beach, CA
Overall rating: 5.0 out of 5
"I have own over 7 toshiba laptops since 1990. I have also bought them for clients and family. It is the best quality in the market and that includes Apple."
POSTED BY:
Daniel
,
Sofia, Bulgaria (Europe)
Overall rating: 5.0 out of 5
"I rated this Toshiba 5 stars because of my overall positive impression. To be honest, I'm quite happy working on this machine and definitely recommend it to business professionals who are often on the road and don't want to sacrifice the variety of ports and connectivity options in favor of ultra-books or tablets. I choose this model instead of a VAIO SA series model, and for the last 2 months I have no regrets about my decision. The pros: very lightweight, sturdy keyboard, variety of ports (1xUSB 2.0 port, 1xUSB 3.0 port, 1xUSB 2.0/eSATA port,VGA, Gigabit, HDMI), long lasting battery (taking notes during business meeting with wi-fi on - above 7 hours, movies - about 5 hours; heavy multitasking without the Eco function ON - about 3 or 4 hours); stylish design. The cons: no back-light keyboard (although this is not a deal breaker, one or two times I missed that feature when it was pitch black); probably not very contrast LCD display, but that could be something related to settings or due to my distorted color perception :); a little bloatware - the Bulletin Board and some timeline program. The laptop doesn't emit too much heat, when Eco mode is ON, you could almost tell that the bottom surface is cool; the noise in Eco mode is absent, a little bit more when multitasking, but in a while it fades away, it's not bothering. My machine is with 6 cell battery; probably with the 9 cell battery the results will be better. Although there's no quick charge, the recharge time is tolerable. Hope that all this is useful to someone interested in buying the Portege R835 :)"
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