Toshiba Satellite M35X-S149 15.4" Notebook

Average customer rating:

AC Adapter Plug Issues

I wish I could give 0 stars!! Power problems - STAY AWAY!!!

How's this laptop under daily use?

Run from this product!!!

This is a lemon! Constant power problems

Toshiba Satellite M35X-S149 15.4" Notebook

Manufacturer: Toshiba
ProductGroup: Personal Computer

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Product Features:

1.5 GHz Mobile Intel Celeron Processor

256 MB DDR SDRAM (with expansion up to 2GB)

60 GB Hard Disk; power-saving battery for long life on the road

15.4" Screen; built-in 54g WI-Fi connectivity

CD-RW: 40x (read), 16x (write), 10x (rewrite); DVD-ROM: 8x

ASIN: B0009JG6B4

Customer Reviews:

AC Adapter Plug Issues.......2006-08-19

I have two 1135S Satellites. First worked great so bought a second. The second developed problems with the plug in--something akin to a loose connection.

After some investigation, I became aware that Toshiba is aware of the plug-in problem with its computers, but would not do anything about it in my case due to the laptop being barely out of warranty. Their solution: I pay for a new motherboard plus labor plus shipping!!!

My solution: I will never buy another Toshiba product.

I wish I could give 0 stars!! Power problems - STAY AWAY!!!.......2006-07-12

I bought this laptop and was happy with it for about 15 months. Unfortunately the warranty only lasts 12 months!
I have been having power problems. When I have the laptop plugged in and the AC power is registered my battery drains. When the battery power is all out, regardless of whether my adapter is plugged in, my laptop shuts down. The battery will only charge when the laptop is turned off.
Also, my laptop sometimes shuts down without warranty - this I understand to be caused by overheating.
I have researched both of these problems - neither are uncommon. Even though these problems are frequent and obviously a design/manufacturing flaw, they will not repair free of charge.
I will not buy another Toshiba.

How's this laptop under daily use?.......2006-03-21

Let's start off with how I came around to getting this. It was more of by chance than me actually going out and purchasing this exact laptop. So a little over two years ago, my mom decided to get my grandfather and my cousin a laptop, this exact one for my grandfather. Well, as he is much older, his vision has also begun to pass and he could no longer use the laptop. He decided that I would find a better use for it than collect dust and he said "Your mom got your cousin one, and I think you deserve to have one too." and so he gave it to me.

This laptop has a lot or pros and cons. Lets start off with the basics. This Toshiba Satellite M35X is an inexpensive laptop that is designed for students and home users on a budget. It isn't the smallest thing, but the laptop itself is quite lightweight in comparison to ones of similar size.

Some features that this laptop has that are quite nice are its big wide-screen display with the build in controls for CD and DVD playback. The 15.4-inch display with a standard 1,280x800 pixel standard resolution is the highlight of this laptop. The keyboard is also quite large which allows you to comfortably type, but some of the keys are located differently than on the standard keyboard which takes some time getting use to. For example, the standard insert and delete keys are next to the space bar unlike on the conventional keyboard. As for me, the laptop looks pretty darn slick with its array of neon blue, and green LED's with the silver and black casing, the first appearance is quite attractive.

But this laptop does have its cosmetic downsides. The notebook's lid is quite flimsy, but so far, for me, it has adequately protected the display, but I don't bring the laptop out of the house that often so I'm not positive. The built in speakers aren't the best, but you can live with them. I'd recommend using the headphones as the sound quality is clearer and you might not always be able to take advantage of the quite speakers that are built in. When you turn them up, you'll get distortion and a vibration which isn't good for the speakers. Also, over time, I have started to notice that the fan is quite annoying, and comes on quite often. I wouldn't have expected such a loud fan, as it surpasses the volume of my desktops fans.

But this laptop is quite restrained by the low-speed Celeron processor and the lower quality graphics build which will sometimes disturb your movie experience/gaming experience. Also, the very short battery life doesn't help this laptops standing. But, the laptop does have a nice feature that was built in that allows you to adjust your settings based on what programs you use the most. This optimizes the battery's usage as to prolong the use.

Overall, I would question weather or not this is worth the money to buy it. It seems to me that Toshiba has started to lower their quality to try and lower the price. There past products were top of the line, but now it seems they are trying to cut the cost to draw in a larger market. But I think there starting to fade their image. I would say on a five star rating scale I would give the Toshiba Satellite M35X a 3.5.

© 2006 - David Chen - All Right's Reserved

Run from this product!!!.......2006-02-19

I purchased this item in November 2004. Less than six months later (in early 2005) the computer would not hold a charge. I sent it off to Toshiba for repair. I was told about two weeks later that they did not have the part "in stock." and it would be probably another three weeks before it came in. As an online instructor who travels frequently, I need a reliable laptop. Of course, I started making numerous calls, finally ending up with the Toshiba rep for the store I bought it from. He made several phone calls and I had the item back within a week (one day before I was to leave on an important business trip for which I needed my laptop). For my trouble, Toshiba offered a $100 voucher to be used at their site. Now - in February 2006 (about nine months later) I need an AC adapter (my dog was hungry). Remembering that credit, I contacted Toshiba. They took my order, but could not tell me if I still had the credit. They asked me to call back in two days. I did and was advised that the part was not "in stock" (does this sound like deja vu?). They do not expect the part to be available for another 3 1/2 weeks! After calling around to numerous people (and after being told supervisors were not available -- at 2PM EST! no less), I reached someone who indicated that she would cancel the original order, advised that I should purchase the AC adapter, fax her the receipt, and she would have me reimbursed within 10 days. Great! After calling numerous stores in my area (Cheyenne, WY; Fort Collins, CO; Denver, CO) I still have yet to locate a "Toshiba" adapter. I can find MANY universals. What a joke this product and this manufacturer have been. Run!!! Run away from this nightmare!!! Buy something else!!!! And hey - this review is a "1" only because negative ten is not available.

This is a lemon! Constant power problems.......2005-10-20

Note that I gave this one star only because I can't give it zero stars.

I bought this laptop for my wife 10 months ago. She had a Toshiba laptop prior to this one that worked fantastically. So, trusting the Toshiba reputation for very good laptops, I got this one as an upgrade for her.

It is a LEMON, however. When it works, it does very well from a performance and functionality standpoint (and the price was decent). But the same problem is occurring again - surprise loss of power and an apparent drain on the battery. The A/C adapter plug seems to be connected properly, but the laptop seems to "lose" the connection for some reason, resulting in draining the battery and then - poof - off it goes when the battery's drained. My wife today says it's happening again after two previous "repairs".

Tonight will be the third time in 10 months that I will be contacting Toshiba to "repair" the problem - but I don't think it can be repaired. This time I'm going to insist that I get either a working laptop or a significant amount of the money I spent refunded. I'm really perturbed about this - of the 10 months we've had it, it's been at the repair depot for 1 of those months total so far!

Toshiba Satellite M35X-S149 15.4" Notebook PC (Intel Celeron M Processor 340, 256 MB RAM, 60 GB Hard Drive, DVD/CD-RW Drive)

Average customer rating:

Pretty bad
NEW Toshiba warranty - Toshiba will repair your laptop for free
I have a question
Good laptop for the price
What a piece of crap.

Toshiba Satellite M35X-S149 15.4" Notebook PC (Intel Celeron M Processor 340, 256 MB RAM, 60 GB Hard Drive, DVD/CD-RW Drive)

Manufacturer: Toshiba
ProductGroup: Personal Computer
Binding: Personal Computers

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ASIN: B00062NZCM

Product Description

Now get maximum mobile performance and an intense multimedia experience from a notebook that's lighter, thinner and more powerful! The Satellite M35X is the ideal notebook for savvy professionals and students who want outstanding performance and advanced capabilities at an affordable price.Built on Intel Centrino Mobile Technology, the Satellite M35X delivers exceptional performance and up to 4hrs. battery life. Several configuration levels are offered to meet your specific needs. All include a 5-in-1 bridge media adapter and today's most popular features, such as an IEEE1394 port and high-speed wireless LAN. For impressive presentations and awesome entertainment, the Satellite M35X-S349 also has a brilliant wide-screen 15.4" diagonal display enhanced with TruBrite technology, as well as the DVD SuperMulti optical drive - that reads and writes to the seven most popular CD and DVD formats, including DVD+/-R, DVD+/-RW, DVD-RAM and CD-R/RW.

Amazon.com Product Description

Affordability comes to mobile computing with the Toshiba Satellite M35X-S149 notebook PC. It features a 1.5 GHz Intel Centrino processor, known for its smart, power-saving battery for long life on the road and built-in 54g Wi-Fi connectivity. It also offers a large 15.4-inch screen, 60 GB hard drive, DVD-ROM/CD-RW combo drive, and 256 MB of installed RAM (with expansion up to 2 GB).

The Basics

Hard Drive: The 60 GB hard drive is becoming the average size for notebook PCs, enabling road warriors enough capacity for storing documents, digital media files, and productivity software.
Processor: The 1.5 GHz Pentium M (Centrino) processor is in the middle range of the spectrum. It is well equipped for , office productivity software tasks, from complex spreadsheets to databases. The Pentium M processor is designed specifically for low-power mobile usage, and it features the latest in power-saving technologies--ensuring you push your battery and productivity to the max. It also has a 512 KB L2 cache and 400 MHz front-side bus (FSB).
Memory: The M35X-S149 is very affordable due to low amount of installed RAM--just 256 MB, which just isn't enough for today's office producivity suites. You can expand this notebook up to 2 GB of memory
CD/DVD Drive: The combo CD-RW/DVD-ROM drive has 40x read, 16x write, and rewrite at 10x speeds. It can read DVDs at 8x.
Keyboard & Mouse: This notebook has a standard 85-key keyboard and electro-static two-button touchpad.

Sound and Graphics
The M35X-S149 has a 15.4-inch TFT display with a native resolution of 1024 x 768 pixels. It features the integrated Intel 855GME video/graphics card (with 64 MB of shared video memory), 16-bit Realtek ALC250 sound, and internal stereo speakers.

Connectivity and Expansion Slots
This M35X-S149 has an integrated 802.11g wireless LAN (which is compatible with the more widespread 802.11b and offers faster data transmission rates). You get a basic offering of connectivity options, which does include super-fast USB 2.0:

3 USB 2.0 ports for connecting a wide range of peripherals--from digital cameras to MP3 players
1 Firewire (IEEE 1394) for connecting digital camcorders and external hard drives
1 VGA monitor port
1 PCMCIA (or PC Card) slot
1 TV out (S-Video)
1 headphone jack and 1 microphone jack

It also has an integrated 56K modem (V.90) and an RJ-45 LAN network port (for a 10/100 Ethernet connection to networks and DSL/cable modems). It also has a hot-swappable bay for adding an optional optical drive or second battery.

Preloaded System and Software
This system comes with the Windows XP Home Edition operating system, and it also features Microsoft Works (for working with word processing and spreadsheet documents). Other preloaded software includes Quicken New User Edition, Norton Antivirus 2004 (with 90-day LiveUpdate subscription), Adobe Acrobat Reader, ArcSoft ShowBiz DVD, and Sonic Solutions RecordNow.

Dimensions and Weight
This notebook measures 14.4 x 10.8 x 1.48 inches and weight 6.81 pounds--slightly heavier than other Centrino laptops.

Power
It is powered by an 8-cell lithium-ion battery that has an average battery life of 3.5 hours (depending on usage).

What's in the Box
This package contains the Toshiba Satellite M35X-S149 notebook PC, rechargeable lithium-ion battery, AC adapter, and operating instructions. It is backed by a one-year limiited warranty for parts and labor.

Customer Reviews:

Pretty bad.......2007-02-25

I'm surprised to be able to write this online review as this computer has had it's problems. My husband and I have had it for nearly two years but not without problems. First there was the hard drive that decided to blank itself. Luckily we had a years warranty at Best Buy so they fixed it for us. No sooner do we get it back than the screen dies on us. I've been using it with an old Dell monitor for over a year now (we're poor). I actually backed up all my pictures, music and video today because i have the feeling that this computer is going to bite the bullet fairly soon. We're looking at getting an imac of which we've heard only good things.

My advice...there is much better out there for your money, don't waste it on this machine. Oh, and i have the same power problem as the other reviewers. In brief, a piece of crap.

NEW Toshiba warranty - Toshiba will repair your laptop for free.......2006-12-07

Toshiba extended the warranty on this model. Starting November 07 2006 you get a full 1 year worldwide warranty. I bought mine 2 years ago in the US and had it repaired in the UK for free as under full warranty. Toshiba replaced the system board and now it's working great. Go to [...], or google for "M35X Setlement". The Toshiba hotline is 1(866) 579-1900.

I have a question.......2006-11-29

like everyone else I had a real bad experience with this laptop
now it doesn't work
I would like to know more about the lawsuit
if anyone has details about it, I would like to hear about it

thanks

Good laptop for the price.......2006-08-01

I've had this laptop for almost 2 years, purchaed in 10/04. I've only had two problems.

1. The tiny screw that holds the cover to the memory is broken. Probably my fault.
2. The plastic latch broke. Fixed in less that two days locally, no charge.

If you want to play games, then this is not the laptop for you.
It is fine for basic tasks and watching a DVD. Get ear phones for the audio, especially for CDs.

I find the touchpad difficult, so bought a small wireless mouse. I use a normally USB keyboard when working at home. All laptop keyboards feel crampted, not just this one.

I'll probably replace it next year, but I will almost certainly by Toshiba again, or may one of the Apple MacBook Pros.

What a piece of crap........2006-05-04

I purchased this thing in December of 2004. It worked fine for about 6 months, and then there was the battery problem where the battery wouldn't charge because of a weak connection inside the computer... There if a fix for it, but if you dont know how to use solder then dont waste your time. Anyway. The laptop is completely dead now, and thats the end of the story.

Try a better brand such as HP, IBM, or Apple.

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As described.......2005-10-17

This was a bargain, I got free Super Saver shipping, and my order arrived in less time than anticipated.
What more can you ask for?

EPSD/128 SD Card .......2005-08-31

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Great for the price.......2005-08-20

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No complaints here.......2005-04-06

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