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Toshiba Satellite A215 Series

Toshiba Satellite A215 Series

412 reviews

Nov, 2024

Positive
portability (8)
size (4)
usability (3)
performance (3)
durability (2)

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battery (2)

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alaTest has collected and analyzed 412 reviews of Toshiba Satellite A215 Series. The average rating for this product is 3.5/5, compared to an average rating of 4.0/5 for other products in the same category for all reviews. People really like the durability and usability. The size and performance also get good feedback, but many are negative about the battery.

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We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other products in the same category the Toshiba Satellite A215 Series is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 79/100 = Good quality.

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Amazon.com review summary for Toshiba Satellite A215 Series

alaTest has collected and analyzed 350 user reviews of Toshiba Satellite A215 Series from Amazon.com. The average user rating for this product is 3.4/5, compared to an average user rating of 3.9/5 for other products in the same category on Amazon.com.

71% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

Nov, 2024

Expert review by : Michelle Thatcher (cnet.com)

Toshiba Satellite A215 review: Toshiba Satellite A215

Toshiba Satellite A215

Inexpensive; sturdy construction yet sleek design; attractive display; includes extras such as a Labelflash optical drive and a Webcam; speakers provide passable audio.

AMD processor can't keep up with Intel competition; subpar battery life; heavily branded case.

The Toshiba Satellite A215-S7437 is a well-balanced budget laptop, but we wish its battery life were longer.

Nov, 2007

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Expert review by : Carla Thornton (pcworld.com)

Toshiba Toshiba Satellite A215-S4757

The Toshiba Satellite A215-S4757 is the first Toshiba laptop with an AMD processor instead of an Intel one. It has heaps of features, including a 250GB hard drive, but its performance could be better.

Very affordable ; Full-size keyboard

Frustrating volume control ; Slightly stiff mouse buttons

Inexpensive laptop could be a good second PC for the home. It has an ineffective volume wheel, though.

Sep, 2007

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Expert review by : ZaZ (NotebookReview.com)

Toshiba Satellite A215 Review

According to Toshiba, the A215 is Onyx Blue in color, but it looks black to me. Perhaps when you're outside in the sun there's a blue hue to it. The A215 weighs in a bit over six pounds and is about an inch and a half thick. That puts it squarely on...

Bright Vibrant Screen ; Good Sound ; Cool and Quiet Operation ; Firm and Light Touch Keyboard ; Easy to Upgrade ; Simple Toshiba Applications ; Partitionable Recovery Discs

Slow 4200RPM Hard Drive ; Stiff and Clicky Touchpad Buttons ; Poor Screen Protection

The A215 comes with a one year parts and labor warranty standard which would include software support while the machine is under warranty. There are upgrades available if you would like to have a longer warranty. I didn't have the opportunity to call...

Aug, 2007

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Expert review by : sammy (brighthub.com)

Toshiba Satellite Notebook a215-s7472: Great Computing for less money

Satellite a215-s7472 is an affordable notebook from Toshiba that delivers cutting-edge connectivity options for business users. It is equipped with an AMD Turion 2.2 MHz processor, 2 GB RAM, 300 GB hard drive and an ATI Radeon HD2400 graphic card to...

Jan, 2009

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Expert review by : Michelle Thatcher (cnet.com.au)

Toshiba Satellite A215 review: Toshiba Satellite A215

Toshiba Satellite A215

Inexpensive; sturdy construction yet sleek design; attractive display; includes extras such as a Labelflash optical drive and a Webcam; speakers provide passable audio.

AMD processor can't keep up with Intel competition; subpar battery life; heavily branded case.

The Toshiba Satellite A215-S7437 is a well-balanced budget laptop, but we wish its battery life were longer.

Nov, 2007

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Very good laptop

If only it comes with 17" lcd model...

The big plus is it comes with Vista Ultimate and its cd so you don't have to send the laptop back to the manufacturer if something bad happened ; The performance is very good for a mobile pc ; It has an excellent air flow mechanism. You can safely put...

Battery life. It took only 35-45 min to drain the battery from 100% to 15% with 100% CPU load all the time, 1 usb connection, and wireless connection

Jan, 2008

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

TOSHIBA Satellite A215-S4767 NoteBook AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-64(2.20GHz) 15.4" Wide XGA 2GB Memory 250GB HDD 4200rpm DVD Super Multi ATI Radeon X1200 IGP

Speed,memory,hard drive all above average plus Vista Ultimate.I have owned this laptop for 4 months and i am not using it at its' fullest potential. Performs beyond expectations

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Dec, 2007

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Good product

After I made a purchse. I went to my local wholesales club and saw an HP model with the same exact configuration with Webcam built-in and it's 130 dollars less. It was too late for me to cancel the order when I got home. may be I was paying extra for...

Big hard drive, 64 bit ready nice design

No webcam buit-in. For the price, it would nice if it comes with 2gb of ram

Oct, 2007

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Perfect computer for casual gamers

I LOVE IT!

fast, cheep, multimedia beast ; This laptop runs like a champ every day while i play America's army or Fear or BF2. i never lag on low graphics and get 50-70 fps on AA. because of it having 2gb of ram it feeds the video card more ram to run faster on...

if you like to play new games on full graphics, don't get this computer

Oct, 2007

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Great laptop

I got this laptop at a nationwide brick and mortar chain for about $100 less than Newegg about 6 weeks ago, it's now even cheaper at that store.

It works great for most things I throw at it - Office 2007, Java programming, Photoshop CS3 ; Vista Home Premium is very nice, and I haven't had any problems with stability or performance. Vista is perfectly fine, but most people seem to forget how XP...

The hard drive is on the slow side, wish it had built-in Bluetooth, and the top of the case is a fingerprint magnet ; Battery life a lot to be desired - on power saving mode, I might get about 2 hours with wifi on ; It doesn't have a great GPU, but...

Oct, 2007

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