The computer should be unplugged from the AC adapter. You can press the internal reset button by inserting a slender object such as a straightened small paper clip into the hole on the left side of the display. Toshiba Satellite laptops can be reset to factory settings by using the recovery partition, which is the most convenient method.
As of now, you can keep your files, remove everything, or restore factory settings. Toshiba laptops are equipped with operating systems based on the following. You can get started by clicking Get Started. Keeping my files or removing everything are two options you can choose. You might think the ViewSonic V would have the best display of the bunch since ViewSonic is a well-respected monitor and LCD maker, but the Toshiba beats it easily.
First generation tablets left me wanting when it came to viewing angle, brightness and contrast. However, second generation machines like the M and Electrovaya Scribbler SC are much improved heck, even the ViewSonic V offers great improvements. I care a great deal about screen quality since I work with graphics, and have been spoiled by the amazing XBrite display on my Sony Vaio TR2A subnotebook.
The Toshiba's sharp, contrasty and colorful screen is so good that I have no qualms using it as my main notebook. It rivals regular notebook displays, and suffers only from a more limited viewing angle when compared to recent traditional LCDs.
Since the clear protective layer over the LCD is thinner on second generation tablets, parallax is reduced and you don't get the feeling you're looking at the display through an extra layer of plastic. As with all XP tablets, it comes with an electromagnetic pen which has a "pen" tip and an eraser.
Most Centrino notebooks use the Intel integrated graphics controller with shared memory, and the GeForce is a nice step up. Not too shabby for a business-oriented notebook, and good enough for gaming with current titles. While you may get 30 fps, rather than 60 fps with high end graphics-intensive titles, games are still very playable, even with some effects turned on.
A 16 bit integrated stereo audio controller provides support for Direct 3D Sound. Sound volume and clarity is quite good through the built-in speaker located near the display panel, and a hardware rotary dial makes it easy to adjust volume.
Of course, you'll want to use headphones when listening to music or watching DVDs, as the stereo out quality is excellent. The M series models come with a 6 cell, mAh Lithium Ion battery.
Toshiba claims it's good for up to 4. With WiFi turned on, and the unit running at the default unplugged power management setting, I got close to four hours on a charge when using the notebook for writing in MS Journal, editing Word and Excel docs, checking email and surfing the web.
Not bad! Like most Centrinos, the Toshiba comes with several power management settings that work well for a variety of usage scenarios, and you can create your own custom settings. You can use Journal to write on most any kind of document. Say you want to mark up a web page and circle some interesting elements before sending it to a colleague.
It will create a copy of that page in Journal format, on which you can write and draw to your heart's content. When you email that annotated page, Journal includes the original URL, so your colleague can visit that page on the web.
Toshiba includes full versions of OneNote a must have for tablets, and pricey if you have to buy it separately , MS Works 7 and Zinio Reader a magazine reader: you can subscribe to some of your favorite magazines in Zinio format. You get the recovery disc should you need to re-install the OS and applications.
The tablet comes with Toshiba's excellent tools for configuring the BIOS when in Windows, power management and several other handy tablet-oriented utilities and WiFi connection helpers. Handwriting recognition, digital ink technology, voice dictation and voice command are built into the operating system, and work similarly on all machines, with the handwriting recognition edge going to faster machines.
Plenty of ports, good viewing angle, internal optical drive means you can watch DVDs on the plane. Intel wired and wireless networking are strong and the Bluetooth option offers 2. Biometric fingerprint scanner secures your data from prying eyes.
No recovery media included so you must burn your own CDs about 10 of them! Comparison Shopping: Where to Buy. Display: Extended viewing angle. Intel GMA integrated graphics using up to megs shared memory. Battery: 6 cell mAh Lithium Ion rechargeable. SATA drive interface, drive height 9. Size: Weight: 4. Audio: Built in stereo speakers, mic and 3. Audio jacks and volume controls are front-facing. You can write in either print or cursive, and specify the delay before your writing is translated.
Windows Journal, included with Windows XP Tablet Edition, allows you to doodle, draw, write free-form and later select handwriting to be translated into text.
It is a very useful and neat app! I can't imagine using this as a keyboard replacement, but for short emails and note taking while walking or standing it's great. I'll be brutally honest: this feature makes for a great party game and not much better. Before you use speech, you must spend approximately 10 minutes doing an initial voice training exercise with the machine. After that, you can choose to read aloud excerpts from classic works and Bill Gates' book to put in more training time, which is supposed to improve accuracy.
I did 3 training sessions, since the initial one yielded comic results. Things didn't get much better after the third training, but it did generate some really humorous sentences.
My voice is female, fairly deep, and clear except for some hissing on "s" sounds and I do not have any accent. Surprisingly, it did not have trouble with my "s" sounds, but rather standard vowels. It does have a great deal of trouble discerning between similar sounds: i.
While similar sounds such as deaf vs. I tried speaking slowly and more clearly than I would in normal conversation-- no luck. I gave the tablet to another person woman and it had the same difficulties with her speech as mine which leads me to believe that it doesn't really hone in on your voice, but rather your speech rate and voice pitch.
Yep, you can throw your card reader away. On top of that, you get two USB 2. It's cool, way cool! It's also light, relatively small though average in thickness and is built to last. While it's heavier than some other Tablets, it is exceptionally durable. The processing power, hard drive and memory for the which has megs of RAM are enough for serious work. In fact the Toshiba is the fastest of the first tablets to hit the market.
The video card is not the greatest if you're a gamer or a heavy graphics person, but I imagine there are limitations as to which video cards can support the digitizer features. Should you buy one? If you intend to use the nifty special features of the Tablet OS, then yes. If you don't intend to use these features, then you can find a faster machine with a CD burner, firewire and a brighter sharper screen for the same money.
Pro: Sheer cool factor OK, that's not enough reason to spend this much money, but man it is cool!
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