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Toshiba Satellite M35X-S163 15.4" Laptop (Intel Celeron M Processor 360, 512 MB RAM, 60 GB Hard Drive, DVD/CD-RW Drive) | 
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| Brand: Toshiba
Category: Personal Computer
Buy Refurbished: $1,099.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 3293
Hardware Type: Notebook Computer
Platform: Windows Xp Home Edition
Media: Personal Computers
Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
CPU Manufacturer: Intel
CPU Speed: 1.4
CPU Type: Mobile Intel Celeron Processor
Processors: 1
System Bus Speed: 400
System Memory: 512
Secondary Cache Size: 1
Keyboard: Full sized 85 keys with 12 function keys
Battery Type: Lithium Ion
Hard Drive Size: 80
Floppy Disk Drive: None
Graphics Card: Intel Extreme Graphics
Modem: 56 Kbps
Network Interface: Integrated Wi-Fi compliant wireless LAN Intel PRO/Wireless
Free Memory Slots: 2
Includes Software: Microsoft Works, Microsoft OneNote 2003, Sonic Solutions RecordNow! Basic, ArcSoft ShowBiz DVD Version 1.3, Intuit Quicken New User Edition 2004, Intervideo (WinDVD 5), Norton AntiVirus 2004, QuickTime Player, Napster online digital music service (30-day trial), RealOne Player 8 Basic
Display Size: 15.4
Shipping Weight (lbs): 11
Dimensions (in): 16.2 x 14 x 5
Warranty: 1 year warranty
Model: PSA72U-2KS00U
UPC: 032017329942
EAN: 0032017329942
ASIN: B00080O27Y
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | 1.4 GHz Intel Celeron M Processor 360 with 400 MHz system bus | | • | 512 MB DDR SDRAM (2 GB maximum), 60 GB hard drive, combo DVD-ROM/CD-RW drive | | • | Three USB 2.0 ports, one Firewire, one S-Video out, one PC Card/CardBus slot supporting one Type I/Type II card | | • | Built-in 10/100/ BASE-T ethernet; 56K (V.90) modem, 54-Mbps wireless LAN (802.11b/g) | | • | Windows XP Home Edition, Service Pack 2 |
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| Editorial Reviews:
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.The Satellite M35X built on Intel Centrino Mobile Technology deliver exceptional performance and up to 4hrs. Several configuration levels are offered to meet your specific needs. Select models include a 5-in-1-bridge media adapter and today's most popular features, such as an IEEE1394 port and high-speed wireless LAN.Increase productivity! Work side-by-side without scrolling using the 15.4" Wide-screen display. High speed Wireless LAN keeps you productive away from desk.
Amazon.com Product Description
Maximize your mobile performance as well as your multimedia capabilities with the Toshiba Satellite M35X-S163 notebook PC. It's ideal for both savvy professionals and students who want outstanding performance and advanced capabilities at an affordable price. It has a powerful Intel Celeron M Processor, integrated 54g wireless connectivity, a 60 GB hard drive, 512 MB of installed RAM, and a widescreen 15.4-inch diagonal display for a better visual experience. The Basics
- Hard Drive: The 60 GB hard drive (4200 RPM) is becoming the average size for notebook PCs, providing enough capacity for storing documents, digital media files, and productivity software.
- Processor: The Intel Celeron M Processor 360 is designed specifically for mobile computing, offering a balanced level of mobile-optimized processor technology, good mobile performance, and exceptional value. The 1.4 GHz speed resides at the top of the spectrum for this processor (as of March, 2005). It also features a 400 MHz front-side bus (FSB) and large 1 MB L2 cache. (An L2, or secondary, cache temporarily stores data; and a larger L2 cache can help speed up your system's performance.)
- Memory: The 512 MB of built-in memory (2 x 256 MB, PC2700, DDR SDRAM) is a good start for power users. It has two memory slots in total, with a maximum memory expansion up to 2 GB (2 x 1024 MB).
- CD/DVD Drive: This notebook includes a combo DVD-ROM/CD-RW drive, with 24x write/read and 10x rewrite speed for CDs and 8x read speed for DVDs.
- Keyboard & Mouse: This notebook has a standard 86-key keyboard and electro-static two-button touchpad.
Screen, Graphcs and Sound
The 15.4-inch widescreen TFT active matrix LCD screen provides a bright, vivid display and allows images to be seen from a wider angle than most notebooks. The integrated Intel Extreme Graphics video/graphics card (with up to 64 MB of shared video memory) is adequate for streaming Internet video, but won't be enough for today's demanding immersive 3D games. It also features an integrated audio card with headhphone and microphone jacks. Connectivity and Expansion Slots
The M35X-S163 has an integrated 54g wireless LAN that's compatible with 802.11b and 802.11g networks. You get a good offering of connectivity options, including both super-fast USB 2.0 and Firewire options: - 3 USB 2.0 ports for connecting a wide range of peripherals--from digital cameras to MP3 players
- 1 VGA monitor port
- 1 S-Video out
- 1 FireWire (also known as IEEE 1394 or i.Link) port for connecting digital video camcorders and other peripherals
- 1 PCMCIA (or PC Card) slot (Type I/II, 32-bit)
- 1 headphone jack
- 1 microphone jack
It also has an integrated 56K modem (V.90) and an RJ-45 LAN network port (for a 10/100 Gigabit Ethernet connection to networks and DSL/cable modems). Preloaded System and Software
This system comes with the Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2 operating system with Advanced Security Technologies, which helps to reduce unwanted downloads and pop-ups while surfing the Web. It also comes preloaded with Microsoft Works (for working with word processing and spreadsheet documents), and Norton AntiVirus (with three-month subscription). Dimensions and Weight
This notebook measures 14.4 x 10.8 x 1.48 inches and weighs 6 pounds. Power
It's powered by a 4-cell rechargeable lithium-ion battery, which has a battery life of up to 2 hours (depending on usage). What's in the Box
This package contains the M35X-S163 notebook PC, rechargeable lithium-ion battery, AC adapter, and operating instructions. It is backed by a one-year limiited hardware warranty.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 1 more reviews...
 terrible laptop September 18, 2007
-Keeps freezing and blue screening every few hours. No fix for bug.
-Hard drive has failed several times, but miraculously has come back to life. Took it to Toshiba repair shop but they had no fix for the problem, albeit putting in a new hard drive, and forcing me to lose all my data. Let's see how long it lasts this time.
-There was also a class-action lawsuit pertaining to this computer (and other Toshiba models) and hard drive problems, and how it fails because of static electricity.
-Noisy even when on "silent mode."
-Very poor battery life. Lasts 40 minutes now, after two years of owning. The most it ever lasted was 1.5 to 2 hours. Couldn't finish long movies.
Not a very fast computer either. And my 60 GB hard drive has filled up with less than a year of pictures and some videos. Don't buy this if you care about a) saving your data and b) having a reasonable amount of media.
 To become an experiment(al) or project Machine August 26, 2007
I just got a new HP 12.1" Tablet Tx1220US a couple of days ago, and as soon as the CompUSA TAP, three year extended warranty runs out(in 5 months), I plan to upgrade various pieces of hardware on the S161 of my Satellite M35X version as a hobby (my processor is 1.3 ghz instead of (S163's)1.4 ghz, the only difference it seems). As CompUSA has left WA state except for Spokane, and my 3 year extended warranty is with them, I am waiting for a box with a shipping label so I can send it in for repairs.
I have had 4 motherboard replacements (they claim), however, I see the dc-in port advertised as an easy replacement (at least 2x this has failed). Retail for the MoBo is $300, but in case I break it I have seen "pulls" for $99. Three mobo replacements were on Toshiba's dime in the very 1st year, but the last was from CompUSA, and this last replacement has been longlasting! I have had three external power supply breakdowns, 2 were the LiteOn Toshiba OEM, and one a CompUSA supplied generic. This is also with using aftermarket ac/dc adapters from Targus and Kensington extensively.
Current problems:
1)the memory door/cover has disintegrated where the vents are
2)one of the rear USB jacks has lost its center piece, so cannot function
3)rubber feet and rubber lid cushions are lost (the ones that have fallen off and I have found and kept have been super-glued back on which works quite well)
4) Lid hinge with screen seems very wobbly
5) original 1.5 hr battery hasn't been used for over a year and doesn't keep or hold a charge
6) Lost screw on the hard drive door/slider
Because of all of the repairs to the MoBo, I had hoped to participate in the Class action suite against Toshiba (static discharge), which seemed like it could have paid me $50 per MoBo repair, but my S/N was not included, but I filled out all the forms and sent in all the repair documentation. However, the Toshiba warranty has been extended to Nov. 6 2008, and perhaps CompUSA will bill them for repairs.
Things I would like to upgrade:
HD to 7200 RPM Hitachi or Seagate 100Gb+ (maybe a 2x performance boost, because the current one is 4200 RPM, and a newer one would also have a larger cache)
Processor from Celeron M 1.3 ghz to Pentium M Centrino 2+ ghz (1.5x speed boost and better power management)
I already have the 3hr battery, the CompUSA TAP plan includes one battery replacement for the original half capacity one, however.
The Wifi miniPC card could be exchanged out for a 400 mw card, the current one, though nice, is probably less than 200 mw.
Using this notebook today, I realized that I am very attached to it, and with all the repairs etc. and seemingly pretty good operation now, the love/hate relationship is currently on the affection pole. Not being dependent on it fairly exclusively, helps too!
The static shut-downs that were the source of the class action lawsuit against Toshiba, started happening overwhelmingly at about 4 months of ownership, which unfortunately was in June at the end of the University quarter I was attending. With the glitch in Dragon Naturally Speaking which prevents "saves" on spontaneous shutdowns, I lost about 1.5 days of very hectic term paper writing in MS Word, and messed up a PowerPoint presentation. As soon as the quarter ended it went back to Toshiba via CompUSA TAP, and it took 2.5 weeks to get back.
Actually, CompUSA has a 21 day return policy, w/o a restocking fee, I believe, and the 1st static shutdown occured during this time and I called a CompUSA store associate about this (he suggested I return it!), but apparently it didn't continue to happen. I had a $319 3 yr TAP plan, and $100 3 yr Computrace subsription, too, besides having opened everything and registering the SN online, so I didn't want to return it, if it could be avoided. My final price with rebates had been $800 (before taxes and without plans), but still within the 21 day return period, the M35X-S161 went on sale at Office Depot for $600 with rebates. Both Office Depot and CompUSA have pricematch, as well as Visa does, but I did not act in time to take advantage of these, the first round. Later it's "base price" was offered $50 lower at another store within 90 days of purchase and Visa did send me $50, but with the other merchants/manufacturer rebates the final price would have been $200 less than what my final price was after rebates, but before Visa's largesse.
This was my first permanent ownership of a laptop. I had bought a Compaq Presario 710RS (I think, 1ghz Duron) about 18 months previous to the Feb.1 2005 purchase of the S161 Tosh lappy. Radio Shack has a 30day return policy for RS CardHolders, and because pixels started dying and the laptop was immensly under-outfitted, I returned it. I had had 3 desktop PCs(DTK + AMD generic mobo, Compaq Presario 5712, self-built Intel 900 mhz Pentium III) before the Tosh., and one year ago, I bought a Dell Dimension 310E with a 19" LCD monitor, which I have rarely used, but will start doing extensive backups to and use as a print server after I setup a 3 client network for my 2 lappys and desktop.
A HORRIBLE LAPTOP March 2, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
A horrible system, always shuts off and always gets stuck, I have 2 of these computers and one of them turns off every few minutes, and the other one has a new display problem everyday.
So This computer is defintly a horrible buy.
SO PLEASE TAKE THIS ADVICE!
 Had it a year and it great! May 19, 2006
I bought this as a lightweight computer for my wife to use in teaching. I quickly loaded XP Pro and Office 2003 Pro and this little bugger has been working wonders. VERY few problems and those attributed more to virus and spyware activity. Small complaint on battery life.
So far we have gotten as much as 3 hours, but that was on LongLife mode which is a little slow. Great however, if you will be on the same document for a long time. Our avg time at full power is about 1.5-2 hrs. Wireless was a real cinch with this laptop also. I'd buy it again.
PS - Do wish it had a printer port though. There are only USB ports for accessories.
Very Good Laptop for the Money November 10, 2005
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I needed a replacement laptop for my aging IBM ThinkPad, but I did not want to spend a lot of money. I figured if I managed to live with a 6 year old 700 mhz Celeron based machine for 4 years and it was for the most part functional when I retired it , I could get by with a low end new laptop. I use this laptop for my Real Estate business and the wide screen definitely helps. Now I don't have to scroll from left to right to see all the data from the listing services. Excel Spreadsheets are easier to manage because you can see more columns on the wide screen without scrolling or freezing panes.
It has a DVD player, but I don't use that feature very often.
I do use the wireless internet connection as well as wired ethernet. Both work very well. I have never had to rely on the battery only( without AC) so I can't comment on battery life.
This unit is lighter than my ThinkPad
It comes with 3 USB Ports 2 rear 1 side and that is sufficient. I use a mini-hub on the rear for other accessories.( Wireless Mouse, Card Reader, Etc)
The sound is ok from the internal speakers, but I have amplified speakers on my desk and use them for most sound functions.
All in All I was pleasantly surprised by this laptop. The only downside I have noticed is the fan noise. The fan seems to run a lot even with very little processing activity, but it is not unbearable.
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