11.6-inch HD LED-Backlit Display, ATI Radeon HD 4225 Graphics
Windows 7 Home Premium, 5.15 hours of battery life
Description
Take off where netbooks leave off with the Satellite T215 laptop, a sleek, stylish, ultrathin PC delivering laptop-like performance, plus the mobility and affordability you’re looking for. Weighing less than four pounds, and measuring just an inch thin, this easy traveler is a cinch to carry - just like a netbook. Yet it offers a larger 11.6-Inch diagonal HD TruBrite widescreen LED display, more resources to handle the day’s tasks or evening’s entertainment and a great communications package to keep you effective and in touch. AMD Athlon II Neo processors11 plus ATI Radeon graphics deliver more horsepower and multimedia capabilities than their popular netbook counterparts - for playing games, streaming video and so on. That makes this laptop ideal for digital entertainment lovers who demand a richer Web experience, but expect an exceptional battery life rating too. The Satellite T215 laptop also stands out when it comes to convenience, thanks to features like a comfortable full-sized raised tile keyboard, fast resume, built-in HDMI port and exclusive Toshiba apps, like USB Sleep and Charge. Add premium styling with a Fusion Chrome Finish, and you’ve got a machine with a design, and a reputation, that really gets around.
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78 of 78 found the following review helpful:
Where notebook meets netbook Jul 12, 2010
By S. Saunders I've enjoyed my netbooks, most recently my ASUS Eee PC 1000HE 10.1-Inch Blue Netbook - 9.5 Hour Battery Life. But they have their limits of peformance, screen resolution, and small keyboards. I couldn't use my netbook for some work-related projects for which I use my 3 year old Toshiba laptop. As much as I like my netbook, it's always been more of an 'accessory' computer. I'd have preferred to put it in my tote bag when heading out to work, but usually toted the older laptop instead.
Then I saw this new Satellite. Small and almost exactly as light as my netbook. But this notebook has a full sized keyboard, widescreen display capable of higher resolution than my netbook, a dual-core processor, Windows 7 Home Premium, and a RAM capacity of 8 GB. At a decent price. The tradeoff: just average battery life.
Maybe if it wasn't so pretty, and at a good price point, I wouldn't have been so quick to buy it. But it's an elegant package. Sleek silver keyboard, lid in a subtle gray on black pattern that resists fingerprints and smudges, and a thin profile. So I took the plunge and brought it home.
I haven't been sorry yet after a week or so. I'm writing this review on it. My fingers like the full-sized keyboard with no funny shift key locations. This notebook - as of now amazon's product title calls it a "laptop" but it's surely a small one - has immediately replaced my netbook. The 4 hour battery life of the T215D isn't spectacular but it's going to be sufficient 99% of the time for my use. I'll just have to remember to keep it charged.
I'm new to Windows 7 but finding it a quick adjustment. My favorite office and graphics programs have loaded easily, and although I haven't yet supplemented the OEM 2 GB of RAM, operations are nimble and quick. This small notebook has the capacity to handle my work-related projects and I expect that in due course I will retire the old notebook too. For my needs, the T215D is where the netbook meets the notebook.
EDITED to add: I've just seen a later review of this product here, which claims that it feels "flimsy" - and that the DVD drive pops open when the computer is picked up. That review is completely wrong - because this notebook of course has no DVD drive. I've been using the notebook at home and on the go and it certainly has not seemed "flimsy" to me.
EDITED again on July 30, 2010 to add: I opened the machine and confirmed that it came with one 2GB RAM stick - meaning the second RAM slot was empty. After consultation with my cousin the IT pro, I purchased and installed a compatible 2GB RAM chip = Crucial CT25664BC1067 2GB 204-PIN PC3-8500 SODIMM DDR3 Memory Module. The result with a total of 4 GB of RAM, is even better performance than before.
23 of 24 found the following review helpful:
Five Star Winner Jun 26, 2010
By Potz804
"Potz"
I upgraded the ram to 4GB on the first day, it has two slots, one open. This thing is fast for an 11.6 netbook+ and the screen is fantastic. Sharp, bright and great for movies with 16 x 9 format. The keyboard is easy to use for touch typing, has a good size right shift key, dedicated home/end and pgup/pgdn keys. The small green led on the caps lock key is great, but there are no on screen graphics for volume levels. Touch pad is slick and it is easy to feel the textured palm rest if your fingers go outside the nice sized pad. The seperate left and right buttons are easy to press and make a soft click sound. The fan is usually on but is not too loud and the bottom gets warm but not hot. Toshiba bloatware can be easily removed, and the amount is on par with some other manufacturers. One trade off vs intel chips with ion is shorter battery life, I get between 3 to 4 hours, but the speed crushes even a dual core atom. Great build quality, it feels really solid and has no keyboard flex. Even without Bluetooth, this is a five star winner and well worth the premium price.
22 of 23 found the following review helpful:
Very Pleased With This Netbook Jun 24, 2010
By Scott I received this on Monday. It's been a very enjoyable experience so far. The screen looks very vivid and very satisifed with the 11.6" size. The cpu is very capable (873 [...] rating). Video files from my hd camcorder play with no problems (mts format/avchd). The keyboard is very nice and I have long fingers. When I ran a memory upgrade check, it shows that the 2gb ram is in one slot and I have another 2gb on order. Another + is that there is very little heat coming from the bottom of the case...very nice. This is probably due to both AMD selecting 12w power and the fan flow coming out of the left side.
The overall build quality is solid and the look of the computer in general looks very nice. The chrome is a nice touch. All I can say is both Toshiba and AMD have done a very nice job with their products. Highly recommend this so far.
10 of 10 found the following review helpful:
Surprisingly great little workhorse Oct 04, 2010
By Kevin Parsons I have had this laptop for about 3 months now and cannot say enough great things about it. Let me preface this by saying that I am, and have been for a long time, a computer geek that has a really hard time tolerating crappy computer equipment. That said, I am a huge fan of my little Toshiba T215. It was one of the best computer purchases I have ever made... perfectly priced for what it offers.
Pros:
- Light. I havent put it on a scale, but I would easily trust the 3.3 LBS that Toshiba quotes. Oh, and that DOES include battery. I easily had heavier text books in college than this laptop.
- Screen is beautiful and bright! Compared to my other laptop, a year and a half old ASUS F8Va with a great screen, this LED backlit screen is twice as bright. It doesn't bother me in the least when I lower the brightness on battery, because even half or 2/3 of the way down, it's still pretty much as bright as I'm used to with other laptops! Oh, and it's also a 16:9 screen, meaning that HDTV fits natively without any letterboxing above or beside the video.
-Size. It's very small, but not painfully small like the typical netbook. I wish more netbooks were this size, because there are lots of people like myself who have somewhat clunky fingers and don't have the best luck fitting onto the incredibly small keyboards that the 10 inch netbooks usually have. Admittedly, this keyboard is still quite small, but it's big enough to be usable for extended periods of time.
-Look. It's a great looking and well designed laptop from the outside.
-Overall usability. It's not the fastest laptop I've used, but it's not supposed to be. It is a bit slow at times, but has never been a problem for me. Remember, I HATE slow/crappy computers.
-Battery life - I have never timed it from 100%-0%, but my guess is that I get about 4-4.5 hours of batter life with WIFI on. I'm sure Amazon's 5.15 rating is without WIFI. For such a small battery and such a great laptop, that is a great amount of ontime.
-It's quiet. The fan virtually never runs on battery and only occasionally runs on plug. When it does, it's nice and quiet.
-Finally, it's cool. Because it's not a super hot processor, it does a good job of staying cool.
Cons:
-Wish it had Bluetooth.
-The Atheros wifi card is a popular one these days but it can be finicky sometimes...
-It definitely has moments where you wish it was faster. But these are few and far between when you remember how great it is overall.
I can't think of a better mobility-focused laptop you can buy today for $450-500. This Toshiba is definitely a champ.
6 of 6 found the following review helpful:
nice little netbook for a bit more money Sep 06, 2010
By pjbaird While higher priced than other netbooks, worth the extra cost. The AMD dual processor is considerably faster than the Intel Atom, so fast I'm rarely noticing any speed degradation from a typical dual or quad core intel or Mac desktop in every day use. Was also pleasantly surprised by the video abilities... 720P streams over the internet without a hitch, and World of Warcraft plays full screen with moderate video settings at 20-30 FPS, which is more than adequate.
The keyboard area is a bit garish... an unfortunate look, but I got used to it. The design is very good.. one of the best trackpads and button placements and feel I've noticed on a netbook. The weight (barely over 3lbs) is great, the red cover kind of cool. Battery life is where you really take a hit, compared to most netbooks.. 3.5-4.5 hours, so you don't want to use this off a charger all day.
The screen is very clear and bright.. you definitely need young eyes to read some web pages on this, but that's a function of the screen size in general and could be fixed by zooming in and changing resolutions.
Definitely a good netbook.. for $100 more than a typical netbook you get WAYYY more processing and video power, a bigger screen, and a better designed keyboard/mouse. I recommend for others.
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based on 26 reviews
Where notebook meets netbook Jul 12, 2010
By S. Saunders
nice little netbook for a bit more money Sep 06, 2010
By pjbaird
