TOSHIBA Satellite A135-S4527

Model
Brand TOSHIBA
Series Satellite
Model A135-S4527
General
Operating System Windows Vista Home Premium
CPU Type Intel Pentium dual-core T2080 1.73GHz
Screen 15.4" WXGA
Memory Size 1GB DDR2
Hard Disk 120GB
Optical Drive DVD Super Multi
Graphics Card Intel GMA950 shared memory
Communication Modem, LAN and WLAN
Card slot 1 x Type I/II PC Card Slot
Dimensions 14.2" x 10.5" x 1.47"
Weight 6.0 lbs.
CPU
CPU Type Intel Pentium dual-core
CPU Speed T2080(1.73GHz)
CPU FSB 533MHz
CPU L2 Cache 1MB
Chipset
Chipset Intel 943GML
Display
Screen Size 15.4"
Wide Screen Support Yes
LCD Features TruBrite technology
Display Type Wide XGA
Resolution 1280 x 800
Operating Systems
Operating System Windows Vista Home Premium
Graphics
GPU/VPU Intel GMA950
Video Memory 8MB-256MB dynamically allocated shared graphics memory
Graphic Type Integrated Card
Hard Drive
HD Capacity 120GB
HD RPM 5400rpm
HD Interface SATA
Memory
Memory Slots 2 x DIMM
Memory Speed DDR2 533
Memory Size 1GB
Max Memory Supported 2GB
Optical Drive
Optical Drive Type DVD Super Multi
Optical Drive Interface Integrated
Optical Drive Spec DVD SuperMulti (+/-R double layer) drive supporting 11 formats:
Maximum speed and compatibility: CD-ROM (24x), CD-R (24x), CD-RW (16x), DVD-ROM (8x), DVD-R (Single Layer, (8x)), DVD-R (Double Layer, (4x)), DVD-RW (6x), DVD+R (Single Layer, (8x)), DVD+R (Double Layer, (4x)), DVD+RW (8x), DVD-RAM (5x)
Communications
Modem 56K
LAN 10/100Mbps
WLAN 802.11b/g Wireless LAN
Ports
Card Slot 1 x Type I/II PC Card Slot
USB 4
IEEE 1394 1
Video Port 1 x VGA, 1 x S-Video TV-out
Audio Ports 1 x Microphone jack; 1 x Headphone jack
Audio
Audio Integrated Sound card
Speaker Built-in stereo speakers
Input Device
Touchpad Toshiba TouchPad
Keyboard 85 key US keyboard
Supplemental Drive
Card Reader 5-in-1 Bridge Media Adapter:
Secure Digital, Memory Stick, Memory Stick PRO, Multi Media Card, xD Picture Card [shared slots]
Power
AC Adapter 65W (19V x 3.42A) 100-240V AC Adapter
Battery 4000mAh Lithium Ion battery pack
Physical spec
Dimensions 14.2" x 10.5" x 1.47"
Weight 6.0 lbs.

Good Things
Light, good speakers for a laptop, screen resolution is phenomenal, the performance is superb even with Vista, easy to transfer old computer files, sound volume control and headphone jacks right in front of the computer. Everything is easy to reach, USB ports on side while volume controls and video play/fastforward/rewind/stop buttons right on the keypad.

Bad Things
Pre-installed with many softwares that may not be useful for many common users. The keyboard layout is really strange. The power and media control buttons take up about 2.5" of space on the side that should have been used for the keyboard. Windows and right mouse button in the top-right, INS and DEL the bottom. Also, volume control is a wheel at the front of the laptop, I sometimes brush against it if the laptop is on my lap, which is a mild nuisance. Battery seems a bit loose, but I have not had any problems yet.