Toshiba Satellite A135-S4527 15.4" Notebook PC (Intel Pentium Dual Core Processor T2080, 1 GB RAM, 120 GB Hard Drive, SuperMulti DVD Drive, Vista Premium)

I bought this Toshiba laptop for my daughter to use at college. During the 1st semester it had a problem but was repaired by techs that the college provided. Then 3 months past the waranty the hard drive goes bad. This has been a problematic computer and I will not buy another Toshiba.

We bought this computer on September 9th 2007. It has barely been used up until a month ago. A month ago, I started working on a project for our church directory and probably used the computer a total of 2-3 times a week. Today, Sept 30, 2008 I used the computer on my lunch and everything worked like normal but when I went to my directory meeting after work the blue power light turned on but the screen is blank and nothing else happens.

My husband called Toshiba and they told him it would cost a little over $400 to fix. He thinks it might be the motherboard. Our warrenty is expired by 3 weeks. The tech guy's best suggestion was to bring it back to Best Buy where we bought it from and see if they would help.

We will NEVER buy another Toshiba product again.

I bought this laptop last year after my other Toshiba had an unfortunate accident. I use it for school work, as well as RAM-consuming design programs like Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and Indesign. Even with all three running, this computer can handle it. I've been really happy with the Toshiba brand, and this computer has not let me down. The only downfalls are short battery life (I always leave it plugged in anyways), and Windows Vista has it's annoyances, but in all, I'm really happy with this product. It is good for anyone who uses it for surfing the net, working on a term paper, or using more sophisticated programs. It's got a great sized screen, and is light enough to take on the road.

WHen i first bought the laptop, it worked fine. Then, the sound card went to i had to take it to best buy to get the whole motherboard replaced. This was in the first 4 months of owning it. 2 months later, the whole hard drive goes, so i lose everything + i have to get it sent out for 2-4 weeks. Best Buy was able to recover some of the data, but not all. Also, the wireless card sucks so i have to restart the computer every time i want to use Internet Explorer (i suggest using Safari for Windows, it doesn't have the same problems with the wireless card). Finally, it is the slowest computer i have ever used! it only came with .5 gb of ram, and needs at least 1 to run properly with vista. DO NOT BUY TOSHIBA

I agree as well; there is a problem with this computer screen. It does not appear on the start up screen but only on the active background. Lines at the top and trying to open and close Windows is extremely problematic. I have to close them at the bottom in the dialog box. This problem appeared almost immediately. This is definitely a problem with the motherboard. In addition the Vista/Toshiba combination is horribly slow. It takes forever for this computer to respond when using pictures and moving files. This is one of those computers that looks good on paper but in real life is a total dud. Consumer Reports had this as a "Best Buy" but I guess they just ran clock speed tests; anyone who actually uses this computer will be well aware of functionality issues. This may be restricted to the models displaying the Toshiba motherboard defect but my experience matches the others.