Media Center Laptop

[scalifash]

Ahoy hoy,

I'm in the market for a new laptop (yes I kinda have to buy within the next couple weeks). I'm going to college in a about a year and a half so I was thinking of getting a media center laptop so I wouldn't have to buy a TV and TiVo etc.

The machine I'm looking at right now is the Toshiba P15-S479 from Best Buy which currently has it for $1750 after rebates. Here are the specs of the machine (as copied from best buys site [http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....7&type=product]:


-Intel® Pentium® 4 processor 2.8GHz, with Hyper-Threading (HT) Technology and 800MHz system bus
-512MB PC2700 DDR SDRAM, expandable to 2.0GB
-DVD-RW/CD-RW drive
-15.4" widescreen XGA active-matrix display
-60.0GB 5400RPM hard drive
-External TV tuner and Media Center remote included
-nVidia GeForce FX Go 5200 graphics controller, with 64MB DDR video memory; One-Touch TV-out (S-video)
-Integrated 5.0GHz and 2.4GHz dual-band, high-speed wireless LAN (802.11a-, 802.11b- and draft 802.11g-compliant)
-Integrated 10/100Base-T Ethernet networking card; V.92 high-speed data/fax modem
-i.LINK (IEEE 1394) interface and 3 high-speed USB 2.0 ports; Secure Digital memory card slot
-Weighs about 8 lbs./1.7" thin for easy portability; high-capacity 12-cell LiIon battery
-Windows XP Media Center Edition operating system preinstalled


Two big questions:

1. Has anyone used Media Center Edition? What do you guys think of it? From what I played with at Best Buy I was pretty impressed.

2. What do you think of the machine itself? PC World gave Toshiba good marks for reliability and I know someone who has had a Toshiba laptop for over 5 years and it still runs like the day she got it.


Oh and one more thing. I'm going out tomorrow morning at about 9 pacific time to buy it so it's one of those "speak now or forever hold your peace" situations heehee.

Thanks for your help everyone!

[bailey]

I have a toshiba also and it has the same features but a older by two yrs and love it, it will do everything my home system will do, and as good

I'm sure you will be happy with it
its a good one

[imbest123]

1. Windows Media Center has everything Xp Pro has plus more. Its very good for video and pics and stuff like that.
2. Toshiba laptops are good from what I hear.

[scalifash]

thanks I like to get a second opinion before I rush out and buy stuff, it makes me feel better about it lol