If you’re looking for an inexpensive laptop, the Toshiba Satellite C655D-S5136 Athlon II notebook computer is a good one to consider. Here are the features you will find on this model.

Processor

The processor in the Toshiba Satellite C655D is an AMD Athlon™ II Dual-Core Mobile Processor P340. This dual core processor was introduced in September of 2010, and it is also being used in two version of the Dell Inspiron M5030 notebook. Other laptops that use this chip are the HP Pavilion dv6 notebook, the Dell Inspiron M501R, the Lenovo ThinkPad Edge, and the HP ProBook 6455b and 6555b notebooks.

Operating System

The Toshiba C655D-S5136 notebook computer comes with the 64-bit Windows 7 Home Premium operating system.

Graphics

The Satellite C655D-S5136 laptop has 256 to 1405 MB of shared dynamically allocated graphics memory. The graphics engine is an ATI® Mobility Radeon™ HD 4250 chip, which has the capability of decoding HD videos such as Blu-ray. This chip is much faster than many older graphics chips, but is still not well-suited for the newest high-resolution video games. You may be able to play newer games in low resolution mode, and most older games will run fine.

Memory

This laptop has a generous amount of memory. With 3 GB of DDR3 memory, you shouldn’t have any problems in this area.

Hard Drive

The hard drive on the Toshiba Satellite C655D-S5136 laptop is only 320 GB. If you download a lot of music or videos, you will definitely need some additional storage space. You can often find a 1 TB USB hard drive for around $100, so that is an option if you decide to go with this laptop but need more space to store your media files.

Optical Drive

The Toshiba C655D-S5136 has a DVD SuperMulti optical drive, which can play both audio and video. Most DVD SuperMulti drives can play DVD+RW, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD-R, DVD+R DL, DVD-RAM, CD-R, and CD-RW discs. (more…)

Technology now has made it possible for avid readers to have instant access to their favorite books, magazines, and newspaper almost anyplace they go. No matter the subject they can get  instant wireless delivery of affordable reading matter.

Amazon’s Kindle e-book reader makes a great gift for all the readers in your life, but some people will really love getting one. Why? Because the Kindle experience makes catching up on literature a snap, with a convenient and easy delivery of all your favorite authors. So who needs a Kindle? Any of the following folks would love to get one.

1. Travelers can take a collection of Kindle edition books anywhere in the world with easy access with the push of a button. Ten hour flights will fly by at breakneck speed if you get absorb in a good book from your personal library.
2. Students can access their books on the go. They will love the electronic delivery for speed and instant access to all their favorite reading material. Plus they will have instant access to a dictionary and Wikipedia. It’s also a great place to store PDF files.
3. Military personnel have limited space to store their gear so a Kindle would save both space and time and keep them current with the arts, literature, science and more. What a great way to say you care when you send a Kindle to your much missed loved one in the military.
4. Large print readers won’t have to struggle with the frustration of fine print any more. The Kindle edition book opens up their world with large, clear and easy to read graphics.
5. Business people work hard and have a busy work schedules. They don’t want carry around a stack of books, and they don’t have much time to shop for them either. But Kindle downloads books, magazine, and newspapers in seconds for easy access and the device lets them to indulge in a good read on their downtime throughout the day. Put the train travel and lunch hour to constructive use, and catch up with a Kindle.
6. Hospital patients soon get bored with daytime TV and might enjoy being able to read their favorite authors. In addition, the personal storage space in a medical facility can be scant, so you may opt for the Kindle editions to keep the patient’s library well-stocked.
7. Any book lover on a budget can build a substantial personal library with a Kindle. The device is a bit expensive but the books are only a fraction of the cost of traditional hard copy books. Save money and build your library at lightning-fast speed with economical electronic books.
8. Environmentalists can appreciate the Kindle for its Earth-friendly approach to eliminating the consumption of paper products. With today’s technology, it seems a shame to have to cut down a tree to get your hands on the latest best seller or classic novel.
9. Techie gadget enthusiasts like the convenient immediate access to the latest information and books. Sometimes we can be so wrapped up in our virtual lives, whether for business or pleasure, that its difficult to shut the computer down in order to read. For those who prefer to remain up and running, a Kindle book keeps them connected and offers the opportunity to multi-task online while devouring a good book.
10. Folks with limited space might want to build a book collection, but just don’t have the room for it. A Kindle solves the storage problem and allow them their dream of building a robust library of their own.

Why not take a look at the Kindle Wireless Reading Device now?

While Halloween will never surpass Christmas as a child’s favorite holiday, it does come in a very close second. What other holiday do you know of where the kids (and adults) can dress up as ghosts and monsters and spend the evening wandering the streets scaring people? And they give you free candy for doing it too!

Halloween’s popularity has guaranteed that there are certain images associated with this annual festival that have become permanently ingrained in our minds. Bats, black-cats, witches and ghosts, pumpkins and jack-o-lanterns, all of these images are so popular that they are instantly recognizable as belonging to Halloween.

And it is that popularity that has ensured a great supply of clip-art available on the internet for you to download and use on your own decorations. Knowing that great clip-art is out there and being able to find it when you need it is not always as easy as it might sound. While you could certainly go to your local computer store and buy a CD of clip-art, there are other options out there where you can find the same art for free, all it will cost is a little bit of your time.

So, with that in mind, we have assembled a list of a few sites and tips that will help you to quickly and efficiently track down just the right image that you need for that Halloween card or to decorate the side of a cauldron full of candy. (more…)

Are you a college student or do you plan on going to college soon? If so, then you have been thinking about many different things. You’ve been thinking about that new dorm, the classes you have picked, new clothes, and, of course, a laptop. If you do not already have a laptop, then you need to make sure you are choosing the best college laptop.

The laptop you choose must fit your needs. Some of you may only be doing school work on it, but for all of you gamers out there, you need to make sure you get one that is top of the line. When the weekend has finally arrived and you open up World of Warcraft or some other game, you do not want it to crash your computer.

What are some of the things you need to consider as you are searching for a college laptop? You need to think about the size and weight, memory and drive space, processor or CPU, graphics, operating system, USB ports, screen size, laptop role, aesthetics, CD/DVD drive and saving money. (more…)

In early June my Toshiba Satellite Laptop (A105-S2071) developed a severe case of the blues. I would be in the middle of something and windows would crash and I would be confronted with a blue screen of death. This screen contained a lot of text, most of it pretty much incomprehensible text unless you are a Microsoft engineer.

I was pretty sure that the problem was with the software and not hardware. Why? Because I could make the blue screen appear by just logging into my Amazon affiliate account. Odd or what? Of course, the BsoD also appeared when I didn’t expect it way too often.

I tried several things to fix my laptop:

• System Restore – didn’t work
• Norton Anti-Virus full system scan – half way though the blue screen appeared
• Searched the internet for help
• Sent a error report to Microsoft

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