Toshiba Satellite 480CDT - Revision history

Andrei.boiu at 09:37, 23 September 2021

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Andrei.boiu at 13:07, 22 September 2021

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	The integrated speakers are very good. The front placement and large size make them very pleasant. Actually, the sound output is one strong point of Toshiba Satellite laptop throughout many generations. The microphone quality and positioning is mediocre, with chassis noise (hard-drive) being picked up easily as in most laptops of this era.		The integrated speakers are very good. The front placement and large size make them very pleasant. Actually, the sound output is one strong point of Toshiba Satellite laptop throughout many generations. The microphone quality and positioning is mediocre, with chassis noise (hard-drive) being picked up easily as in most laptops of this era.

	The harddrive is placed on a caddy, requiring removal of a single screw to slide. There is plenty of space inside for other storage systems. ~~Unfortunatly~~, the standard HDDs supplied by Toshiba have a known tendency to have their heads stick to the parking position limiter when old, making the drive fail to start. Careful internal ~~dissassembly~~ is required to unstick the heads from the parking position. Use care and touch only the drive arm near the center pin to slowly unstick it. Overall, the hard-drive offers medium performance while having quite a pleasant sound in operation. The use of proprietary memory that is EDO RAM pin compatible but cannot work in the laptop if standard memory modules are used is highly annoying.		The harddrive is placed on a caddy, requiring removal of a single screw to slide. There is plenty of space inside for other storage systems. Unfortunately, the standard HDDs supplied by Toshiba have a known tendency to have their heads stick to the parking position limiter when old, making the drive fail to start. Careful internal disassembly is required to unstick the heads from the parking position. Use care and touch only the drive arm near the center pin to slowly unstick it. Overall, the hard-drive offers medium performance while having quite a pleasant sound in operation. The use of proprietary memory that is EDO RAM pin compatible but cannot work in the laptop if standard memory modules are used is highly annoying.

	Software support is great in DOS, Windows 3.1 and Windows 95/98 as well, making the system feel snappy. DOS sound capability is great, with good Adlib compatibility and Sound Blaster Pro emulation. While configuration to enable DOS support is quite cumbersome, it is properly working. In Windows 98 you start to feel the sluggishness of the system as the video controller has insufficient acceleration and low screen scrolling performance. Basically Toshiba used roughly the same platform on Pentium laptops with little ~~diferentiation~~. Although the video controller is faster than some Trident models, it is far from late Pentium 1 era Neomagic 128 chipsets.		Software support is great in DOS, Windows 3.1 and Windows 95/98 as well, making the system feel snappy. DOS sound capability is great, with good Adlib compatibility and Sound Blaster Pro emulation. While configuration to enable DOS support is quite cumbersome, it is properly working. In Windows 98 you start to feel the sluggishness of the system as the video controller has insufficient acceleration and low screen scrolling performance. Basically Toshiba used roughly the same platform on Pentium laptops with little differentiation. Although the video controller is faster than some Trident models, it is far from late Pentium 1 era Neomagic 128 chipsets.

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Andrei.boiu at 13:48, 21 September 2021

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	Toshiba (Satellite) 480CDT Overview		Toshiba Satellite 480CDT Overview

	== Features ==		== Features ==

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Durability and Repair-ability

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	The laptop's screen is easy to service, meaning that LCD backlight lamp removal and replacement is quite easy. This is possible due to the generous and forgiving lamp mounting space which means that repairs are quite easy to carry out with moderate patience and care. This is actually one of the easiest repairs of this type that can be done for beginner users, keeping in mind the usual care of dismounting and unclipping. Thus, replacing an old or damaged LCD fluorescent lamp is quite simple as it requires only disassembly of the display's case and removal of some screws and a top plate.		The laptop's screen is easy to service, meaning that LCD backlight lamp removal and replacement is quite easy. This is possible due to the generous and forgiving lamp mounting space which means that repairs are quite easy to carry out with moderate patience and care. This is actually one of the easiest repairs of this type that can be done for beginner users, keeping in mind the usual care of dismounting and unclipping. Thus, replacing an old or damaged LCD fluorescent lamp is quite simple as it requires only disassembly of the display's case and removal of some screws and a top plate.

	Overall, despite the poor reliability of Toshiba harddrives, the configuration itself seems very well designed, meaning that laptops have quite a long life and the system itself survives quite well due to low internal heat dissipation in a roomy case.		Overall, despite the poor reliability of Toshiba harddrives, the configuration itself seems very well designed, meaning that laptops have quite a long life and the system itself survives quite well due to low internal heat dissipation in a roomy case.

	~~On the other side,~~
	== Greatest features & flaws ==		== Greatest features & flaws ==
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Andrei.boiu at 13:37, 21 September 2021

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	\| Great Windows 3.1 and MS-DOS gaming, good Windows 95 support \|\| Mediocre Windows 98 2D acceleration		\| Great Windows 3.1 and MS-DOS gaming, good Windows 95 support \|\| Mediocre Windows 98 2D acceleration
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	\| Great SoundBlaster compatible support, great speakers \|\| Proprietary RAM modules, incompatible with standard ~~EDO~~		\| Great SoundBlaster compatible support, great speakers, USB port \|\| Proprietary RAM modules, incompatible with EDO standard
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	\| Good keyboard and trackpoint, ergonomic case design, good serviceability \|\| Soldered CPU~~, somewhat fragile case plastics~~		\| Good keyboard and trackpoint, ergonomic case design, good serviceability \|\| Soldered CPU
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	\| Removable bay for floppy and CD-ROM drive, great, quiet cooling \|\| Poor reliability harddrive		\| Removable bay for floppy and CD-ROM drive, great, quiet cooling \|\| Poor reliability Toshiba harddrive
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Andrei.boiu at 13:36, 21 September 2021

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	== Benchmarks ==		== Benchmarks ==

			== Durability and Repair-ability ==
			The durability of this laptop is above average. While the chassis plastic is far from being perfect, the laptop is well built and also has quite durable internal circuitry. The only shortcomings are on the Accupoint system cap that degrades and dissintegrates with age, as well as the trackpoint buttons rubberized coating. Fortunately, the rubberized coating can be completely removed by scrubbing with iso-propyl alcohol leaving the buttons quite comfortable eve in this state.

			The laptop's screen is easy to service, meaning that LCD backlight lamp removal and replacement is quite easy. This is possible due to the generous and forgiving lamp mounting space which means that repairs are quite easy to carry out with moderate patience and care. This is actually one of the easiest repairs of this type that can be done for beginner users, keeping in mind the usual care of dismounting and unclipping. Thus, replacing an old or damaged LCD fluorescent lamp is quite simple as it requires only disassembly of the display's case and removal of some screws and a top plate.

			Overall, despite the poor reliability of Toshiba harddrives, the configuration itself seems very well designed, meaning that laptops have quite a long life and the system itself survives quite well due to low internal heat dissipation in a roomy case.

			On the other side,
	== Greatest features & flaws ==		== Greatest features & flaws ==
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	\| Great SoundBlaster compatible support, great speakers \|\| Proprietary RAM modules, incompatible with standard EDO		\| Great SoundBlaster compatible support, great speakers \|\| Proprietary RAM modules, incompatible with standard EDO
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	\| Good keyboard and trackpoint, ergonomic case design \|\| Soldered CPU, somewhat fragile case plastics		\| Good keyboard and trackpoint, ergonomic case design, good serviceability \|\| Soldered CPU, somewhat fragile case plastics
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	\| Removable bay for floppy and CD-ROM drive, great, quiet cooling \|\| Poor reliability harddrive		\| Removable bay for floppy and CD-ROM drive, great, quiet cooling \|\| Poor reliability harddrive

Andrei.boiu at 13:20, 21 September 2021

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	Toshiba Satellite 480CDT Overview		Toshiba (Satellite) 480CDT Overview

	== Features ==		== Features ==

Andrei.boiu at 13:19, 21 September 2021

2021-09-21T13:19:13Z

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	The integrated speakers are very good. The front placement and large size make them very pleasant. Actually, the sound output is one strong point of Toshiba Satellite laptop throughout many generations. The microphone quality and positioning is mediocre, with chassis noise (hard-drive) being picked up easily as in most laptops of this era.		The integrated speakers are very good. The front placement and large size make them very pleasant. Actually, the sound output is one strong point of Toshiba Satellite laptop throughout many generations. The microphone quality and positioning is mediocre, with chassis noise (hard-drive) being picked up easily as in most laptops of this era.

	The standard HDDs supplied by Toshiba have a known tendency to have their heads stick to the parking position limiter when old, making the drive fail to start. Careful internal dissassembly is required to unstick the heads from the parking position. Use care and touch only the drive arm near the center pin to slowly unstick it. Overall, the hard-drive offers medium performance while having quite a pleasant sound in operation. The use of proprietary memory that is EDO RAM pin compatible but cannot work in the laptop if standard memory modules are used is highly annoying.		The harddrive is placed on a caddy, requiring removal of a single screw to slide. There is plenty of space inside for other storage systems. Unfortunatly, the standard HDDs supplied by Toshiba have a known tendency to have their heads stick to the parking position limiter when old, making the drive fail to start. Careful internal dissassembly is required to unstick the heads from the parking position. Use care and touch only the drive arm near the center pin to slowly unstick it. Overall, the hard-drive offers medium performance while having quite a pleasant sound in operation. The use of proprietary memory that is EDO RAM pin compatible but cannot work in the laptop if standard memory modules are used is highly annoying.

	Software support is great in DOS, Windows 3.1 and Windows 95/98 as well, making the system feel snappy. DOS sound capability is great, with good Adlib compatibility and Sound Blaster Pro emulation. While configuration to enable DOS support is quite cumbersome, it is properly working. In Windows 98 you start to feel the sluggishness of the system as the video controller has insufficient acceleration and low screen scrolling performance. Basically Toshiba used roughly the same platform on Pentium laptops with little diferentiation. Although the video controller is faster than some Trident models, it is far from late Pentium 1 era Neomagic 128 chipsets.		Software support is great in DOS, Windows 3.1 and Windows 95/98 as well, making the system feel snappy. DOS sound capability is great, with good Adlib compatibility and Sound Blaster Pro emulation. While configuration to enable DOS support is quite cumbersome, it is properly working. In Windows 98 you start to feel the sluggishness of the system as the video controller has insufficient acceleration and low screen scrolling performance. Basically Toshiba used roughly the same platform on Pentium laptops with little diferentiation. Although the video controller is faster than some Trident models, it is far from late Pentium 1 era Neomagic 128 chipsets.