I got my first one in 2007. It was a Toshiba Satellite A105. I loved it and took good care of it. It looks modern even in todays standards. The screen was so crisp. It had media controls on the left side of the keyboard and a volume wheel. It was sure hard to get used to having no volume wheel after the motherboard died on me. I also liked the row of status lights on the bottom left of the keyboard bezel.
After the thing died 4 years later, I realized they are just consumables and you don't have to take very good care of them. The next Toshiba was a piece of shit. You could tell that they were getting out of the game. I feel like buying one on Ebay if they're still around. Just as a vintage item.
What a unit