Toshiba Satellite L505-GS5035 TruBrite 15.6-Inch Laptop
Posted by admin | Posted in Computer | Posted on 23-08-2010
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- 2.13GHz Intel Core i3-330M Processor
- 4GB 204-Pin DDR3 SO-DIMM Memory
- 320GB Serial ATA Hard Disk Drive (5400RPM); DVD SuperMulti Drive with Labelflash supporting 11 formats
- 15.6″ CCFL (16:9) 1366×768 Display; Intel Graphics Media Accelerator HD
- Window 7 Home Premium 64-bit
Product Description
Offering impressive everyday performance and affordability, the Satellite L505 laptop brings you the Toshiba quality you deserve for handling life’s essentials at home, school or work. This easy-to-use, all-purpose, eco-conscious laptop gives you ample processing power, memory and storage for surfing the Net, downloading video, checking email, managing household finances or studying for finals. It also offers wireless broadband connectivity to keep you plugged int… More >>
My son asked me to select a laptop in his price range that would be suitable for college classwork. Toshiba has a better reputation than most for problems out of the box and frequency of repair. He doesn’t plan to use it for intensive graphics work or for hi-fidelity sound reproduction, so nothing is lost with the absence of a discrete video card or high-end speakers. This computer is light, easy to carry, and has an excellent battery life due to its Intel i3 processor. The 320GB hard disk and 4GB of RAM should be more than adequate for normal business apps and presentation software. The TruBrite screen has acceptable visibility in daylight. The product was delivered promptly and arrived in excellent condition. My son feels he got much greater value than he expected for the modest price he paid ($550). If you don’t create and/or collect a lot of media files, don’t plan to play high-end games, and can live with speakers that sound somewhat tinny, this laptop is a good choice at a good price.
Rating: 4 / 5
Worthy of the money spent. Latest processor, memory, and operating system. Tried to build this computer from the Toshiba website, and could not match this price. Most laptops in this price range, offer out dated processors, and the ddr2 memory, or the old windows os. I3 processor, DDR3 memory, and Windows 7! Finding all that in a package as beautiful as this Toshiba for less than $600 is next to impossible (at the time of this writing). The 10 key is also a plus. This is my 2nd Toshiba, and I have had a good experience with both. My only complaint is that the hard drive is rated at 5400 rpm and not 7200. Meets all my current needs.
Rating: 4 / 5
I’m in love with this laptop it works perfectly and it’s fast so no complaints from me.
Rating: 5 / 5
Fully satisfied ! Not a fancy laptop but 100% reliable. Have no complaints at all. It works as expected. Boots in 40 seconds or less. Have taken it on a couple trips and wireless works just fine on airports.
Rating: 5 / 5
Booted the new laptop a couple of hours back. The Speakers are awful and almost a whisper. You just cannot use it for any kind of music playback or watching video on the web. Forget about Skype calls. Initially I saw one or two reviews that talked about poor sound. I thought this was live’able for me. But others were right. I tried to go through the Windows 7 – features video from Microsoft site and I could barely hear the sound. That is when I found the speakers do not work. Do not know if I will keep this laptop. I really do not like the Widescreen and wide keyboard. my personal liking – though most of the laptops these days seem to be widescreen. For the CPU speed and other features, it was a good buy for $564. But speakers is key for me. Also have not seen the face recognition SW pop-up yet. I setup a user the normal old fashioned way. In an earlier lenova I had purchased, the face recognition started right at boot though the LCD had major problems because of which I had to return. But yes Toshiba is the only brand I will consider buying.
– Called Toshiba Tech Support. It took 20 min to get through on the phone that too only after I was connected via the online store Customer Rep of this Electronics store chain where I bough this a couple of days back. The Tech Support asked that I uninstall the realtek speaker drivers and re-install. That did not help. So asked that I restore the laptop to factory settings. i.e. format the computer. that took 2 hrs. no luck so far. same lousy speakers. Called the store customer service, they are giving a hard time to even return this laptop. Looking at other options. While researching other Toshiba models with similar CPU processor, found the 3037 model also has the same speaker problems. Search here in Amazon for those reviews before deciding.
Rating: 2 / 5