A must buy - Toshiba Satellite A305-S6908
The Toshiba Satellite laptop series have been a favorite among professionals and corporations for a long time. Adding to the glory Toshiba Satellite A305-S6908 offers a versatile base for all your needs. It is designed to meet the demands of a multimedia-hungry family, students on the go, and small businesses with demanding computing needs.
The keyboard is ergonomically comfortable. Oh yeah, because the unit is so shiny & polished. Fingerprints are a huge issue. CSI could lift a ton of prints off of this thing. I find my self polishing it now. But again I really like the product, especially for the price point. I am really tickled about the quality of the product for the price point. The speakers are pretty decent but if you really love music you would still use high quality external speakers. The screen is nice & bright. I cannot really talk about video fairly as my laptop has an ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3470 video card, not the Intel GMA 4500MHD integrated chip. With 1750 MB total available memory in the integrated chip, I doubt you would see much difference.
Key Features:
Processor Core 2 Duo 2 GHz
Installed Memory 4 GB (DDR2 SDRAM)
Hard Drive 4 GB Serial ATA, 5400 RPM
Display 15.4 in. WXGA TFT Active Matrix
Operating System Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium
Laptop Type Mid-Size Laptop
Expansion Ports 3 x USB 2.0, 1 x IEEE 1394a (FireWire), VGA out, RJ-11 (modem), RJ-45 (NIC), 1 x eSATA
Integrated 10/100 Network Card • Integrated Wireless LAN
Pros:
Beautifully designed; sturdy; no flimsiness of the screen or keyboard; much better speakers than most laptops
Multitasks with no problem; a very crisp, bright display with no glare.
The Draft-N Wifi picks up the network anywhere in the house - plus my next door neighbors network and a house two houses down the street, though at low quality.
Comfortable Keyboard
Smooth, high-gloss, sleek surface picks up fingerprints when you just walk by
Cons:
Bothering up/down (right-side edge) - left/right (bottom edge) scrolling feature of the touch pad. I invariably touch these edges by accident and find my web page or word document has scrolled five pages down and across.
The biggest complaint is the horrid battery life. One has to plug it up constantly to use it.
Conclusion
The Toshiba Satellite A305-S6908 Laptop Computer features a smooth, shiny palm rest and a recessed touchpad to that gives your notebook both a more streamlined look and more comfort when you’re clicking. Separate multimedia buttons let you launch your favorite entertainment right away as well as control playback–letting you start, pause, fast-forward and rewind almost with feather-touch operation.. A great deal to go ahead with!
Price: Approx. $450
Toshiba Satellite A305-S6908 Ratings
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