Toshiba Satellite A205-S5831 15.4" Notebook - Pentium Dual-core T2370 1.73 GHz - Onyx Blue Metallic

Toshiba A205-S5831

Strengths: Screen size and resolution, Price

Weakness: Inadequate RAM for more than routine functionalities, Lacks 802.11n.

I bought this laptop at a great price. It has pretty much all the features for day-to-day use. Also has dual layer DVD writer, which certainly helps. The screen size and resolution are great. It has built-in wi-fi but doesn't support 802.11n. RAM greater than what is provided would certainly be desirable especially for Windows vista operating system.

Great cost/benefit for this notebook

Strengths: fast and reliable

Weakness: battery life, no webcam

I have had this notebook for 2 months and I am very satisfied with the purchase. It is fast and can handle Vista very well (although I have upgraded the memory to 2GB, which I strongly recommend). This is my fourth Toshiba notebook and all of them have performed very reliably. The only noticeable drawback is the short battery life (less than 2 hour), which can potentially be a problem for some...

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A cheap general purpose laptop

Strengths: Cheap, bought for $449.99 for Duo-core 1.73GH CPU. Nice screen, no problem play 720p HD movie. Works fine for Microsoft Office and Adobe photoshop.

Weakness: Comes with windows vista. Only 1 Gb memory. Battery last less 3 hours on heavy use.

I bought the laptop for my daughter who is a middle school student. She liked it very much. Although it is cheap, it also lack some features you may want. Such as no WebCamera, no HDMI and no multimedia function keys. It is good for general daily use. If you are a gamer or multimedia lover, you should chose a better model.

A very affordable laptop

Strengths: Low price, good design, plenty of features.

Weakness: Light on memory, battery life.

I picked up one of these at a very good sale price. It is a well built machine with plenty of input options. It also features a dual-layer DVD burner. The 1 GB memory is mostly used up by WinVista, but DDR2 is fairly cheap so I'll be adding another gig before long. The screen is a great size and plenty bright with good visibility from many angles. Battery life is rated at about 2 hours - a bit...

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A Solid Laptop

Strengths: Fast speed, great screen size, good price with enough functionalities

Weakness: Windows Vista. Only 1 GB RAM. No Webcam. A little bit heavy

I bought this laptop around $450.00 at Circuit City two months ago. And I love it. The existing features are standard. It works great for college students to study and entertain - fast and solid. It's definitely not for gamers and other high-end users.

A well designed laptop

Strengths: Screen size, Play movies without passing through the operating system.

Weakness: Battery life, pre-loaded software of questionable value.

This laptop is very comfortable to use. The keyboard has just the right amount of resistance and the touchpad is recessed a bit. It has plenty of USB drives and reads most camera cards. The DVD drive can burn dual layer discs and when playing movies, the operating system is bypassed. The only drawback so far is that the battery is only good for a couple hours at a time, but I normally have access...

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Fair Buy Last Year, WAAAAY Over Priced Today

Strengths: ROM drive can do(read/burn) just about anything(not blueray nor lightscribe but excellent for average user), Very user-friendly Network setups (WiFi and otherwise), Great touch-pad software

Weakness: 2GB RAM MAXIMUM = stupid (2GB is like the minimum for running an OS like Vista. That is, of course, if you want it to run WELL), Boot setup = ultra basic = almost useless for troubleshooting.

Mine cost just over $600 a YEAR ago. I've since upgraded the RAM from the wimpy 1GB (wimpy for running Vista anyway) to 2GB and am about to replace the harddrive with a faster/higher capacity drive. After adding the extra Gig of RAM, it's performance was a bit more like I had expected. I just found it online for $625. Considering how old this model/setup is, being outdated by its much newer...

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A nice budget laptop

Strengths: (1) Low price. (2) Full connectivity

Weakness: (1) 1GB RAM. (2) Don't like the TruBrite LCD (3) Unpleasant audio port location

I like this machine because it provides me with very nice connectivity options: 4 USB, 1 Firewire, 1 PCMCIA, 1 ExpressCard, and 5-in-1 card reader. I can't complain about the performance due to the price, but upgrading to 2.5GB RAM did help a lot. I really don't like the TruBrite LCD. When I watch movies, I can see my image very clearly on the screen, which is totally not desirable. Besides this,...

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