Toshiba Satellite A505-S6004 TruBrite 16.0-Inch Laptop
Last Updated on Friday, 19 February 2010 04:47 Written by laptopreviews Friday, 19 February 2010 04:47
- 2.13GHz Intel Core i3-330M Processor
- 4GB 204-Pin DDR3 SO-DIMM Memory
- 500GB Serial ATA Hard Disk Drive (5400RPM); DVD SuperMulti Drive with Labelflash
- 16″ CCFL (16:9) 1366×768 Display; Intel Graphics Media Accelerator HD
- Window 7 Home Premium 64-bit
Product Description
For all you want to see, hear and experience, the Satellite A505 laptop delivers serious style, luxurious entertainment and punched up performance across a broad, brilliant HD TruBrite display. Tap into major horsepower for fast multi-tasking, innovative A/V advancements to amplify your media, plus a suite of user-inspired features to keep you more mobile, productive and creative. Or break free, wirelessly, as you connect, browse, share and chat face-to-face—bette… More >>
Toshiba Satellite A505-S6004 TruBrite 16.0-Inch Laptop
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I recently purchased this laptop to replace my Dell which stopped working after 2.5 years. This laptop has GREAT features, very solid build, and is extremely fast. I have absolutely no complaints and would recommend this laptop to anyone. The sound is excellent and I especially love the LED backlit keyboard! Toshiba has excellent reliability reviews and this is an all around great product. I opted for the AMD processor vs the slower Intel with the BlueRay player. I have a PS3 with BlueRay and I really don’t see myself needing a BlueRay player on my laptop. I would recommend a Square Guard warranty just for added protection. I purchased the 3 year warranty for only $100.00! WHY WOULDN”T YOU GET THE 3 YEAR WARRANTY FOR ONLY $100????
Rating: 5 / 5
Review for the A505-S6004
This laptop looks great out of the box and you will be pleasantly surprised by the speed at which windows 7 boots initially. The screen is properly bright and the speakers do a wonderful job for the size that they are. It is not until you start to use it that you will notice the inherent drawbacks that its beauty hides.
First thing you will notice is that this thing attracts fingerprints so quickly its not funny. Just typing this review alone and I am sure the police will get a full set of prints if they needed it.
The next problem i noticed while on msn live messenger. As soon as you start up your webcam, you can see where they saved money in putting this thing together. Its aesthetically pleasing to have a webcam that is built “flush” into the lid but they threw all the functionality of it right out the window. I’m not exaggerating here….THE WEBCAM IS THAT BAD; it has so much noise and no colour correctness AT ALL. You will appear like a Vampire to the person who is receiving your webcam feed. My girlfriend has one of the L505D models from toshiba which is cheaper than this model but the webcam in her’s is at least 3 times better.
What this model lacks in webcam clarity and resistance to finger prints it makes up for with Battery life. Switching this thing to “eco” mode takes off the LEDs lighting the touch sensitive media control buttons and the “SATELLITE” logo, and also dims the backlight on the screen. In this mode it will achieve roughly 3 1/2 hrs battery life, give or take a couple of minutes depending on the work your doing. The L505D can barely manage past 2 1/2 hrs on battery.
In short
THE Pros:
+ Good Battery Life
+ Good Sound
+ Great Value for the money
+ Bright Glossy Display (its a Pro for me)
+ Piano Black Fusion Finish Looks great
+ 500GB Hard drive (only 426 free initially; that’s still alot)
THE Cons:
- Bad Webcam (don’t even think about this machine for “Social Notworking”)
- Finger Print Magnet (Piano black finish just shows up every little finger print or scratch)
Rating: 4 / 5
Great things about the Satelite:
+ 16″ wide screen display – it’s beautiful
+ Fast, starts up in a couple of seconds and no waiting on your apps
+ Huge 500GB hard drive.
+ Windows 7, I wasn’t expecting much, but no problems, runs without issues
+ Microsoft Office, installed, free for 60 days
+ Huge high quality speakers, this machine is music and movie ready.
+ Attractive
+ A little heavy but not bad for its size.
+ Toshiba is very reliable
+ Motion detector locks the hard drive in place when it detects the laptop is being jostled around.
Could be better:
> Light above track pad too bright
> Keys are LOUD
> Norton installed and bugs you about paying every time you log on
Overall, this is a great laptop. SOme of the display lights are a little bright and the keypad is noisy. I can forgive that though because this laptop is so fast. I’m never waiting anymore. Windows 7 is proving to be very reliable and easy to use.
Initially, the touch pad was “helping” me and this was really annoying. To turn off some of the trackpad features that do things for you: Go to Control Panel > Hardware and Sound, under the Devices and Printers section click on Mouse. Another dialog pops up, CLick on the Device Settings tab, then on the Settings button. From there you can set up the touch pad the way you want it.
I upgraded my laptop to a 12 cell battery and that battery lasts about 7 or 8 hours. If you can afford the extra battery, it’s worth it. THe 12 cell does take about 2 hours to charge though.
My friends who work in computer repair say they get less Toshibas in the shop than any other brand and highly recommend them.
Buy a large laptop case to carry it in. It will not fit in a standard size case.
Norton is slow and a pain, I uninstalled it and installed Vipre.
Rating: 5 / 5