Toshiba Satellite A205-S5831

Customer Reviews:

Excellent machine for $ - some procs and cons [Posted on 2008-04-23]
Bought it from Costco $599+tx+shipment.
2 gm of ram, 4 usb ports, SD card reader, S video, builtin wireless card - all here. I was scared by reviews here that machine does not have all those components.
keyboard is VERY COMFORTABLE by placement and by 'press feeling' for fingers, very good keyboard - perfect size of the buttons too. No comparison to terrible DELL machines Inspiron 1525 or HPs.

The screen is SUPERB - bright, clear pixels, excellent sharpness of font. Again, I compare to machines that I have tried for last month - DELL, Sony, HP in range of 1000-1100$.
I like color - silver and black - that 'feels' better than just black on black. I see smbd is smiling - color is not important...
It also has the port for cameras' usb and PCI 2.0 card reader.
battery life - first use from full charge - almost 3.5 hours and it is 50%.

Cons
I have tried many machines and most with Vista have kind of 'red shadow' for each letter on some web sites, dell.com for example. this screen does not have such defect. I'm not sure whether it had been caused by Vista and video card, or VIDEO CARD and LCD for other machines.

It is a little bit 'bulky' in comparison with new machines that have the same characteristics and price range but it does not matter for me.
There is no 'mouse bullet' on keyboard, as IBM or Dell Latitude have. I got used to it but from ergonomics it is not healthy and it might be good that this machine does not have it.
It heated faster than other machines that I have tried.
the screen is 15.4 but by height is lower than my Latitude Dell C830 (5 years old machine). However, on a positive note, it is very convenient to work with this screen as by design it is 'lowered' a bit - the screen goes lower than keyboard which creates better view from top to bottom for eyes.
Vista - so far it did not 'bluescreened' on me which it did for DELL and HP, and I have to mention - many times.

I am not sure about Toshiba support. I have heard it does not exist...
But if something goes wrong with this machine in a year or so COstco supposed to take care of repairs for first year. For me it is sufficient.
I don't want to put 500$ or so for support that DELL or IBM are providing - better to buy another machine for such price...
Really like the machine.
SCREEN and KEYBOARD are the best that I have tried so far.
Great powerful machine for only $649(total cost).

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