Toshiba Satellite U305-S744

Customer Reviews:

Quality dissapointing [Posted on 2008-01-07]
I was frankly very disappointed by this computer. The speed and battery time is ok. But the keyboard has a very low quality feel to it - it is very "loose" - feels very cheap. Also the web camera is terrible. I use Skype a bit and everyone tells me I have an awful camera. Finally the microphone is also low quality - I have had to buy an extra headset otherwise people can't hear me.
I would pay a couple of hundred extra for a Dell

Great for what I use it for [Posted on 2008-02-01]
Bought it for the family so we can watch movies on the plane, access internet anywhere in the house, access internet on vacation, take it to friends houses for World of Warcraft get togethers. It is light, has a good picture, and has good battery life (orig 5200 mAh). Bought the PA3595U battery pack (7800 mAh) from Toshiba as an additional battery, so between the two I have 13,000 mAh power... enough for even a long flight.

good laptop [Posted on 2008-02-25]
i got this laptop as a suplament to my desktop, and now almost never use my desktop. great battie life with the extended pack. the screen looks great and its HD native resolution is nice.

Ok but not great [Posted on 2008-05-17]
I bought this to replace my Thinkpad that died. I use it for school & it does work well but overall I only give it an ok.

Pros: nice size; can't beat the battery life; screen is great quality - pictures are beautiful; great speed & performs well even with multiple applications running

Cons: cheap keyboard - feels flimsy & it is almost impossible to type quietly; very loud fan in the side heat vent - it often sounds like a plane is taking off! very annoying in the library or during lecture; difficult to get the bluetooth to work - it actually came with instructions on how to reload the software to get it to supposedly work (I've had it 6 months & I still can't sync to my blackberry); randomly starts beeping

Like I said, it does what I need it to but I wouldn't purchase again. I chose this one over the HP because of the battery life but in the long run I'm not sure an extra hour was worth it. Overall it just seems to be a "cheap" computer. My good friend purchased an comparable HP at the same time & has absolutely no complaints.

Overall, a very good laptop [Posted on 2008-06-11]
This is my first, and only laptop I've had so far it's worked well for me. It's pretty much given me freedom and has kept me up to date with today's stuff. Now I'm not gonna write a novel about it, but let me tell you my pros and cons of it:

PROS:
-Windows Vista, very up-to-date and very well put together
-Amazing and beautiful graphics, movies look amazing when played
-Verry nice looking and glossy screen, and not glossy to the point where you can see the person behind you being reflected in the screen
-Has a webcam and microphone
-Has a DVD burner
-Ripping DVDs and CDs are very quick

CONS:
-VERY LOUD FAN at the side. Like one person said, at times it sounds like an airplane taking off. Very distracting in the classroom or at the library.
-Windows Media Player doesn't work sometimes (at least not when playing videos)
-The Webcam. "But you just praised the webcam!" I know, don't get me wrong, I think it's good that there is one, however, it's very low quality video, and constantly lags. I've used it on MSN and people have told me it's very low quality, which I agree. It blacks out in dark areas, which is really annoying. The microphone works like a charm though.

So overall, if this is your first laptop, then it's really worth it. Just be aware of the flaws, though.

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