Toshiba Satellite A505D-S6008 TruBrite 16.0-Inch Laptop (Black/Silver)
- 2.5GHz AMD Turion II Ultra Dual-Core M620 Processor
- 4GB 200-Pin DDR2 SO-DIMM Reminiscence
- 640GB Serial ATA Hard Disk Drive (5400RPM); DVD SuperMulti Drive with Labelflash
- 16″ CCFL (16:9) 1366×768 Show; ATI Radeon HD 4200 Graphics
- Window 7 Home Premium 64-bit
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 show. Tap into major horsepower for quick multi-tasking, innovative A/V advancements to enlarge on 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—better than ever. Unlike others in its class, this PC rocks premium components and a glam look, yet won’t slam your pocketbook. Yes, it’s a fantastic huge high-def world out there. And the Satellite A505 laptop let’s you roll with it.
Toshiba Satellite A505D: 16-Inch Screen for Mobile HD Entertainment
Replace your desktop PC with the Toshiba Satellite A505D-S6008, which features a 16-inch diagonal HD TruBrite widescreen LED-backlit show, touchpad with multi-touch control, and a dual-layer DVD±RW drive that burns CDs and offers Labelflash print functionality. The bright 16-inch LCD (1366 x 768) offers a right 16:9 aspect ratio and 720p native high-classification resolution, and the A505 is fantastic for by as a media center with the touch-sensitive media keys placed above the keyboard. And it’s sure to stand out in the crowd thanks to the stunning Fusion End in Quantum Black.
The A505′s brilliant high-gloss Fusion end in Quantum Black is sure to turn heads. |
The 16-inch A505 has a 104-key keyboard (with 10-key pad) and lighted, touch-sensitive multimedia controls (see better image). |
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Thanks to the built-in webcam and Toshiba Face Recognition software on this machine, you’ll delight in a more convenient way to communicate, log on or share your laptop among the family. Other high-tech features include a power-saving Eco Utility to help reduce power consumption based on your needs, USB Sleep-and-Charge port, and a hard drive impact sensor that protects your data.
Pre-installed with the Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium operating system (64-bit version), you’ll be able to easily make a home network and share all of your favorite photos, videos, and composition. Windows 7 is the simplest, fastest, and most engaging version of Windows yet. Better ways to find and manage files, like Jump Lists and improved taskbar previews, help you speed through everyday tasks. Windows 7 is designed for quicker and more reliable performance, so your PC just works the way you want it to.
Key Features
- 16-inch widescreen TruBrite HD LED-Backlit show not only renders stunning visuals, but it’s more environmentally friendly as it uses less power (1366 x 768 resolution, 16:9 aspect ratio).
- 2.5 GHz AMD Turion II Dual-Core Mobile M620 processor with 2 MB L2 cache for brilliant multi-tasking. And it’s designed to handle simultaneous 32- and 64-bit computing with no degradation in performance.
- 640 GB Serial ATA hard drive (5400 RPM) with an impact sensor that helps safeguard your data by “parking” the hard drive heads in the event of a drop or sudden movement.
- 4 GB of RAM (DDR2; 800 MHz; upgradeable to 8 GB)
- ATI Radeon HD 4200 graphics with up to 1918 MB of dynamically allocated shared graphics reminiscence.
- 8x SuperMulti DVD drive with double layer support and Labelflash printing, which enables you to personalize your discs and keep them looking attractive and organized with direct-to-disc laser printing.
- Wireless-N Wi-Fi networking (802.11b/g/n) for greater speed and range.
- 1.3 megapixel webcam with Face Recognition capabilities for added security. And if you’re by one laptop for several users–say for the whole family or for a small business–Toshiba Face Recognition lets you switch profiles with one simple look.
- Harman Kardon stereo speakers bring an added dimension to composition, movies and gaming with rich, immersive virtual surround sound.
- Quick Ethernet (10/100)
- 5-in-1 reminiscence card reader compatible with Secure Digital, Secure Digital High Capacity, Reminiscence Stick, Reminiscence Stick PRO, Multi Media Card, xD Picture Card
- ExpressCard (34/54) slot lets you take advantage of thinner, quicker, and lighter expansion cards for even more advanced wireless, networking, storage space, and security features.
- Four whole USB ports with one eSATA/USB combo port that also features Sleep and Charge capabilities, allowing you to charge your mobile phone and other devices even when the notebook is asleep or off.
- VGA video productivity
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Windows 7 Home Premium makes it simple to make a home network and share all of your favorite photos, videos, and composition. And you can watch shows for free when and where you want with Internet TV on Windows Media Center. Get the best entertainment experience with Windows 7 Home Premium.
- Get more features with Windows Anytime Upgrade. It’s the best way to add features to Windows 7, takes as few as ten minutes, requires no software or downloads, and you’ll keep your existing programs, files, and settings. Windows will walk you through the simple upgrade process.
- Pre-loaded software includes Microsoft Works SE 9.0 for word processing and spreadsheet work. Delight in a 60-day trial version of Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007.
- 6-cell (5200 mAh) battery
- Weight: 6.48 pounds
- Dimensions: 15.1 x 10.2 x 1.61 inches (WxDxH)
- Warranty: One-year limited hardware warranty
- Energy Star 5.0 certified
- Gold EPEAT designation for meeting standards to help reduce its environmental impact.
- RoHS compliant effectively reducing the environmental impact by restricting the use of lead, mercury and certain other unsafe substances
What’s in the Box
This package contains the Toshiba Satellite A505D-S6008 notebook PC, rechargeable lithium-ion battery, AC adapter, and operating instructions.
It also comes with the following software: Norton Internet Security 2010 (30-day trial), Toshiba PC Health Monitor, Microsoft Works, Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007 Journal (60-day trial), Windows Media Player, Corel DVD Movie Factory, Google Toolbar, Google Picasa, PowerCinema, WildTangent Orb Game Console
Rating: 
(out of 12 reviews)
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Fantastic things about the Satelite:
+ 16″ wide screen show – it’s gorgeous
+ Quick, 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 composition and movie ready.
+ Attractive
+ A small heavy but not terrible for its size.
+ Toshiba is very reliable
+ Motion detector locks the hard drive in place when it detects the laptop is being jostled around.
May possibly 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 fantastic laptop. SOme of the show lights are a small bright and the keypad is noisy. I can forgive that even if because this laptop is so quick. I’m never waiting anymore. Windows 7 is proving to be very reliable and simple 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 superfluous battery, it’s worth it. THe 12 cell does take about 2 hours to charge even if.
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.
Review for the A505-S6004
This laptop looks fantastic out of the box and you will be pleasantly surprised by the speed at which windows 7 boots initially. The screen is by the book bright and the speakers do a wonderful job for the size that they are. It is not in anticipation of 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 amusing. 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.
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THE Pros:
+ Excellent Battery Life
+ Excellent Sound
+ Fantastic Value for the money
+ Bright Glossy Show (its a Pro for me)
+ Piano Black Fusion End Looks fantastic
+ 500GB Hard drive (only 426 free initially; that’s still alot)
THE Cons:
- Terrible Webcam (don’t even reflect about this machine for “Social Notworking”)
- Finger Print Magnet (Piano black end just shows up every small finger print or scratch)
Just picked this up at Best Buy for $679 and got to say my only complaint is that the keyboard is a small too loud and the touch-pad is deafening, but an simple feature on the bottom of the keyboard can disable the touch-pad with a click of a button. No hunting around windows 7 to try and map out. The webcam is so so, but I never use it so i don’t care.
It runs quietly, the i3 processor speed you will notice upon the first boot up and all in all after three days I am very pleased with it.
The battery life is brilliant as well and I agree with the other 4 reviews. It is a fantastic computer at now even a better price.
And no warranty for me sir. Largest waste of money ever to spend anything on an asset that depreciates as quick as a laptop.
4 1/2 stars.
Of course right after my price protection finished this laptop is now on sale for 599. You can’t beat that price anywhere for what this computer does.
Toshiba Satellite A505-S6004 TruBrite 16.0-Inch Laptop (Black/Silver)
After several months researching various options available at Amazon.com I chose to stick with Toshiba. A friend of mine had seriously recommended that I should buy an Acer, but the more I researched the more I was impressed with Toshiba, especially in terms of reliability. Since my own experience with Toshiba was so clear once I had chose to stick with the brand I knew, it was a matter of which one. My reason for buying a new one was that I’d had my Toshiba Satellite since 2003 or 2004 — can’t remember which and technology had certainly went on. But that machine is still working, all be it slow.
Well, I have not regretted my choice at all. Many of the negatives reported by other reviews I have found not faults at all. The keyboard, for example is not too loud for me — in fact it is perfect for my touch. One thing that does drive me nuts is the touchpad: when I am surfing it is so sensitive that it keeps scrolling down the page and back up again at what seems like warp speed. (I reflect somebody in the reviews may have found out how to fix this, so I much look and see if I can find it.)This machine boots up so quick — reasonably an improvement that the 10 to 15 minutes it took my ancient machine!
Back to deciding which one to go with. Initially, I intended to go with a 15.6 inch screen — primarily because that was what I was used to and also because there were some really excellent deals price-wise. But, I couldn’t find one in the price range with 4 USB ports and I also wanted an HDMI port. It still amazes me what I can get for around $700 considering I paid $1200 for my ancient and antiquated machine. The computer looks gorgeous, but fingerprints are an annoying problem. Also it’s lighter than my ancient laptop, which is a pleasant surprise.
I’ve had the machine since April 10th so I am still on a learning curve as how things work and what I can do. But so far it’s all worked like magic. I’ve talked to my son on Skype and he lives in Korea. Some people have complained about the quality of the webcam and my son has told me on one occasion that the picture was not that fantastic and then the next time that it was really clear! My son in Italy said it was fantastic. So what can I tell you — is it the Internet connection or is it the camera. I really like having it and it’s worked seamlessly. And it’s absolutely right that the wireless connection works right out of the box. I often download tv programs that I’ve missed and the quality of the picture is as if surveillance the tv. I should add that I’m American and had the machine delivered to my mother’s, but I live in the UK and have been by it here since the end of April. No problems have arisen as a result of being in a different country.
I am going to have to replace a lot of software, which is an expensive negative. I’ve used Microsoft Office Professional 2000 for years and Adobe 5 and Paint Shop Pro 9 — all will have to be replaced. But, I am experimenting with Open Office software which is free and so far has been fantastic. Having said that I am by the trial version of Office Professional 2007 mostly because I really needed Outlook. So the question is will I just buy Outlook and go with Open Office.
I do like Windows 7, the software that comes with the computer has been adequate so far. I use the movie maker software a lot and was pleased that it may possibly improve the quality of some of my small homemade videos — the kind you can make with any a cell phone or digital camera. Also a nice small scanning/faxing program that has made it very simple for me to scan and email. I was able to make a DVD of some photographs for my husband, but was not able to map out how to find/use the lable/flash program that I thought was part of the package — the one that is supposed to print directly onto the disc.
Glad to say my ancient 2179 HP printer was no problem to install and works perfectly. I was sure I would have to get a new one so that was a nice surprise.
All in all, with 6 weeks ownership in hand I am thrilled with this laptop.
After by the laptop for several days, it’s ok although I probable alot more with speed because it has the new intel i3 chip. It takes along time to boot up and the DVD combo drive is noisy. I thought I was getting an brilliant product with the Toshiba brand, I researched alot of others but because I’ve had other Toshiba brand electronics I tried to stay loyal to the brand. My son has a Dell and his is far better with speed and quietness and his laptop doesn’t even have the new intel chip. When your’re reading the product details online it leaves you to judge that this is the best of the best. I’m alot disappoointed.