Toshiba Satellite A205-S5871 15.4-inch Laptop (1.86 GHz Intel Pentium Dual Core T2390 Processor, 2 GB RAM, 160 GB Hard Drive, DVD Drive, Vista Premium)

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Average Customer Rating:	3.5
Brand:	Toshiba
Model:	A205-S5871
Color:	Onyx Blue
Display size:	15.4 inches
Weight:	6 pounds
Dimensions:	10.6 inches x 14.3 inches x 1.32 inches [Width x Length x Height]

Product Categories

Laptop Computers; Toshiba; Notebooks; Satellite; 13 Inches & More; 5400 RPM; 121GB - 320GB; Windows Vista Home Premium; Intel; Pentium Dual Core; Core Duo; 2GB; LCD; 20" & Under; Cell Phone; 5 Inches & More; 2008

Product description

Optimized for everyday use, the affordable Satellite A205, with 15.4" diagonal widescreen TruBrite display, is loaded with a PC wish list of features. Intel's latest technology offers efficient use of power and speed for multitasking and multimedia.

Features

15.4-inch (Diagonal) TruBrite TFT Widescreen Display at 1280 x 800 Native Resolution

1.86 GHz Intel Pentium Dual Core Processor T2390 with 1 MB L2 Cache

2048 MB PC5300 DDR2 SDRAM, 160 GB (5400 RPM) Hard Drive (SATA), Mobile Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100 with 8 MB-256 MB Dynamically Allocated Shared Graphics Memory

DVD SuperMulti (+/-R Double Layer) Drive, Atheros 802.11b/g Wireless LAN

Windows Vista Home Premium, dims in inches: 10.6 (W) x 14.3 (L) x 1.32 (H), 10.5 lbs approx.

Customer reviews

« "Unreliable product, with an 'F' rated customer support by national standards" »

If you're reading this review right now, then chances are you want to make sure you are making the right choice.
Let me assure you, if you're planning on purchasing a Toshiba laptop, you are not.

Please, google "toshiba laptop complaints" and get the REAL reviews.
As for my input...
this is a conversation that took place in an authorized toshiba shipping store:
me: "Man, let me tell you something... NEVER buy a Toshiba laptop."
clerk: "With the ammount of them that we ship back every month, I never would."

..just in case you were wondering how many laptops this authorized postal service receives from customer and ships out for repair every month - "..about 30" is the answer that I got

Good luck.

Rating: (1 out of 5) @ 2008-09-20

« Great first laptop »

This is my first laptop and my son thought I should get more ram but whats nice is I can add if I need it. I was pleased with the price, ease of use and the screen is crystal clear. I would recommend to anyone that needs a good basic laptop, after you remove all of the extra software you don't need. There were no reviews when I purchased this laptop and was a little skeptical, but I am very happy I made the purchase.

Rating: (5 out of 5) @ 2008-08-17

« Nice basic system. »

I haven't had it long but I'm very pleased with it so far. The screen looks great, the keyboard feels nice, the touch pad works fine. The overall build quality seems great. It comes loaded with bloatware but then so does every other laptop. The recovery DVD's work (don't ask ;)) but recovery takes a long time and will make you think it's stuck in a loop. It eventually comes back to "out of box state." One nice thing about having done the recovery is that I was allowed to change the size of the partition during the process. I would definitely buy this model if I had it to do over again.