Buy Toshiba Satellite L505-S5990 Laptop Notebook - Intel® CoreTM 2 Duo

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Found this at BB for a pretty good price. I was a bit worried about the weight and size, but overall it is very nice.

Pros:

Large, full keyboard with big keys.

beautiful 16 inch HD screen, very impressive.

Excellent processor, Hard Drive, graphics card, and webcam.

Nice touchpad (besides the buttons).

Cons:

Touchpad buttons suck, very large and clunky.

This sucker is heavy!

Finish picks up a lot of finger prints, smudges.

Status lights are tiny with bad labels.

Volume wheel looks like it could be broke off easily.

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Initially I purchased a dell laptop at Walmart, being in a rush. After less than 30 days the dell videocard/motherboard/lcd and many other things malfunctioned and needed to be repaired. Walmart after much hesitation refunded me every penny and I left and went to look into another laptop/brand. I read high raves about Toshiba and Asus laptops so I kinda had my heart set on a Toshiba. I went to Best Buy where they weren't very helpful, no one said a word to me even walking around with cash in hand and intent on buying something. I liked having the controls on the top of the keyboard for playing, pausing, FF/RW, as well as Volume/Mute Controls. The volume wheel does feel like it might break easily if messed with a lot or bumped so I plan on being delicate with it.

The volume level leaves MUCH to be desired, its rather quiet for my taste. Mine came loaded with Windows 7, we will see how that goes.

The keyboard takes some getting used to as it feels cramped when you are used to a full dedicated keyboard without 10key. So far the display is crysal clear, videos and switching between tasks has been seamless.

Webcam only works if you have a ton of lighting around which is slightly disappointing.

For the price, its not bad.

Warranty and service so far seems adequate.

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I was able to purchase this computer at Best Buy for $500, slightly less than Amazon. The computer is light, has a nice size screen and the keyboard is sleek and easier than most to type on. Also, there is a little roller at the front of the computer that allows you to manipulate the volume with your finger. Most laptops do not have the ability to do this which was a main selling feature for me. The only problem is that the speakers are weak so if you use a lot of sound, but separate speakers. The battery does last a decent amount of time.

I have to say I am pretty annoyed with this computer right now because both IE and Mozilla constantly crash on me. They browser freezes up at least 5-7 times a day and requires me to close out. But when I go back to IE, it does take me back to all the pages I was on when it crashed. Also, my home Internet signal works fine yet the computer loses the signal and stalls out a few times a day. And after it finds the connection again this piece of crap takes forever to get to the Internet.

Overall it is a good computer but knowing what I know I am absolutely would NOT buy this computer. I would pay a little extra for a faster, stronger computer. I may send it in to be fixed under the limited warranty but the problems I have seem to be ones that would be hard to identify and fix.

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Pros:

-Buttons aren't too big or too small

-Nice, big 16" 720p screen

-Easy access

-Built-in Wireless adapter

-Realtek HD Audio is good for headphone or additional speaker use

-Excellent for watching videos

-Plenty of RAM and HDD space

-SD card slot

Cons:

-Volume adjuster is a bit too retro

-Speakers doesn't have a very good quality, compared to other Toshiba laptops

-Not made for heavy video gaming(setting graphics to max)

-Only 2 USB ports

Good working laptop, for media use; not able to keep up on the latest video games, if you set the graphics too high; recommend low graphic settings.

Not a lot of bass on the speakers; I recommend using additional speakers or headphones, if you want a good experience when listening to music or watching videos.

I won't say anything about the touchpad, since I rarely use touchpads. However, setting up the touchpad can be fun. I'll never guess there being a option that adds inertia to the cursor, when using the touchpad, and bounces off the edges of the screen, if I didn't see it on there.

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Compré este equipo y en mi opinión es una portátil que reune buenas características. Por ejemplo, la pantalla de 16 pulgadas se ve excelente, la tarjeta gráfica es de lo mejor. Con ella he podido correr juegos que requieren muchos recursos de memoria y video y los juego sin ninguna novedad.

Con respecto al procesador, lo considero bastante rápido, la capacidad del disco duro, apropiada.

Es diseño y el acabado es elegante si no se ensucia, el peso es regular, no calienta mucho pero si no quieres que se caliente, puedes usar las bases de ventiladores externos de esos que venden en las tiendas de computación.

Lo único malo es que el acabado del case y del teclado hace que se marquen mucho con las huellas de los dedos y manos. Hay que estarle pasando un paño sutil para dejarla como nueva.

Otra cosa buena de este equipo es que trae incorporado el teclado numérico como en las desktop, lo cual facilita las operaciones matemáticas, por ejemplo.

En resumen, recomiendo esta laptop por su precio, por sus características y por el respaldo de la marca.