Toshiba Satellite 5205-S503

(2.0GHz Intel Pentium 4 Mobile, 512MB, 40GB, CDRW/DVD, WIndows XP, 15" TFT - MPN: PS520U2SZRHV)

Description: The Satellite 5205-S503 is faster and even more flexible! We've upgraded to a Mobile Intel? Pentium? 4 Processor - M4 2.0GHz and NVIDIA? GeForce4? 460 Go? graphics controller w/32MB 250MHz DDR video memory for processing speed. For flexibil.... Read More

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Date Reviewed: 01/11/2003
quake3addicts Member Since: Jan 2003 View Member's: Reviews Product Experience: 2 Days	First the computer has no bios. Bios allows you t ... Strengths: Dont get tricked by all the features Weaknesses: see below Summary: First the computer has no bios. Bios allows you to adjust what is connected to your computer or even boot devices such as booting to cd rom to install a new OS. The only way to access the severely LIMITED bios is to insatll an os and Toshiba utility. VERY BAD Second the display is horrible. The black spaces between each pixel is visibly irriating. Pictures do not appear clear and look fuzzy. Especially annoying on a white screen such as Word. This is horrible!!! Third I attempted to install a 5400 rpm hard drive. The drive works in every other laptop except you guessed it this one. Apparently only Toshiba drives work in this machine and must have a SLAVE setting to operate. Fourth the usb will not auto detect my devices. I must manually go to device manager and force a scan for hardware changes. Stay away from this laptop.... 100% of People (3/3) found this review helpful. Was this review helpful or unhelpful for you? Report this as inappropriate. There are no comments for this review. Post a comment.

Date Reviewed: 10/22/2004
yankee101111 from SC Member Since: Oct 2004 View Member's: Reviews Product Experience: 1 Years	Although I found the speakers to be awesome at fir ... Strengths: Display, functionality Weaknesses: Speakers, processor Summary: Although I found the speakers to be awesome at first, over time they got to the point that they would no longer bring out high-quality sound. Also, the computer does not work well with a lot of programs running in the background. I suggest going into configuration settings and turning off a lot of the useless stuff at startup. Good computer overall though. Was this review helpful or unhelpful for you? Report this as inappropriate. There are no comments for this review. Post a comment.

Date Reviewed: 07/31/2003
pontmaxx Member Since: Jul 2003 View Member's: Reviews Product Experience: 6 Months	This is my second Toshiba Satellite and I am extre ... Strengths: great for on the fly presentations, great sound and graphics Weaknesses: heavy one pixel off on display (red dot, barely noticable unless screen is near uniformly black Summary: This is my second Toshiba Satellite and I am extremely pleased. I ended up buying my girlfriend one for her birthday. I would highly recommend this one for folks doing graphic presentations and projection. Was this review helpful or unhelpful for you? Report this as inappropriate. There are no comments for this review. Post a comment.

Date Reviewed: 02/12/2003
xerloq from UT Member Since: Feb 2003 View Member's: Reviews Product Experience: 2 Months	Toshiba created a powerhouse little brother for th ... Strengths: Bright, vivid screen, large hard drive, remote control, 3 USB 2.0 and Firewire Weaknesses: Awkward Toshiba stabilization utilities may interfere with games/DVD playback, Impressive blue lid scratches easily. Summary: Toshiba created a powerhouse little brother for those of us who don't need to record DVDs. The screen is bright and excellent (though the first one did have a stuck pixel - right in the center of the screen - more later). The sound is awesome. It's nice to be able to listen to CDs without turning on the whole laptop. Upgrading RAM is a snap. The multimedia remote control is quaint. Toshiba's 4200 RPM HD is very fast and quite compared to larger form-factor notebook hard drives. The cooling system is quiet as well. Toshiba's stabilization software seemed to cause performance issues with games and DVD playback, but Toshiba tech support (website, forum, email and phone) is excellent. It's not hard to disable the utilities. In all, this is an wonderful laptop that turns heads everywhere you go - even those snooty Apple users "Ooo" and "Ahh" over it. You won't regret owning it. Was this review helpful or unhelpful for you? Report this as inappropriate. There are no comments for this review. Post a comment.

Date Reviewed: 01/29/2003
Stlcards2525 from LA Member Since: Jan 2003 View Member's: Reviews Product Experience: 2 Weeks	The display on this laptop is great. It came with ... Strengths: Display, Sound, Speed Weaknesses: Weight Summary: The display on this laptop is great. It came with one pixel stuck on red. I read other people saying how horrible this is, and their eyes cannot not escape that one pixel. I think they were exxagerating, I don't even notice it unless I am looking for it, and still then it is hard to find it sometimes. The harman/kardon speakers that it comes with are remarkable. They put out a great sound. The only weakness is the weight of this laptop, but its really not that bad. I would highly recommend this computer to anyone who was looking for one in this price range. Was this review helpful or unhelpful for you? Report this as inappropriate. There are no comments for this review. Post a comment.