TOSHIBA Satellite L505-S5969 Review

The Toshiba Satellite L505-S5969 is a great bargain laptop. It comes with plenty of space for your files, has a built-in DVD burner and comes with decent amounts of RAM and CPU power for all your computing needs.

The battery life is also very good. The laptop is ideal for use at home and office and also for students. It should be kept in mind that this laptop is not meant for hardcore gaming and other high-end computing needs. It is a down-to-earth work/school laptop and given its price, fulfills all the requirements.

On the minus side, the Satellite L505-S5969 does lack in some respects. The inbuilt speakers are very weak and the webcam isn’t that impressive either. And the laptop also doesn’t offer high graphics performance. These are OK for the price of the laptop ($699).

General Specifications

Operating System — Windows Vista Home Premium

CPU Type — Intel Pentium dual-core T4200(2.0GHz)

Screen — 15.6″

Memory Size — 3GB DDR2

Hard Disk — 320GB

Optical Drive — DVD Super Multi

Graphics Card — Intel GMA 4500M

Video Memory — Shared memory

Communication — Modem, LAN and WLAN

Dimensions — 15.1″ x 10.2″ x 1.4″ – 1.55″

Weight — Starting at 6.0 lbs.

CPU
CPU Type — Intel Pentium dual-core

CPU Speed — T4200(2.00GHz)

CPU FSB — 800MHz

CPU L2 Cache — 1MB

Chipset
Chipset — Intel GL40

Display
Screen Size — 15.6″

Wide Screen Support — Yes

Resolution — 1366 x 768

LCD Features — TruBrite technology

Operating Systems
Operating System — Windows Vista Home Premium

Graphics
GPU/VPU — Intel GMA 4500M

Video Memory — 128MB-1341MB dynamically allocated shared graphics memory

Graphic Type — Integrated Card

Hard Drive
HDD — 320GB

HDD RPM — 5400rpm

HDD Interface — SATA

Memory
Memory Slots — 2 x DIMM

Memory Speed — DDR2 800

Memory — 3GB

Optical Drive
Optical Drive Type — DVD Super Multi

Optical Drive Interface — Integrated

Optical Drive Spec — DVD SuperMulti drive with Labelflash supporting 11 formats

Maximum speed and compatibility: CD-ROM (24x), CD-R (24x), CD-RW (24x), DVD-ROM (8x), DVD-R (Single Layer, (8x)), DVD-R (Double Layer, (6x)), DVD-RW (6x), DVD+R (Single Layer, (8x)), DVD+R (Double Layer, (6x)), DVD+RW (8x), DVDRAM (5x)

Uses Labelflash media to burn high quality labels directly to disc

Communications
Modem — 56K

LAN — 10/100Mbps

WLAN — 802.11b/g Wireless LAN

Ports
USB — 3 x USB ( 2 x USB, 1 x eSATA/USB combo)

Video Port — 1 x VGA

Audio Ports — 1 x Microphone jack; 1 x Headphone jack

Audio
Audio — Integrated Sound card

Speaker — Internal Speakers

Input Device
Touchpad — Toshiba TouchPad

Keyboard — 104 key US keyboard with 10-key(black)

Supplemental Drive
Card Reader — Memory Card Reader

Secure Digital, Secure Digital High Capacity, Mini SD, Micro SD, Memory Stick, Memory Stick PRO, Multi Media Card [shared slot]

Webcam — Yes

Power
AC Adapter — 65-watt AC adapter

Battery — 4000mAh (6 cell) Lithium Ion battery pack

Physical spec
Dimensions — 15.1″ x 10.2″ x 1.4″ – 1.55″

Weight — Starting at 6.0 lbs.

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