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Toshiba Satellite 5005-S504 Notebook

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Reviewed by: bobdold
Updated: 07-26-02

Overall Rating: 1 Star Review

Duration of ownership:5 Months

Strengths: Design, features

Weaknesses: Performance, reliability

Overall Evaluation: Mine has been into service three times, first for random shutdowns, now for slow performance from bios fix that was supposed to fix shutdowns. Latest bios (1.7) works great if all you want is a 750Mhz computer (throttles back CPU when it gets hot), unfortunately I paid for a 1.1 Ghz!
Reviewed by: emerldeyez
Updated: 05-13-02

Overall Rating: 5 Star Review

Duration of ownership:6 Months

Strengths: Terrific graphics and sound. Handles nicely with comfortable, resilient keyboard. 512 RAM and 30 gig hd gives enough machine to do most any job.

Weaknesses: Lack of ports other than USB is a bit of a pain.

Overall Evaluation: This is my 4th laptop and the best by far. I was not shopping Toshiba when I got this one, but am extremely pleased with it. I think it leads the laptop line with its 'over the top' sharp appearance, extensive memory and great graphics and sound. It replaces a desktop for me. And the SmartMedia slot is irreplacible for anyone doing much photography. My review is only showing up as 3 1/2 stars for some reason, but this is a 5 star machine in my book!
Reviewed by: spinnyjr0809
Updated: 05-13-02

Overall Rating: 4 Star Review

Duration of ownership:2 Months

Strengths: It has a large 15 LCD screen, has usb ports. The sound is very clear. The graphics are very good

Weaknesses: Heavy, the battery does not last very long. It does not have a parelle port for printing, but you can still use the usb ports for that.

Overall Evaluation: It is very good for watching DVDs. It was a nice size screen for viewing. It is great for your office desktop. It is a bit heavy, may be hard to travel with. Printing may be hard if your printer does not have a usb port. It has great graphics and sound. I would recommend it to a friend.
Reviewed by: Gonny
Updated: 03-18-02

Overall Rating: 4 Star Review

Duration of ownership:4 Weeks

Strengths: Great sound! The graphic features are so crisp that at times I put my sunglasses on at night. Speedy mouse pad; keyboard comfortable. Love its looks when closed like a polished top of a car.

Weaknesses: No parallel or PS/2 ports. However, quickly solved with a replicator plugged into one of the three USB ports. Battery life short. No place for a second one. A bit heavy for travel.

Overall Evaluation: I replaced my bulky computer with this laptop. Much more space on my desk. Its 15 inches screen alone uses a lot of battery life, therefore I keep it mostly plugged in. I added an extra keyboard with all the handy connection features. Love my new setup and am not permanently stuck behind my desk. I have not traveled with it yet but as a desktop replacement I can highly recommend it.
Reviewed by: ebtravis
Updated: 02-08-02

Overall Rating: 5 Star Review

Duration of ownership:2 Months

Strengths: Has all the goodies I was looking for in a laptop--great graphics and sound, slot for smart media card, large HD (30 GB) and tons of memory (512 Mb), all for a low, low price.

Weaknesses: Very low battery life, heavy, no docking station capability, have to buy adapters extra, though the 3.5" floppy is included.

Overall Evaluation: Other comments about screen whiteness can be solved just by adjusting the tilt of the screen. This laptop works like a charm. I do a lot of graphics-intensive programs and desktop publishing and this handles them easily. With all the connection options, a LAN and 56 K modem (separate by the way), plus two pc card slots, this has become my office away from my office. Too bad the battery life is so slow because that means I must always carry the adapter, which adds to the bulky weight. Overall, the pluses far outweigh any of the minuses.
Reviewed by: pjbaird
Updated: 01-24-02

Overall Rating: 4 Star Review

Duration of ownership:3 Months

Strengths: Great display and sound, slots for all my toys, plenty of USB ports, flashy and capable.

Weaknesses: Heavy if you plan to travel with it.

Overall Evaluation: This is a great desktop replacement machine, not particularly a traveler's model. But it accommodates all my needs so I no longer need a desktop PC to do what my laptop can't. This laptop does it all.
Reviewed by: al.a
Updated: 01-14-02

Overall Rating: 1 Star Review

Duration of ownership:10 Days

Strengths: 15 inch LCD, Nvidia to go video card with 16 Megs of Ram, DVD-CDRW Combo great speakers and 1 Gig PIII.

Weaknesses: Slow CPU, weak battery, missing ports..etc.

Overall Evaluation: If you are willing to give up the option to have access to the BIOS, no serial port, no parallel port, slower chip with only 256K cache and 90 minutes of mobile battery power then Toshiba 5005-S504 is for you! I cannot afford to lose all these important features for the Pros of this laptop!
Reviewed by: paddock23
Updated: 01-08-02

Overall Rating: 4 Star Review

Duration of ownership:30 Days

Strengths: power, storeage, sound quality, speed

Weaknesses: battrie life, large screen but rather white

Overall Evaluation: This laptop is a good deal for those looking to enter the laptop market and not sacrafice performace for portability. unit dose not have much upgradeability but has most current need tools. internal smartmedia slot is great for digital camera. Screen is rather white can make watching dark movies difficult because the black appears as washed out. but this might be a dvd player issue.