A Product Review of the Best Selling 15.4″ Toshiba Satellite A215-S5857 Laptop
июня 2, 2010
Budget level laptops are outselling many of the more expensive options the manufactures are offering these days. This can be attributed partly because of the slowing economy and partly because hardware manufactures like Intel are producing more and more powerful processors at an inexpensive price making more powerful budget notebooks. The Toshiba Satellite A205-S5841 15.4″ Laptop falls into this budget notebook category and I've gotten my hands on one. In this review I'm going to let you know what you can expect out of it and if it is worth your money. Let's begin with the basics.
Hardware:
Operating system: Windows Vista Home Premium
Display: 15.4″ LCD
Processor: 1.73 GHz Intel Pentium T2370 dual-core
Storage: 160GB
RAM: 2GB of RAM (cannot be expanded)
Optical Drive: an integrated CD burner R/RW with dual layer DVD +/- R RW burner
Video Card: An Integrated Intel GMA X3100 (which steals 256mb of system ram to use)
This budget Toshiba comes in their current trend color onyx blue. The screen is great, and glossy. This Toshiba is fairly mobile and isn't too bulky. It is made from the same “shell” as their more expensive offerings. The differences here clearly start with the motherboard. This notebook comes loaded with 2 GB of ram which is fine for this level of notebook, however it isn't expandable. So if you plan to use this laptop for a long period of time, you won't be able to upgrade the RAM down the road, just something to keep in mind. Also the processor is only a 1.73 which does just fine for the majority of applications but don't expect to play any graphically intensive games. The video card seals the deal with the gaming limitations. It is integrated and shares its memory with the system RAM.
The battery life is average on this notebook and the hard drive actually has a good amount of space for what this notebook is being designed for. Lets get to the connectivity.
Connectivity:
Integrated WiFi (to connect to wireless networks)
4 2.0 USB ports (to connect your iPod, digital camera, printer or whatever else you may have)
1 FireWire (connect your notebook to another PC or to transfer digital video from your camcorder)
1 VGA (use this to connect to computer monitors)
1 S-Video (this can connect to some TV's but it is mostly for connecting your notebook with projectors)
1 audio out / mic in (self explanatory)
ExpressCard (for connecting things like a Bluetooth adaptors, which you'll need to buy since this notebook isn't integrated with it)
It has a good amount of connectivity for a “budget” notebook. I like that it has 4 USB ports, which is 1 more than standard. I do wish it had integrated Bluetooth. You may want to invest in an external Bluetooth module to add on if you decide to purchase this notebook. With that you'll be able to use Bluetooth enabled peripherals like mice and keyboards (wirelessly) as well as being able to sync with your phone.
Although I have been critical of it for $600 this is a great notebook. It will please just about any casual user. It will do plenty of work on the road and download plenty of songs to listen to and movies to watch. The only things it won't really do are graphic editing and intensive gaming. Watch for this one to drop pretty low when things slow down in the summer. If it does I would hop on it.
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I got a Fujitsu laptop with Intel 2 duo core processor, 3 G memory, built in web cam, spill proof keyboard, drop shock sensor/preventive (whatever it’s called) and some other stuff. Is this a good product. It seems really well made and it has some other cool stuff. I don’t know much about this company except that it is obviously Japanese. It has the same features as the Toshiba I was looking at, but it had better graphics and screen/color.