Toshiba Satellite P105-S6114 17" Notebook PC (Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T5200, 2 GB RAM, 160 GB Hard Drive, DVD SuperMulti Double Layer Drive)

Average customer rating: 4.0

Rocks
Great desktop replacement
Beware of non-standard keyboard !
Great value overall - just a few minor annoyances.
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Toshiba Satellite P105-S6114 17" Notebook PC (Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T5200, 2 GB RAM, 160 GB Hard Drive, DVD SuperMulti Double Layer Drive)

Manufacturer: Toshiba
Product Group: Personal Computer
Binding: Personal Computers
ASIN: B000IXD7YA

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Product Description

The Toshiba Satellite P105-S6114 Notebook Computer is geared for your lifestyle. The deluxe 17" screen is in a slim case that can still be carried easily. Powered by Intel Centrino Duo Mobile Technology, it has 1440x900 Resolution and brilliant TruBrite technology. Enjoy virtual Surround Sound from the built-in harman/kardon speakers. Robust multimedia flexibility lets you transfer, burn, and share. A large 160GB Hard-Drive enhances storage performance. An Integrated 802.11b/g wireless LAN ensures speedy downloads and WiFi connectivity. There's even state-of-the-art security, thanks to a Fingerprint Reader and Kensington compatible lock. It's the best way to get more from your media on the go. Intel PRO/100 VE-Network connection; 10/100 Base-TX Ethernet Integrated wireless LAN; 3945ABG (802.11 a/b/g) PCMCIA slot (Type II/Type I) ExpressCard slot, supporting ExpressCard/34 & ExpressCard/54 5-in-1 Bridge Media Adapter - Secure Digital (SD), Memory Stick, Memory Stick PRO, Fingerprint Reader Ports - RGB (monitor), S-Video out, microphone in, headphone out, USB 2.0 (4 ports), i.LINK, RJ-45 (LAN), RJ-11 (modem) Operating Systems - Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005; Windows Vista capable Software Included - Toshiba software & utilities; WildTangent game console; Microsoft Works 8.5; OneNote 2003, Windows Media Player 10, Office Trial Student Teacher Edition (60-day trial); Java 2 Runtime Environment; Adobe Acrobat Reader; InterVideo WinDVD 5 & Creator 2 Platinum; Sonic Solutions PrimeTime, RecordNow! & Drive Letter Access; McAfee VirusScan & Internet Security Suite (30-day trial); AOL (6-month trial) Unit Dimensions(WxDxH) - 15.5 x 10.8 x 1.65 (394 x 275 x 41.9 mm) Weight - 7.1 lbs. (3.2 Kg)

Amazon.com Product Description

Satisfy your multimedia and gaming needs wherever you roam with the thin, light Toshiba Satellite P105-S6114 laptop. It runs the powerful Windows XP Media Center operating system, which offers a wide assortment of features to make it easy to create and manage digital photos, videos, and music. It's also great for using as an entertainment center, with Toshiba's unique Express Media Player enabling you to bypass the system and access CDs and DVDs with a touch of button. You'll enjoy fantastic DVD viewing as well as immersive gaming graphics thanks to the 17-inch TruBrite display.

It's powered by Intel's powerful Core 2 Duo processor, which offers a 20 percent performance boost over its predecessor while using 28 percent less power--so you get the benefit of a powerful dual-core PC plus all the benefits of mobility. The dual-execution core T5200 Core 2 Duo processor provides an optimized, multithreaded architecture for improved gaming and multitasking performance, and it features a 1.6 GHz speed, fast 533 MHz system bus, and large 2 MB L2 cache. This laptop also features a 160 GB hard drive, 2 GB of installed DDR2 RAM (4 GB maximum), tri-mode 802.11a/b/g wireless connectivity, Intel GMA 950 graphics processor with 128 MB of shared video memory, and multi-format memory card reader. This is a Windows Vista capable PC, and it's also Windows Vista Premium ready.

The Basics
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Hard Drive: You'll be able to store large libraries of digital audio, video, and photos on the 160 GB hard drive (5400 RPM). This Serial ATA (SATA) hard drive also quickens the pace with a higher speed transfer of data--akin to FireWire and USB 2.0.

Processor: The Intel Core 2 Duo T5200 processor has a 1.6 GHz processor speed, fast 533 MHz front-side bus (FSB), and large 2 MB L2 cache. (An L2, or secondary, cache temporarily stores data; and a larger L2 cache can help speed up your system's performance. The FSB carries data between the CPU and RAM, and a faster front-side bus will deliver better overall performance.)

The Intel Core 2 Duo processor has two computational execution cores in a single processor, providing greater system response when running multi-threaded applications simultaneously with no significant increase in power consumption. It's optimized for multitasking and is ready to support the Microsoft Windows Vista operating system. It can simultaneously run multiple demanding applications--such as graphics-intensive games or serious number-crunching business productivity applications--while downloading music or running virus-scanning security programs in the background. Some of the advanced Intel innovations of the Core 2 Duo processor include: <ul>

Smart Memory Access: Improves system performance by hiding memory latency, thus optimizing the use of available computer data bandwidth to provide data to the processor when and where it is needed.

Advanced Digital Media Boost: Effectively doubles the execution speed for instructions used widely in multimedia and graphics applications.

Dynamic Power Coordination: Coordinates Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology and idle power-management state (C-states) transitions independently per core to help save power.

Deeper Sleep with Dynamic Cache Sizing: Saves power by flushing cache data to system memory during periods of inactivity to lower CPU voltage.</ul>

Memory: The 2 GB of built-in memory (PC4200, DDR2 SDRAM) is a great start for power users, and it offers a very fast 533 MHz speed. It has two memory slots, enabling you to add up to 4 GB of RAM for worry-free handling graphics-intensive presentations and multiple open business productivity applications.

CD/DVD Drive: The double-layer DVD drive is compatible with a wide range of formats, including both DVD+RW and DVD-RW discs, CD-RW discs, and dual-layer (DL) DVD+/-R discs, which can hold up to 8.5 GB of data--great for backing up your MP3 collection or your most important documents. It features the following speeds: 2.4x DVD+R DL, 2x DVD-R DL, 8x for both single-layer DVD+R/-R, 4x DVD+RW, 4x DVD-RW, 3x DVD-RAM, and 24x/10x for CD-R/RW. It reads DVD-ROM discs at 8x and CD-ROMs at 24x.

Keyboard & Mouse: This notebook has a standard keyboard and electro-static two-button touchpad. It also offers a launch button for the Express CD/DVD media player and control buttons (play, stop, next, previous). With Toshiba's unique Express Media Player, you can won't have to wait for Windows to boot up before you can start a DVD movie or CD. Just a simple press of the button bypasses the system and starts your media playing. </ul> Screen, Graphics and Sound
This laptop has a 17-inch TFT display with a resolution of 1440 x 900 pixels. It also provides TruBrite technology, which makes images brighter and more vivid thanks to its anti-glare feature. Video is powered by the Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950, which uses Intel Dynamic Video Memory Technology (DVMT) and provides up to 128 MB of shared video memory. It offers both VGA and S-Video output connections for connecting to monitors and TVs.

You'll enjoy crisp sound via the built-in Harman Kardon stereo speakers, which can produce immersive SRS TruSurround XT virtual surround sound with SRS WOW sound enhancement. This notebook also features an integrated audio card with headphone and microphone jacks.

Connectivity and Expansion Slots
Offering easy connectivity, this notebook comes with an integrated tri-mode Intel 3945ABG wireless LAN, which is compatible with 802.11b/g networks (commonly found in home routers and Wi-Fi hotspots) as well as 802.11a networks (which has a higher throughput, but more limited range--great for closed office environments). It also includes a next-generation ExpressCard 54/34 card slot (in addition to a standard PCMCIA slot), which lets you take advantage of thinner, faster, and lighter expansion cards for even more advanced wireless, networking, storage, and security features. You get a good offering of connectivity options: <ul>

4 USB 2.0 ports for connecting a wide range of peripherals--from digital cameras to MP3 players

1 FireWire (also known as IEEE 1394 or i.Link) port for connecting digital video camcorders and other peripherals

1 VGA monitor port

1 S-Video out

1 PCMCIA (or PC Card) slot (Type II, PCMCIA R2.01, PC Card16, CardBus)

1 ExpressCard/54 Slot (also supports ExpressCard/34)

5-in-1 memory card reader (Secure Digital, MultiMedia, Memory Stick, Memory Stick PRO, xD Picture Card)

1 headphone jack, 1 microphone jack </ul> It also has an integrated 56K modem (V.90) and an RJ-45 LAN network port (for a 10/100 Ethernet connection to networks and DSL/cable modems).

Preloaded System and Software
The pre-installed Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 is essentially Windows XP Professional Edition with a variety of tools to help you to create, organize, and enjoy digital media ranging from music to home movies to photo slide shows. Additionally, it enables you to control your television with the included remote and record and pause programs (much like a DVR--or digital video recorder--such as Tivo or ReplayTV). It also comes preloaded with Microsoft Works, Microsoft Office OneNote 2003, McAfee Internet Security Suite and VirusScan (with 30-day trials), InterVideo WinDVD and WinDVD Creator, and Sonic Solutions RecordNow.

Dimensions and Weight
This notebook measures 15.5 x 10.8 x 1.65 inches and weighs 7.1 pounds.

Power
It's powered by a 6-cell rechargeable lithium-ion battery (4000 mAh), which has a battery life of up to 2.25 hours (depending on usage). It has a recharge time of approximately 4 hours.

What's in the Box
This package contains the P105-S6114 notebook PC, rechargeable lithium-ion battery, AC adapter, and operating instructions. It is backed by a one-year limited hardware warranty.

Customer Reviews:

Rocks.......2007-04-15

This processor works neat!! And amazing 2GB of RAM will run as much stuff you want at a time...

Great desktop replacement.......2007-01-18

If you do everything BUT games this one is very good. I got 2 toshibas and I'm very happy with both.

Beware of non-standard keyboard !.......2007-01-14

Toshiba has changed the universally used key sizes and/or locations of several of the keys on their 17" laptop keyboards (ie:shift . / ; ' up arrow). Also added a 2nd forward slash key. I would not have bought a laptop, w/ a non-standard keyboard had I known about it.

Great value overall - just a few minor annoyances........2007-01-12

At the time of this review, I have used my notebook for close to two weeks. I am very satisfied with the product thus far. The 17" Trubrit screen delivers great contrast and colors (which is important for me as I do quite a bit of graphic design) as well as tons of processing power. Considering it's size, it is rather light weight and not overbearing. The Harmon Kardon speakers in my opinion produce above average sound for a notebook. The large number of available USB and media ports makes it perfect for what I do. As I have come to expect from Toshiba, the build quality is amazing.

All this cannot be said though without noting a few the annoyances with this notebook. As was stated by other reviewers, the keyboard is definitely takes some getting use to - especially with the tiny period key and right shift key. But, in my opinion, having a keypad and the right hand side compensates for this.

The finger print scanner, while an excellent time saving function, quite often doesn't work and reads (Bad Quality) when attempting to scan. Because it uses heat spots to map your fingerprint, the accuracy tends to decrease as your laptop heats up from prolonged use.

Finally, by far the most annoying thing with this laptop is the fan. I've read other reviews were people have actually returned there notebooks because of the fan. It's not that it's necessarily loud, it's that it turns on for 1/2 a second then off again - only to repeat the process 5 seconds later. So you constantly have a fan turning off and on, off and on, off and on. If you are in a quiet setting, it can drive you insane. I've attempted to see if there is a firmware fix for the MB through Toshiba, but to no avail. As long as I have some background noise and am not working in total silence, it's livable.

All in all, if you can find this notebook on sale it is a fantastic bargain if you can get around the few minor annoyances.

toshiba laptop.......2007-01-11

Good device, good value, good Amazon service and delivery.
All as promised. Thanks

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