Toshiba Satellite U405-S2856 PC Notebook Reviews

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Have owned this for about a week. It replaces a U305 (Toshiba's 13' line prior to the U405) that I've had for just over a year and was/am very happy with (giving it to my wife). I picked the 13' size hoping it would be the perfect compromise between thesuper-tiny-and-not-very-readable 12' and smaller stuff, and the too-large-and-heavy-for-travel 14' and larger stuff. from Circuitcity.com Lightest weight for the money, and very powerful for the money, but 4 things really bug me:1) Glossy screen makes viewing difficult - the screen reflects lights just like a glass TV screen does. 2) Speakers are very poor, difficult to hear, and havezero base.3) Glossy finish and glossy keys are more than just fingerprint and smudge magnets, the keys are difficult to read in certain lighting situations due to reflections. from Circuitcity.com I loved this computer since I saw the first of i't's type with the S2830. I start digging a little bit and I found this model S2856 with better procesor. from Circuitcity.com I got this toshiba because it has a 32 bit version of Vista that I need to run some of my management contact software programs, which won't work with the 64 bit version. The processer is very fast due to the 1066 front side bus and large 3 MB L2 cache. from Amazon.com It looks good, its really quite, doesn't heat and battery lasts long. Almost everything is good about it besides few things. Sound: Its not that audible, i have to keep laptop really close to hear clearly, even headphones doesn't help. Overloaded: its loaded with bunch of softwares ( around 20 GB) its no use Toshiba. from Amazon.com Pros: Where to start. Been eyeing a bunch of laptops. from Newegg.com This was my second time purchasing a Toshiba laptop. Once again, I am very satisfied with the product. from Amazon.com The machine is great. The only thing I miss is the fingerprint reader. The sound is nice for a notebook. It's thin and light for it's class, and definitely a very good looking machine. from Amazon.com I have the U405-S2830, which I dont know why they are not selling this model anymore, bec. it is pretty new model, I wonder if there is something wrong with the model. from Amazon.com This notebook is a 13,3" 2,26 GHz Core 2 Duo with 3 GB RAM and 320 GB HD. Ok. from Amazon.com

Specs

Released	1 year ago
Display Size	13.3 in.
Weight	4.41 lb.
Processor Speed	2.26 GHz
Hard Drive Capacity	320 GB
Audio Input Type	Integrated Microphone Microphone
Audio Output Type	Headphones Sound card Speaker(s) SPDIF out
Battery Technology	Lithium ion
Bus Speed	1066 MHz
CD / DVD Type	Dual Layer DVD±RW/DVD-RAM
Chipset	Intel GM45 Express
Data Link Protocol	Bluetooth
Depth	9 in.
Display	13.3 in.
Display Max. Resolution	1280 x 800
Display Tech	WXGA TFT Active Matrix
Expandability	1 x SD Card Slot, 1 x MMC Card Slot, 1 x Memory Stick PRO, 1 x xD Card Slot, 1 x ExpressCard
Expansion Ports	2 x USB 2.0, 3 x USB 2.0, 1 x IEEE 1394a (FireWire), VGA out, RJ-45 (NIC)
Family Line	Toshiba Satellite
Graphic Processor	Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X4500MHD
Hard Drive	320 GB Serial ATA, 5400 RPM
Hard Drive Rotation Speed	5,400 RPM
Height	1.38 in.
Input Method	Keyboard Touchpad
Installed Cache Memory	3072 KB
Installed Memory	3 GB (DDR2 SDRAM)
Installed RAM	3 GB
Laptop Type	Thin and Light Laptop
MPN	PSU44U-00C00W
Max Supported RAM	4 GB
Mobile Technology	Wi-Fi Certified
Modem Type	Fax / Modem
Networking Type	Bluetooth Integrated Wireless LAN
Operating System	Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium
Optical Drive ReWrite Speed	16x (CD-RW) 8x (DVD+RW) 6x (DVD-RW) 5x (DVD-RAM)
Optical Drive Read Speed	24x (CD) 8x (DVD)
Optical Drive Write Speed	24x (CD) 8x (DVD+R) 8x (DVD-R) 4x (DVD+R DL) 6x (DVD+R DL) 6x (DVD-R DL)
Platform	PC
Processor	Core 2 Duo 2.26 GHz
Processor Manufacturer	Intel
Processor Number	P400
Processor Type	Core 2 Duo
RAM Speed	800 MHz
RAM Technology	DDR2 SDRAM
Screen Size	13.3 in.
Special Features	Integrated Video Camera 5-in-1 Card Reader
Storage Controller Type	Serial ATA
UPC	883974109210
Use	Home Use
Warranty	1 Year
Width	12.4 in.

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