Toshiba Satellite A105 review

Media center in a low cost laptop

Good points of Toshiba Satellite A105

Toshiba Satellite A105 is a laptop that most usual computer users will consider good. If you consider things such as price, which is not high, the fact that it provides  dedicated multimedia control and that it has good speakers, Toshiba Satellite A105 is a good laptop.

This laptop also has bad points Bad points come in pair with good ones, most of them in user comfort part. The screen resolution is not that high for it’s size, plus the fact that the keyboard is a bit crowded and features a Windows key that is not in the usual spot gives a bad feeling to the user.

If you also consider the small touchpad you could say skip…

But, bottom line, the price is king: for the money you spend buying it, it is great choice.

If you are a fashionable person, you will probably observe that Toshiba Satellite A105 is a classically designed laptop: dark grey, black and silver. Oh wait, we have a color spot…oh, damn, it is the Windows XP sticker…right!

Toshiba Satellite A105 features a 15,4 inches screen, too small comparing it to its competitors, a screen that run with a 1,280x800 native resolution that some may consider already outdated.

From an other point of view, Toshiba Satellite A105 sound speakers are good so from this part, you are covered well.

Toshiba Satellite A105 features a S-Video out port that makes it easy to connect to most modern TVs. It would have been a nice thing if the producers would have included a remote control also…but they didn’t.

Toshiba Satellite A105 is port rich: there are 10/100 Ethernet, 802.11a/b/g Wi-Fi, and a 56Kbps modem for networking; four USB 2.0 ports; a FireWire port; two PC Card slots (but not the latest ExpressCards); S-Video out; VGA out; headphone and microphone jacks; and a 5-in 1 memory card reader for Secure Digital, Memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro, MultiMediaCard, and xD-Picture Cards.

With its 1.6GHz Intel Core Duo processor, 512MB of average 533MHz RAM, a huge 120GB hard drive that spins at 5,400rpm, and an integrated Intel GMA 950 graphics subsystem , Toshiba Satellite A150 comes at a price starting at $999…and going down! You may find it at different producers, with promotions at around $800. For this price, I’d say GET IT NOW! Toshiba Satellite A105 it’s a deal!