Toshiba Satellite U405-S2920 13.3-Inch Laptop

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Along with some of the advancements in mobile technology, Toshiba has given these Satellite U405 laptops a whole new look too, including a brilliant high-gloss Fusion finish, attractive Horizon design imprint, sleek flush-mounted touchpad and feather-touch CD/DVD control pad. You'll get brains and beauty!Want the best of both worlds - a smaller footprint with a larger screen? Voil! This 13.3" diagonal TruBrite widescreen display not only offers fantastic color, depth and brightness for movies and other multimedia, but more room for spreadsheet columns too.Add excitement to online chatting. Collaborate with colleagues. Stay in touch with friends and family while on the road. All without buying extra equipment or managing cables. Yes, your picture is truly worth a thousand words.Stay fully powered and light on your feet. Satellite U400 laptops come with several USB Sleep-and-Charge ports so you can power-up your favorite portable electronic devices, even when the machine is asleep. And when it comes time to take off, you'll appreciate the ultraportable 4.5-pound weight of these portable PCs.The Satellite U400 notebook series makes it easy to synch with your smart phone, or enjoy more comfortable computing using Bluetooth mice, keyboards and headphones - all without wrestling another annoying cable.

I have had many toshibas and they are great for business and hold up well. This one however was a complete lemon. The wireless didnt work, the computer can't seem to find the adapter no matter what we do. Also, the battery was in the laptop when we recieved it (I have never bought a new laptop that didnt have the battery outside the laptop). Since the laptop had the battery in it, it got shuffled during shipping and was all jacked up. Which also caused other components in the back to partially pop off. I popped them back in, but am not totally comfortable there was no damage. I think returning this is going to be a huge hassle....the only people I can get on the phone are oversea's and they can't seem to answer my questions! I'm sure the computer is great, but the service is not and now I have a huge hassle in front of me!


Everyone is jealous of my laptop. They love the compact size and the heavy duty performance.


The lapop is gorgeous, very fast on internet. Just one thing not really good, it's about the Vista Home Premium, which is not very friendly toward other application i tried to install, like Acrobat 9. Sometimes the app just exit without any warning... I will install Vista business, hoping it can solve the problem.


I was able basically to open the box, plug it in, and start browsing the web. It detected my wireless instantly, no setup worries for me, which was soo much better than my last laptop.

Pros:
-what a price, very powerful and good looking for under $900
-medium size, fits in large purses which is convenient
-outside top of case is sexy silver, makes a good mirror (not quite that reflective, but almost)
-built in webcam, which the face recognition uses
-no annoying lock to keep lid closed, but very tight and secure also
-white LED lights, soothing and less annoying than blue, if a little bright
-sound control (spin wheel) on outside for easy access
-textured touch pad so i know when finger is on it
-64-bit Vista, excellent, easy to use for me so far, and this computer is built so it will run fast
-USB ports on both sides
-came with an interesting radio antenna, which i use occasionally
-power cord is nice and long, very convenient for public places
-keys have a nice feel to them, stiff but sleek
-screen is bright and crisp, haven't found it too reflective for my taste
-overall, sturdy, portable, a real looker

Cons:
-the battery on my laptop doesn't last as long as the manufacturer says, only about 3 hours unplugged on balanced power usage, the power saver mode hasn't made a difference in this so far...5 hours would be nicer
-does not come with microsoft office products, including but not limited to Word and PowerPoint, although many laptops don't come with this software anymore
-not able to decrease the brightness of the screen enough for when I am using it in a dark room, and the buttons to adjust said brightness are very inconveniently placed at the top of the keyboard...they are secondary functions of the F6 and F7 buttons, so that you have to use the FN key which is at the bottom of the keyboard
-I am always accidentally pushing the LED seamless buttons at the top near the power button (they control sound and music), these buttons are attractive but annoying
-speakers are too quiet and i often have to use headphones or secondary speakers, but the sound quality is decent, if quiet
-keys are glossy and adorable, but they show dust and fingerprints all the time, no matter how clean you are...but it looks so good when they are clean it is probably worth it
-MY X KEY POPPED OFF THE SECOND DAY USING THIS LAPTOP...from my experience, Toshiba keyboards are notorious for losing keys, if this happens to you, do yourself a favor and send it back right away and get a replacement
-a really good docking station for this laptop is not yet available as far as I can tell
-thin enough for me, but not ultra-thin or small like other new trendy laptops
-tiny spacebar, big enough but smaller than on a standard keyboard, takes a little getting used to

Make your own decision, I am keeping it and loving it after a month



I have had this computer for about a week now. It's my forth Toshiba laptop. This is the best by far for travel. Battery life as said by some to be long, I have not found it to be so. About two hours or so. The shinny keyboard is not a plus. But, it does work as it should. I have had many Toshiba computers over the last ten years. Not one has caused me any trouble at all, and all of them still work. They are not as fast as this little gem. This one is small, fairly light, and fast. I love it.



I just received this system a few days ago. Overall I am pleased with it but caveat emptor. First, the pros: very nice (Samsung - SEC) LCD with good color saturation and no stuck pixels, 4-Gb PC6400 RAM, 64-bit Vista Home Premium, large HDD, and nice build quality (minus the keyboard). The factory image ran sluggishly when I first booted it - so I installed a different HDD and installed XP Pro and Vista HP 32-bit. It runs really well with XP (although the drivers are hard to find - the trick is to go to Toshiba's Euro support site) and the 32-bit Vista clean install ran faster than the 64-bit factory image. So, I decided to use restore DVD's (which is a con - you have to burn the restore DVD's yourself - Toshiba does not provide them) and restore the factory image onto the XP/Vista HDD. The system was still sluggish after the restore (which takes 2+ hours), but after removing Norton Antivirus, Quicken and a lot of other garbage, the system runs very well - in fact it is "snappy" - when you click on something it opens immediately. I might add that using the 64-bit version of VHP allows the system to "see" all 4-Gb of RAM. It is NOT a gaming system, but it did receive a Vista WEI of 3.8 for gaming graphics, and I tried it with two older (pre-2006) games and it ran just fine. OK - the cons - biggest is battery life (with brightness set below 50%) while surfing with wireless LAN and Bluetooth is only about 2 HR and 15 MIN to 10% remaining battery, the keyboard has noticeable flex and feels cheap, and the glossy finish is a fingerprint magnet. Since the U405-S2918 has a P-series Intel processor (P7450) - I would have thought that it would get significantly more than two hours battery life - but it does not. Overall, I am pleased with this system, especially since it runs XP so well. I hope to re-install XP shortly and convert it back to a dual-booter.

About Toshiba Satellite U405-S2920 13.3-Inch Laptop detail

• Amazon Sales Rank: #421 in Personal Computers
• Brand: Toshiba
• Model: PSU44U-03F020
• Dimensions: 1.38" h x 12.40" w x 9.00" l, 4.72 pounds
• Display size: 13.3

Features

• Ultra-portable notebook PC with 13.3-inch LCD, integrated 4G ZOHM WiMAX connectivity, and webcam with face recognition
• 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo P8600 processor (Centrino 2), 320 GB hard drive, 4 GB RAM (8 GB max), Labelflash dual-layer DVD drive
• Draft-N Wi-Fi (802.11a/b/g/n); Bluetooth; 10/100 Ethernet; Intel GMA 4500MHD graphics (up to 1750 MB of available memory)
• Connectivity: 3 USB, 1 FireWire, 1 VGA, 1 S-Video, headphone with S/PDIF digital audio, 1 ExpressCard 34/54, 5-in-1 memory card reader
• Pre-installed with Windows Vista Home Premium with SP1 (64-bit version); Fusion finish with Horizon pattern

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