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Toshiba Satellite L305D S5881 Review

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Toshiba Satellite L305D-S5881 15.4-inch Laptop (2.0 GHz AMD Turion X2 Dual Core Mobile RM-70 Processor, 3 GB RAM, 200 Hard Drive, DVD Drive, Vista Premium)

Toshiba Satellite L305D S5881 Laptop

Toshiba Satellite L305D S5881 Features and Technical Details
Toshiba Satellite L305D S5881 Features

    * 15.4-inch (Diagonal) TruBrite TFT Widescreen Display at 1280 x 800 Native Resolution
    * 2.0 GHz AMD Turion X2 Dual Core Mobile Processor RM-70 with 1 MB L2 Cache
    * 3072 MB PC6400 DDR2 SDRAM, 200 GB (5400 RPM) Hard Drive (SATA)
    * DVD SuperMulti (+/-R Double Layer) with Labelflash, Atheros 802.11 b/g Wireless LAN

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* Windows Vista Home Premium, dims in inches: 10.6 (W) x 14.3 (L) x 1.31 (H), 5.67 lbs approx.

Processor, Memory, and Motherboard

    * Hardware Platform: PC
    * Processor: 2 GHz AMD Turion 64
    * Number of Processors: 2
    * RAM: 3000 MB
    * RAM Type: DDR2 SDRAM

Hard Drive

* Size: 200 GB
* Type: Serial ATA

Cases and Expandability

* Size (LWH): 14.3 inches, 10.6 inches, 1.31 inches

Helpful Customer Reviews for Toshiba Satellite L305D S5881

Though I loved my previous laptop and used it with no complaints since November 2003, I feel like I was a caterpillar and now I'm a butterfly, using my new Toshiba L305D-S5581! Well, okay, I did have a complaint about how long it took my old PC to boot up and shut down, and was thrilled with my new Toshiba's faster accomplishments of those routine operations. I had expected slower instead of faster, due to VISTA and the additional programs which would be on the new laptop. I had XP on my old laptop. I like both versions of MS Windows OS, and can see the advantages of each, but VISTA is definitely the butterfly.

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Even though many reviews have made what appear to have been valid complaints about products with the specifications this Toshiba (and other brands) has, I have not had any of those difficulties, and indeed have felt like wings have replaced my previously grounded slow motion.

I was foremost looking for a machine with at least 3 GB of SDRAM, and at least 200 GB HD. The choice of 3 GB of RAM was due to helpful reviews I've read on many pages for laptops on Amazon which have complained that Windows VISTA is slow with less RAM. What I have on this machine is absolutely fine for my needs.

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Reviews have noted that not quite as much HD space is needed currently, with the market availability of USB drives which extend the PC's hard drive in a variety of ways, with nearly endless storage options... so I felt that 200 GB DH would be adequate, and it is, though I don't need to store lots of game or graphics programs on my PC, mostly just my manuscripts and MS WORD, AOL, and photos.

As to the complaints of current laptops being loaded with what is called crap ware or bloat ware, I have to say I agree somewhat with those complaints. I haven't yet been able to decide what I might need within the bloat ware offerings, and honestly can't decide which of the DVD players, CD writers, Wireless purveyors, etc., would be the ones I would want to use.

But what some reviews have pointed out exposes the trade off in this case, i.e., the reason certain LT's (laptops) can be offered at such good prices is that the companies who provide the plethora of extra programs pay for that advertising, thereby allowing the lower price offered by the company offering the machine. Given that trade off, I'm willing to take time to decide what I want to keep and discard among the huge number of colorful icons grinning at me from my desk top, hoping I'll click on them and purchase from their trial offerings.

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Everything I have so far installed and begun using has been easy for me, not a computer wiz, to accomplish, though I'm very thankful for the reviewers who mentioned the Windows VISTA habit of always asking via a dialogue box pop-up if the user or "administrator" (me) initiated the action. Even though this pop up sometimes feels disruptive, I've become more comfortable knowing I will be asked and informed before uploading and installation will occur from the hordes of automatic updates seemingly offered by everyone on every program on my computer.

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