- Toshiba Satellite 5205-S703 Laptop
- 2.0-GHz Pentium 4, 512 MB RAM, 60 GB Hard Drive
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Is your heart set on a multimedia-ready mobile computer offering a hard-charging processor, sublime graphics, rich stereo sound with built-in subwoofer, and a large ultra-high-resolution display, all in a compact package? The Toshiba Satellite 5205-S703 notebook PC delivers.
A 2 GHz Mobile Intel Pentium 4 processor-M provides premium computing power across a broad range of productivity and multimedia software. The notebook’s 512 MB of memory--expandable to 1 GB--and 512 KB of L2 cache smoothly run multiple applications simultaneously. A 60 GB hard drive offers cavernous data and multimedia content storage.
A multifunction DVD/CD-RW drive lets you watch movies, and listen to and record music and back up data on CD. Sound from the notebook’s built-in Harman Kardon stereo speakers with subwoofer is enhanced by 3-D sound support with HRTF 3-D positional audio, Direct 3-D sound, and hardware acceleration for DirectSound and DirectMusic.
The 5205-S703 includes a 15-inch UXGA active-matrix display that, coupled with an NVIDIA GeForce4 460 Go graphics controller and 64MB 250MHz DDR external video memory, supports up to 16 million colors at 1600 X 1200 resolution.
The 7.1-pound, 12.9-by-11.6-by-1.8-inch 5205-S703 includes an integrated 10/100Base-T Ethernet interface with RJ-45 LAN port and built-in 56K V.92 modem with RJ-11 connector. Other ports include three USB 2.0 interfaces, a TV-out interface, a FireWire interface, and a secure digital card slot. A 32-bit CardBus-ready PC Card slot supports one Type II card.
The notebook includes a Toshiba remote control device with power on/shutdown, CD/DVD/digital audio play control, volume control, keyboard emulation, task change, maximize window, and a TV button. The 5205-S703’s keyboard includes 85 full-size keys with 12 function keys.
Installed software includes Windows XP Home Edition, Microsoft Works, Intuit Quicken Basic 2001, InterVideo WinDVD, Norton AntiVirus 2002, and Adobe Acrobat Reader.
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81 of 82 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Amazing Piece of Machinery,
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This review is from: Toshiba Satellite 5205-S703 Laptop (2.0-GHz Pentium 4, 512 MB RAM, 60 GB Hard Drive) (Personal Computers)
As a pro new media designer, I needed a machine that would be very powerful, have lots of features, and still be pretty portable. After looking over dozens of Sony, Apple, and other machines, here's why this one won me over:1) GeForce 460 64MB: Aside from being able to drive two monitors (excellent for video editing and menu-intensive apps), I do like to play the occasional game. This card pumped out Unreal Tournament 2003 at 1280x1024 resolution with high levels of detail set. Very impressive. 2) DVD-Burner: I've seriously wanted to get into DVD-Authoring, and this opened up the door. It's only a 1x, but it does the job. 3) Subwoofer: As part of my work, I compose and work with a variety of music styles. The sub adds a full octave of bass response to the output, which is excellent when building beats, watching DVD's, or blowing away the other team in Unreal. 4) Screen: 1600x1200 resolution looks beautiful. In my profession, I'm usually using a ton of different programs, each of which may have up to a dozen tool or option palletes open at once. The additional screen real estate is wonderful. 5) Power: 2Ghz, 512MB of Ram, and Intel's Speed-step power-saving make for a lot of efficient horsies under the hood. 6) Synaptics cPad: Very useful little gadget. Combines a touchpad with a built-in application launcher that is totally customizable. You can also customize the graphic behind the touchpad however you'd like. In my case, I put my company logo in there - I like. 7) Remote control: Great for controlling your machine from a distance, like if you're watching DVD's. 8) Output options: Dolby 5.1 surround, VGA port, Audio/Video output, etc. Why bother getting a full home theater system? All you need is this machine and some surround-sound speakers. It already plays CD's, DVD's and outputs surround. 9) SD Card slot: My video camera uses those Multimedia Cards for storing digital pictures. The SD format is a derivative of the MMC cards, so the slot reads both. Now I don't need to carry an external card reader any longer. 10) CD Player: The machine has dedicated CD player buttons on the front, so that you can play CD even with the laptop turned off. Great for conserving battery power well all you want to do is listen to music. 11) Look and feel: This thing is beautiful. I love the glossy blue screen back. It makes people go "whoa". The keys are very comfortable and actually have some travel, so they feel like you're actually typing on a real honest-to-god keyboard (unlike the Sonys, which don't have nearly enough travel). The positioning of the specialty keys (Home, PgUp, `, etc.) take a little getting used to, but actually are much better laid out than on some other laptops I've seen. 12) Last but not least: Price! This baby beats out the Sonys, Apples, and others in price-to-performance ratio and sheer number of features. I feel a got an excellent deal with this machine, and it does everything I wanted - and more! Problems: 1) No DVD authoring software! Usually, machines with DVD burners or standalone DVD burners bring at least a copy of MyDVD. This brought nothing. 2) Battery consumption - this thing eats battery life with a quickness. A second battery is highly recommended. 3) Weight and Size: Don't get me wrong - this is no desktop-replacement battleship. However, it's not a thin-and-light by any means. It's a workhorse machine, and it's built solid. Size-wise, it's a healthy (1.7" thick, 11Lx13W), but not nearly so big as the 16" screened desktop rep. monsters. It's actually a very comfortable size. 4) No floppy: Once in a while, I'll be at a client's who has no network, no wireless, and no CD-burner. A floppy drive is not by any means a neccesity, but it does come in handy once in a while. Honestly, the above problems are almost nit-picky in comparison to what you get with this machine. I am absolutely thrilled with this computer, and actually enjoy using it much more than my desktop. Check it out yourself and you'll see what I mean!
53 of 53 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A tale of two notebooks,
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This review is from: Toshiba Satellite 5205-S703 Laptop (2.0-GHz Pentium 4, 512 MB RAM, 60 GB Hard Drive) (Personal Computers)
You may have noticed Toshiba is selling two very different notebooks for the same price: the 1955-S803 and the 5205-S703. So which is better? The 1955 cost about the same as the 5205, has the same memory, same HDD, a bigger screen and faster CPU, so it must be the best choice right? Well maybe not.The 1955 has a nice big 16" LCD, but the *quality* of that screen is much lower than the 15" screen on the 5205. Also the 1955 is using a P4 desktop CPU, whereas the 5205 uses a P4 mobile CPU. The desktop CPU runs hotter and drains the battery faster. So which is better? Well it depends on what you want. The 1955 is a great choice if you are going to plug into a wall socket and don't plan to use your notebook on your lap (the bottom gets hot). It more like a desktop computer you can move around easily. The 5205 is a better choice if you need more battery life or want a very high quality screen to reduce eyestrain, do CAD work, or to play the latest 3D games. Personally I prefer the 5205 for the longer battery life and high quality screen. The build quality is also a little better (both are good). CPU: Screen: Graphics chipset: Weight: Both offerings have serious competition from Dell, HP/Compaq, and Gateway so look around.
13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
if only it would'nt breakdown,
By Rhonda (bronx, new york United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Toshiba Satellite 5205-S703 Laptop (2.0-GHz Pentium 4, 512 MB RAM, 60 GB Hard Drive) (Personal Computers)
I purchased this Toshiba 3months ago and really loved it...then a month ago the dvd-r drive went bad...it was replaced and I became happy again...but that was shorted lived because yesterday(1/30/03) the wireless connection stop working and was told by Toshiba that the wireless card has to be replaced (free of charge of course). This makes me wonder whats next. I really like this machine and maybe I just got stuck with a lemon. I hope this is the end of the repairs. I would really advise everyone that they take out an extended warrenty (as I did) expecially if this is a sign of things to come.
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