Toshiba Satellite L305 Review Analysis | All Features Rated & Tested

price

5

Don't like lock when closing it
It's now reatail price
Has some compatability issues that my cheap Dell does not
but what do you expect from a laptop at this price point?
A little slow sometimes but, for the price I am not complaining at all

good value
Reliabe, realitivly inexpensive, good value
Cheap price
17" monitor and 3gb of ram, Cheap price
THE PERFORMANCE IS AWESOME AND THE PRICE WAS CRAZY LOL IT

the price has shot back up making this less of a deal
Well, the price has shot back up making this less of a deal, but I still would have purchased it

The hardware is excellent for the price
good price
Good laptop for the price
great price
you get all you need from a computer and more with its portability for a great price
Price
Great specs for the price
Great specs for the price, Durablity
good value for money
good value for money, good sound,
low price
Good specs, low price, lightweight, DVD RW,
Easy to set up, price, power
Very Low Price
Very Low Price, Best configuration
Everything I wanted and needed for a super low price
color and the price
screen siZe, speed, built in web cam and mic phone, color and the price
Web cam, Great price
Value
Value, Value, Value
Very fast and reliable and the price was unbeatable
Price, Screen, Functionality
Display and the preformance for the low price good for college purposes
Amazingly fast, big screen, windows vista, good price
The True-Brite Screen, Full Keyboard and great sale price
It's easy to use and has great value at it's cheap price
Excelent value for the price
Excelent value for the price, even runs Vista areo effects
Nice amount of power for the price
Great Value
Nice amount of power for the price, Great Value
Fast, good price, portable
Performance for price
very good price for high quality laptop
Good price, looks, processor, calm, quiet and cool
Look and Feel, Performance, Price
14" screen best price point for AMD
14" screen best price point for AMD, great keyboard
Price, size, power
Excelent price for specs
Cheaply Priced
good for price
good for price, big hard drive, and long battery life
you won't find much more or any with all the features for the price
Price against features
Display & Price
Design,Size,Fast,Display & Price
Cant beat the performance at this price point
Lots of features, Great Price
Price, Performance
Very fast, lot of features,good price
Loaded for the price
the price
Great price, Lots of RAM, Good sized Hard Drive, Good Processor
Awesome Price
Great price, easy set-up, clear, webcam, ect
Price is an A+
lots of features for the price
plug in and play, lots of features for the price
Quick start up, good price
Reliable brand, great price
good price, very fast, came set up, good quality webcam
Cheap
Good price, good screen
To start off the screen size, the price, and the keyboard
Price, Functions, Color, Full Keyboard, Just About Everything
good for the money
Great price, great product
Definitely worth the money
I noticed the price has risen from $400 to 470 in the past week
I noticed the price has risen from $400 to 470 in the past week, I'm glad I got it last week
Overall it's a great deal for the price and you won't be too upset if something happens to it
Great value considering the features that come with this laptop

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performance

5

Below-average performance
Slow
Slow, older CPU
AMD processor gets a little warm
AMD processor gets a little warm, but it has a great heat sink

Decent overall performance
Above-average graphics performance
2.16GHz Intel Pentium Dual Core processor
GPU (graphics processor
AMD Processor greatly improved in battery life, GPU (graphics processor

64-bit processor w/ 32-bit windows :(
SLOW WITH ONLY 32 BIT
Just slightly lower performance that I would expect
Still slow performance
Still slow performance, screen is not the best
burn speed is slow
Sometimes slow
Wireless performance could be better
Not as quick as an Intel...but AMD is known for being a great gaming processor
could be a tad faster
Slow boot up time
Slow boot up time, bogs down
This is a fairly slow machine
This is a fairly slow machine, over-all, and especially at boot-time

Fast and lightweight
fast
Small, fast, good looking
Fast and very portable
fast processor
Big screen, fast processor, a lot of RAM, and large hard drive
fast and reliable
very fast
quick
The display is bright and clear, the performance is fast, and quiet
Performance
keys make it easy to type fast
internet is fast
fast startup
internet is fast, fast startup, great price
Amazing performance
Fast, reliable, efficient, great for work and play
speed
Very fast, boots up in a couple of minutes
easy out of the box, fast, reliable, stylish
how fast it is and how much my daughter uses it and loves it
the speed of the processor and ease of use
fast and affordable
quick start up
Amazingly fast
pretty fast surfing
Fast wireless
Really Fast
processor
Processor, Speed, Graphics
ZM processor
ZM processor, RAMMemory, Compact design
Speed, Design, and Toshiba Programs
Lightweight, design, speed
Good deal, performance, support
Everything processes FAST
quick startup
value for performance
Wicked fast
Wicked fast, I love the look, speakers OK, see Review
good performance
Fast processing and lightwieght
Great speed
Small size, light weight, fast processor, super-quiet fan
blazing fast
blazing fast,lighter than most laptop in class
Small, Quick, Lots of Mem
Power Performance Processor
4GB of RAM, Built in Camera and Mic, Face Detection Software, Huge 250 GB Hard Drive, Power Performance Processor
Nice Performance
Portable, Performance
fast - not a lot of bloatware to uninstall
Easy set up, runs well, fast - not a lot of bloatware to uninstall
It is sleek, light for its size, fast and reliable
Easy on the wallet for college students like me, great performance
Good Processor
Fast booting
very light for the performance
Fast booting, great bright screen, very light for the performance, great speakers and keyboard
It has a fast startup
The connection speed and easy installation
Price, fast processor, good looks, reliable, big hard drive, BEST WINDOWS EXPERIENCE INDEX 3.7
Cheap, Fast, Easy to set up
Greight speed and performance Exelent for gameing and video editing, comes equiped with AMD TurionX2 64 mobil prosser
Fast and nice
super fast
Good system performance
Great Speed and Easy Set-Up
Fully Linux compatible, amazing graphics, super fast
2.1g Processor
Runs preety fast
it's pretty fast
Its fast
the inside of the compter is a master piece it is fast and raliable
fast and easy to work
AMD Turion X2 Dual Core Processor
fast processer
AMD processor
AMD processor, even if it is a Sempron
got here fast
Awesome deal, free shipping, got here fast
The shipping on this was amazingly fast and free
It's really fast and now slow at all
fast shipping
Easy setup, fast shipping, a lot of nice opions
runs fairly fast
is removed, runs fairly fast
Sempron is an excellent basic processor for work or school
Sempron is an excellent basic processor for work or school, as long as you are not trying to game with it

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screen

4

wobbly display
Short battery life and faded colors in the display
bright display hurts my eyes it's kinda piercing even if I turn brightness down
Display is a bit washed out
The display seems rather bright and not as great as some other computers

Display Quality
gorgeous display
Speedy, gorgeous display, good battery life
clear and bright display
nice display

had to RMA as it wont boot and has error message cant communicate with device

Bright and Clear monitor
large display
Nice display, Fast, Compatible
Display is a huge 17"
Display is a huge 17", lot's of built-in features
17" Display
Very nice display
The display

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sound

2.5

Weak sound
noisy sound from skype calls
Sound could be better
LOW SOUND
SHORT BATTERY LIFE, SLOW WITH ONLY 32 BIT,LOW SOUND

good sound
display and good sound quality
quick startup, display and good sound quality
Awesome sound
great sound

Almost no volume on sound
The sound is horible
The sound is horible, the bass is dropped out, the laptop is very thick
Sound
sound not to good
Battery life is short, Display is a bit washed out, sound not to good

Excellent Hardware, Great Sound
above battery life.good sound for movies and music
above battery life.good sound for movies and music,good guality,stays cool
Better to sound
Better to sound, games

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battery

0.5

Mediocre battery life
relatively short battery life
Short battery life
I also wish the battery lasted longer
I do wish the battery lasted longer, but you do have the option to plug in the battery

AMD Processor greatly improved in battery life
Lots of power, not a lot of bloatware, battery life after working, most of images on screen visible from several angles
the 250GB HD and long battery life
I adore the 17" screen, the 250GB HD and long battery life
good battery life

battery not pre-installed
battery not pre-installed, faulty internet portal
battery life
battery life is reasonable
the fact that it's back on sale and the battery life
Battery life could be better
so can all the other latop batteries
Battery life could be better, but hey, so can all the other latop batteries
I would recommend buying a better battery
The battery life is short
The battery life is short, but that is not a big deal
short battery and heaviness
battery life is short
battery life is short, had a few vista problems
short battery life makes it feel more like a desktop and no web cam =(
not that great battery
finger prints on the laptop, not that great battery, no web cam :(
Short battery life, odd placement of USB ports
short battery life and shuts down/reboots at inconvienient times
when you first turn it on it likes to freeze up, short battery life
short battery jumpy mouse
battery pack sticks out the back
battery pack sticks out the back, had to download memory card driver from website
Battery life could be a little better
Battery life, screen
Battery life last about 2 hours
occationally it freezes if the battery drains
Battery life last about 2 hours, occationally it freezes if the battery drains
low battery backup - less than two hour
battery seems to not hold full 2hrs
low battery life
70 min battery life
File installation and short battery life
platform limitations, battery life
battery life only 1 hour
battery
battery, leaves finger prints
Battery lasts under 2 hours
Shiny finish shows fingerprints easily, short battery life
low battery life on the 4-cell shipped battery
Battery is a little Medicore
Battery Life Is about 1 hr and a half, webcam not good
Battery life, leaves fingerprints
the battery life
shorter/ not so great battery life
takes too long to load, battery life, windows vista
Short Battery Life, Boot up time seems long
Battery life is...average
Battery life not so long
webcam a little fuzzy battery life accsonally the mouse sticks
Battery life (who cares)
short Battery life, but I got past that though
Short battery life, fuzzy webcam
short battery life-i had to charge it 3 times in less than 4 hours
leaves finger prints, short battery life
2.5 hour battery life
Battery life but i will upgrade to the 9-cell battery soon
Buy the 9 cell battery
battery life could be better, DVD drive somewhat picky with blank DVDs
the battery life is only 4hrs.that's the only down side of the laptop
only about two hours
short battery life,only about two hours
not enough battery life
Battery life about 2 hours or less

long battery
2 hours on a battery
display is great..stays bright even on battery power..unlike DELL computers
overall size,display is great..stays bright even on battery power..unlike DELL computers
and long battery life
battery life is good
Easy to set up, battery life is good
nice battery life
Huge screen, nice battery life, 3gb of ram
battery supprot well
Having only a few hours of use on this machine
Having only a few hours of use on this machine, this is more of an informational article than a true review
Great screen and battery life

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keyboard

4

substandard keyboard
Keyboard feels a little cheap (homologous to the HP's)
Vista can be irritating, Keyboard feels a little cheap (homologous to the HP's)
Keyboard is a bit small
Keyboard is a bit small, speakers could be better

media control buttons above keyboard and volume dial along front edge add convenience
Nice keyboard, great features, fast, doesnt run hot, unique features
Feels really good when typing
smooth keyboard and mouse
small, lightweight, smooth keyboard and mouse

keyboard
constant fan, keyboard, maybe too small
keyboard is not solid
Piece of junk keyboard
Crisp but noisy keyboard
Crisp but noisy keyboard, 70 min battery life, DVD drive pops open by itself
Design,keyboard,disk hard drive
Keyboard is cheap and noisy
The keyboard could feel better
The F and the J key (homekeys
are less raised to indicate your home key
no internet key
Terrible manual, and no explanation of keyboard

numeric keypad
Large screen, numeric keypad
Nice finish, great graphics, keyboard, USB locations, location of AC port, and overall performace
nice keyboard
Ease of use, nice keyboard, fast, clear and bright display
great keyboard
size, weight, great keyboard, great picture
keyboard feels so good
Sexy design the picture that best buy put up doesnt give this laptop justic, keyboard feels so good, good laptop
Slick Keyboard
Very Fast, Bright Screen, Slick Keyboard
great speakers and keyboard
large keyboard
Nice display and keyboard
I love the large 17" screen and the full keyboard
big screen and having a number key on the keyboard
excellent keyboard
Full Keyboard
quiet keyboard
Nice display, quiet keyboard
as well as the keyboard are excellent
The display, as well as the keyboard are excellent
Keyboard types pretty well
labels on keyboard are more bold and somewhat larger than normal
Keyboard types pretty well, labels on keyboard are more bold and somewhat larger than normal
I like the large screen and keyboard

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connectivity

2

no FireWire or Bluetooth
need usb hub for more peripherals
odd placement of USB ports
only 2 USB ports
Webcam is terrible, only 2 USB ports, Hard Drive see Review

Good audio output
USB ports can charge gadgets with system off
USB locations
good wifi sensitivity
wi-fi

Fingerprints, only 2 USB ports
I recommend a USB mouse
not FireWire or Bluetooth

webcam,wi-fi, etc
WiFi

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usability

5

Easy to get finger prints on the lid
USB on right side too close to use mouse
Does fingerprint easy
Does fingerprint easy, but I negated that with an awesome skin :)
Don't use a microsoft wireless mouse because the mouse freezes up the computer

multimedia controls
nice controls
easy to setup
easy on the eyes lol
Easy to set-up

not very easy to travel with
Most of its use is at home, so not a big problem
smudges easy
Pretty easy to remove once you're use to the Vista interface
They really want me to use Vista

Easy to use
Easy to use, very fast, great price
It was so easy to set up
Easy to use with great view
Easy to set up
The setup is easy
Easy use and capabilities
easy out of the box
Easy to setup & easy to use
excellent screen, quiet, good price, quick start up, easy to use
Easy set up
also good for home use photos
Easy set up, pretty fast surfing, great for those who do primarily internet and email, also good for home use photos
Ease of use
good harddrive and ram easy to use
Easy to use, good price, good for beginners or students
easy set-up
soo easy to use
fast, soo easy to use
easy to set up and use
Great price, easy to set up and use, large keyboard
easy to use and set up for recording
easy to use and set up for recording, clear enough to see everything
Bright, big, lively screen, FULL KEYBOARD, easy to use
The ease of use
Fast, Ease of use
I purchased this laptop to send to my parents in Ukraine so we can use it on skype
Easy setup

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energy efficiency

2

I would prefer the LAN and Power ports to be on the back side
power cord seems loose
finish fingerprints easily, power cord seems loose, but has yet to fall or pull out

power

design

5

It is a bit heavier than I'd like, but I don't plan to travel with it too often
Looks could have been more stylish
Design is poor

nice-looking design
design
Attractive, if generic, design
Sleek design
good looking

stylish
Lightweight, stylish, affordable, vista ultimate
Best configuration
Sharp looking machine
looks
Compact design
Sexy design the picture that best buy put up doesnt give this laptop justic
stylish, speakers
Looks especially
Everything Good Surf Speeds Good Quallity Nice Design
good looks
Elegant looking
No fuss design
good design with a beautiful and interesting

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glare

3

The glare of the screen can be intence

Haven't noticed too much of a glare problem with the screen

image quality

5

The picture quality of the screen is really good
great picture
good quality webcam

LCD

5

Screen
Problem with start up and the screen flickers with any slight movement
Screen could be larger
screen is not the best
Burnt Out Pixel on Screen

15.4” widescreen LED backlit LCD display
2.16GHz Intel Pentium Dual Core processor, 2GB ram, 160GB hard drive, 15.4” widescreen LED backlit LCD display, Good connectivity and multimedia card support
decent screen
bright screen
17" screen

Burnt Out Pixel on Screen, Slow
Slightly Washed Screen(too bright)
Screen is hard to see in indirect sunlight

Big screen
Large screen
large screen even this 72 year old can read it
Large screen and fast
The screen is easy to see
The 17 inch screen
I adore the 17" screen
love the clear screen/picture
It was so easy to set up, love the clear screen/picture
Great Screen that doesn't "smudge" easily
Great Screen that doesn't "smudge" easily, Great Speakers that a very clear, keys make it easy to type fast,
screen siZe
The 17inch Wide Screen is Beautiful
The 17inch Wide Screen is Beautiful, the colors are great
Crystal clear display & extremely fast operation
excellent screen
Large clear screen
EXCELLENT SCREEN AND SPEED OF AMD TURION
Great screen
Fast, inexpensive,Great screen
great bright screen
great lcd display
Lightweight, fast, great lcd display
Huge screen
sleek design, bright screen, webcam is great, work perfectly
beautiful screen
good screen
Great LCD
HUGE SCREEN, Runs preety fast, No fuss design
I love how huge the screen is
Beautiful screen, runs World of Warcraft well enough
Nice screen
Nice clear big screen
sharp 15.4" screen
Bright, sharp 15.4" screen
sharp screen
It has a bright, sharp screen

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interface

5

Jammed packed with valuable features attractive to above computer user
Everything is top of the line
user friendly
Bright and Clear monitor, very light, soft keys, user friendly, lots of really great features

remote control

0.5

I wish the volume control is just a volume wheel
Now webcam(not a big deal), I wish the volume control is just a volume wheel, 64-bit processor w/ 32-bit windows :(

color

4

but I negated that with an awesome skin :)
Get a skin to hide the fingerprints

BIG screen great color
Color

appearance

5

Like the color & appearance
sleek look
great price, long battery,sleek look
Look and Feel
I love the look

fancy look
Cheaply Priced, Sleek Look
Sleek look, nice display, good for the money

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flash

0.5

Label Flash
Battery life, Label Flash

control panel

3

Key board would have been little softer to press

I love the key board

black level

4

Noisy hard drive, and black finish near keyboard shows fingerprints etc
wish the cover was black gloss instead of blue

Gloss Black Shell
Price, Display Quality, Gloss Black Shell
Mostly all black
love the black gloss
Mostly all black, love the black gloss

lens

0.5

64 bit system(not really a problem but it may cause lil problems no ne for me yet
64 bit operating system
the optical (DVD
(I put clear contact paper on it to keep from showing so many fingerprints)

product quality

3

finish fingerprints easily
shiney finish gets lots of fingerprints
Shiny finish shows fingerprints easily
glossy plastic finish shows scratches
too big to travel with, glossy plastic finish shows scratches, smudges, finger prints easily

Design & Finish
Windows Ultimate, Design & Finish
Beautiful finish
Great features, Beautiful finish, powerful
Nice finish

video

1.5

video card
No S-Video port
very annoying High pitch noise + no S-video out
No s-video or firewire and mouse

handles streaming video well
4 Gigs of Ram, HDD, Video Card

reception

5

Face Detection Software

resolution

5

great resolution
Lightweight, durable, great resolution, lots of extras, great sound

memory

5

I'm not too happy with Windows Vista, but there is really no getting around that in a new computer
low graphics score of 3 not possible to allocate more memory to it
had to download memory card driver from website
The computer is great
A lot of memory hungry useless programs installed

2GB ram
3GB RAM
17" screen, 3GB RAM, 250GB HD, easy on the eyes lol
a lot of RAM
17" monitor and 3gb of ram

Ram memory, hhd space, good procesor, screen
The ran and hard drive size are ample to run this computer
Great little machine for the price, plenty of power and memory
high RAM
Visibility, harddrive, high RAM
This computer is so easy to set up
great Memory
This computer is so easy to set up, great Memory, and big hard drive
very fast good video card good memory
hardrive and ram
lots of ram and hard drive
Powerful, lots of ram and hard drive, decent gfx
good amount of ram
Really Fast, great speakers, nice hdd, good amount of ram
Memory
Memory, portability
Lots of memory
Lots of memory, nice display, portable..I could go on
Huge RAM
Speed, accessories, memory
4gb of Ram
4gb of Ram,Great speed, Windows Vista
4gb memory
4gb memory, 64 bit vista, speakers, overall good specs
good size hard drive ans 4 gig of memory
4 Gigs of Ram
$699 it was a steal with the 4g memory and 250 H/D
4gb memory, brand new processer, huge HD,
Size,Web Cam,Memory,Hard Drive,Processor,Price
Memory,Size,$699,Web Cam,
Good Memory
Nice Performance, Good Sound, Good Memory
Very powerful, lots of memory
performance, memory, speakers, price
Plenty of RAM
Lots of RAM
Fast Computer
great storage capacity
Fast Computer, great storage capacity
3gb of ram
plenty of memory and storage capacity
Elegant looking, beautiful screen, excellent keyboard, plenty of memory and storage capacity
Screen Size, Price, Memory, Webcam...just about everything
The large display and the 3 GB of memory
The large display and the 3 GB of memory, it's pretty fast
Auto setup nice for a computer savy person
4GB ram
4GB ram, 250GB Hard Drive, AMD Turion X2 Dual Core Processor
4 gig ram
Speed, size, 64 bit OS, 4 gig ram, weight
The 2GB of memory is a huge plus

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voice guidance

0.5

no singing voice remover in Windows
Surfaces are a fingerprint magnet, no singing voice remover in Windows, no handy charger velcro strap, bad mike?

portability

5

Love the Portable Feature
weight,size and fan
Heavy
slightly heavy - not easily portable
slightly heavy - not easily portable, disc drive sticks closed

lightweight
Sturdily built, lightweight, nice features
light weight
bright screen, light weight, nice controls
Lightweight, aesthically pleasing, great brand

It's heavy
It's heavy, not very easy to travel with
its alittle heavy

Small and light
It's light
not heavy
The setup is easy, not heavy
portable
It's light weight and a great size for traveling
portability
portable..I could go on
weight
Excellent compact laptop with great graphics
very light
Light &
light weight enough to carry all day
Light weight, comfortable
Weight is nice

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menu

0.5

in my opinion their is no down side
bogs down

build quality

2.5

not as sturdy
not as sturdy, you have to be careful its quite fragile
Just not sturdy

durable
It seems to have a sturdy build and Vista runs pretty smooth

size

3.5

A little on the slower side
A little on the slower side, webcam gets in the way, DVD drives stops working
gets a little hot
the only thing so far is that i'm having a hard time finding a case to fit it that's not to big
Now webcam(not a big deal)

great bang for buck size
heavily upgraded, great bang for buck size
Size
and large hard drive
The large display size

Finger prints show up a little too well
A little slower than I expected
but that is not a big deal
Hard drive not big enough
Hard drive not big enough, casing pretty but gets fingerprints easily
size and fan
drive drawer is a little flimsy
drive drawer is a little flimsy, but not too bad
too big to travel with
a little on the heavy side but with such a big screen that is ok
fingerpints show easily, a little on the heavy side but with such a big screen that is ok
Too large
too big to travel with...best for entertainment more so than business

Everything......big bang for the buck
and big hard drive
big hardrive
powerful laptop, big hardrive
overall size
big hard drive
Small size
large hard drive
Fast, Plenty of RAM, large hard drive, large display, etc
It's great for a little over $500 bucks
nice display a little large in size but ok for home use

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