Toshiba Satellite M50-105

32 reviews

May, 2013

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Portability (14)
Design (7)
Usability (6)
Performance (6)
Connectivity (5)

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Battery (9)
Keyboard (3)

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alaTest has collected and analyzed 32 reviews from magazines and websites. Reviewers are impressed by the performance and screen. The design and value for money are also mentioned favorably. Some have doubts about the keyboard and battery.

portability, value for money, design, screen, performance

battery, keyboard

We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other Laptops the Toshiba Satellite M50-105 is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 77/100 = Good quality.

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Expert review by: Asher Moses (cnet.com.au)

Toshiba Satellite M50 (14-inch, 1.4GHz)

Despite its extremely affordable price and logical design, the M50 fails to stand out in terms of performance, features or battery life.

Highly affordable ; Attractive chassis design ; Fairly light at 2.4kg ; Convenient multimedia buttons ; Instant-on media playback function ; Impressive Harman Kardon speakers

Extremely poor battery life ; Paltry 256MB of memory ; Comparatively small hard drive ; No Firewire port ; No memory card reader

All in all, it's difficult for us to recommend the M50 purely due to its sub-par battery life. This wouldn't be as much of an issue if the notebook leapt ahead in other areas such as performance or feature-set, but unfortunately this isn't the case. If...

Jan, 2006

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Expert review by: Asher Moses (zdnet.com.au)

Toshiba Satellite M50 (14-inch, 1.4GHz)

Despite its extremely affordable price and logical design, the M50 fails to stand out in terms of performance, features or battery life.

Jan, 2006

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Consumer review by: cammyg (cnet.com.au)

Toshiba Satellite M50 (14-inch, 1.4GHz)

had mine for about 2 years, and the battery never lasted more than 60minutes without a power outlet

design, dvd playback looks good, lightweight

BATTERY, and really slow startup and performance

Jan, 2009

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Consumer review by: jessiepuff (cnet.com.au)

Toshiba Satellite M50 (14-inch, 1.4GHz)

Great laptop! Except it doesn't have a webcam and when you click the 'Play' button it goes to Windows Media Player when i want it to go to iTunes.

Good speaker, great colour and style, Bluetooth, WLAN

Battery life is terribly bad, useless keys on keyboard, no webcam

Apr, 2008

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Consumer review by: tim87 (cnet.com.au)

Toshiba Satellite M50 (14-inch, 1.4GHz)

Laptop seems to be quite powerful. However, I often have problems with it. My M50 is 2 years old now and wow I've had SOO many problems with the cooling fan, the bluetooth module, hard disk..... I guess my problems were due to the inapt technicians at...

Pentium M 740 (1.73GHz) ; 768MB DDR RAM ; ATI MOBILLITY RADEON X600SE (256MB + 128MB ext Video RAM) ; Integrated Bluetooth, 5-in-1 card reader

Absolutely lousy battery life! (Being only 2 years old, it lasts for just 40 minutes!)

Dec, 2007

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Consumer review by: gregzeng (cnet.com.au)

Toshiba Satellite M50 (14-inch, 1.4GHz)

Wish I had waited. Very unconventional keyboard.

Light weight

Hate the misplace WINDOWS key (top right corner)

Sep, 2007

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Consumer review by: anonymous (cnet.com.au)

Toshiba Satellite M50 (14-inch, 1.4GHz)

I've had this laptop for a while now and its been very good. Mine came with 512MB of RAM not the 256MB it says that review. I have even gotten it to run Vista Ultimate with the transparent aero theme turned on with the same performance as XP without...

Great Performance for such low specs ; Light wight ; Loud, clear speakers ; Wireless built-in ; Nice look ; Is able to run older games like Halo 1

Extremely poor battery life ; Is not able to run the newer games

Mar, 2007

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Consumer review by: blacker (cnet.com.au)

"good computer for what i need it for"

i personally like it it is a neat setup good for students

speakers at the front, clear screen

to slow for games

Sep, 2006

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Consumer review by: gremlin0506 (cnet.com.au)

Toshiba Satellite M50 (14-inch, 1.4GHz)

Excellent Low-Priced / Entry Level Notebook. It does most of the jobs fairly well.

Excellent Price. (866 AUD) With Folliwing Specs ; 1.4 Celeron-M ; 768 RAM ; 40 GB ; Wi-Fi ; 14" Widescreen (1280 X 768) ; DVD/CD-RW Combo ; Only 2.4 Kg ; ATI X200 Express Chipset ; Good Built Quality ; Loud Speakers for the size and price

I wish it had a card reader and firewire within this price ; I dont know why most of the companies are getting rid of the necessary mic in their notebooks ; Its too cheap

Aug, 2006

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Toshiba Satellite M50 (14-inch, 1.4GHz)

The Best Budget Portable PC

Less than $2,000 ; Loud and Clear Speakers ; 60GB Hard Drive ; Wireless Internet ; High Quality Build ; Clear Screen

You Gotta Be Joking

Aug, 2006

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Product Specifications

The clear, richly detailed images on the 14-inch Toshiba TruBrite widescreen display, makes this system ideal for true mobile cinema, multimedia and gaming. This widescreen display provides 25% more desktop space when compared to regular 14" screens while not compromising size and weight. Integrated industry-leading Harman Kardon speakers (on selected models) deliver enhanced sound capabilities and a broader range of frequencies. SRS TruSurround XT virtual surround sound effects provide a wider and more dynamic sound stage and extraordinary enhancement for music and entertainment. With the TV-out (S-Video and Component-out) ports, you can connect your Satellite M50 to a TV set and view your favorite program or movie in the standard of higher-definition format.