Comments on: TOSHIBA SATELLITE L505-S5993 TRUBRITE 15.6-INCH GREY/BLACK LAPTOP – 2 HOURS 25 MINUTES OF BATTERY LIFE

By: D. Sheehan

D. Sheehan — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 19:19:43 +0000

I had looked for a while for a laptop after my desktop died and the Toshiba L505 series was one of my finalists. It has not disappointed me and at the price ($499) for the specs (4g ram/500g HD)it has been the a great machine.

One plus with this machine is that it came with very little “bloatware”- Norton trial, Microsoft Office 2007 trial, and some games. So, if you buy this machine at a “Box Store” don’t let them con you into optimization for an extra $50-$100, you can do recovery disks and bloatware removal on your own.

The only downside is I really wish it had an HDMI output for streaming movies to my flat screen from places like Amazon, but the VGA or USB output will have to suffice.

No HDMI is only reason I didn’t give it 5 stars, other machines in this range offer it and hope Toshiba will soon.
Rating: 4 / 5

By: thequeen

thequeen — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 18:54:32 +0000

We’ve had the laptop for about 2 weeks now. We purchased it as a second for my husband so it’s only been on occasionally. Wireless network setup was quick and without a hitch.

We love that it has a full number pad.

One printer on our network (HP lasterjet) was not plug and play, we have to find drivers for it. We have enough printers that were plug and play to accept missing that one.

There is only an SD card slot. We needed an xd slot, a complaint for hubby, but since its a backup for trips and such he’ll live with an adapter.

Since we rarely have issues with computers in the first few months of use, I’ll update if anything significant occurs.

I do recommend the computer at this point.

Rating: 4 / 5

By: Busy Mom

Busy Mom — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 17:08:18 +0000

I received this laptop within one week of ordering it. I purchased it at $550 and noticed it went up to $580. I opened the box, turned it on, and have had no problems with it since we received it 2 days ago. The family loves it. We are very happy with this purchase. I gave it 4 stars instead of 5 because of the battery life of the laptop. However, we will primarily use it indoors where there are outlets so I tend to always have it plugged in anyway.
Rating: 4 / 5

By: Latrecia Howell

Latrecia Howell — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 14:35:06 +0000

I received this laptop on december 2, and I have been on it non-stop. I love it. My favorite game (the sims 3) runs smoothly. And I love the wi-fi I wish I could give it 10 stars
Rating: 5 / 5

By: Thomas B. Gross

Thomas B. Gross — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 13:49:17 +0000

I ordered this on Black Friday in response to a good price for the specs (4GB RAM, 500GB disc) and paid extra for expedited shipping directly to my son in college, who needed to replace a broken PC. It arrived on time but came with Hindi installed as the primary language, even in the trial package of Windows Office installed on the machine. The laptop did not ship with a Windows 7 CD (and who knows what else is missing from the package). This appears to have been a returned unit that was sold as a new product. Amazon customer service response has been excellent so far and very generous, but if I had bought this from [. . . ] we could just return it to the store. Quite a hassle.
Rating: 3 / 5