Media:Personal Computers Batteries Included:Yes Operating System:Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit Edition CPU Manufacturer:Intel CPU Speed:2 System Bus Speed:667 Floppy Disk Drive:None Modem:Fax / modem Display Size:15.4 Shipping Weight (lbs):5.5 Dimensions (in):14.3 x 10.6 x 1.3 nv:Condition:New Startup Operating System:Windows VistaTM Home Premium (64-bit) Optional Operating Systems:Microsoft® Windows® Vista Family (available separately) Operating System Licenses Included:Windows VistaTM Home Premium Platform:Notebook PC Expansion Ports:1 - Express Card Slot/54 or 34 PS/2 Mouse Connectors:N/A PS/2 Keyboard Connectors:N/A Serial Communication Ports:N/A Parallel Ports:N/A USB Ports:3 FireWire Ports:N/A Fast Infrared Ports (FIR):N/A LAN Ports:1 Warranty:1 year warranty
4096MB DDR2 System Memory, 320GB (5400 RPM) Hard Drive (SATA), Mobile Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500M with 128MB-1759MB Dynamically Allocated Shared Graphics Memory
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DVD SuperMulti (+/-R double layer) with Labelflash, 802.11 b/g/n Wireless LAN
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Windows Vista Home Premium, dims in inches: 10.6 (W) x 14.3 (D) x 1.3 (H) approx., 5.49 lbs.
Product Description A wealth of great features won't cost you a fortune. That's what makes Toshiba Satellite L305 series one of the best laptop values available anywhere.The stunning 15.4-inch diagonal widescreen display on this series adds a whole visual dimension to your entertainment - movies, gaming, photos and more, plus school and business work. And when you're ready to move out, integrated Wi-Fi lets you stay connected or work the web at any wireless hotspots, while a cool-looking finish is sure to draw welcome attention.
Customer Reviews:
Excellent LaptopNovember 18, 2008 3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I purchased this Toshiba Satellite L305-S5907 laptop three weeks ago from Amazon and I've been impressed. Amazon shipped my machine quickly via UPS. It was on sale for about 24 hours so I got mine for $579 with no tax, and shipping was included. This is the best price I've found on a laptop with these specs. The Toshiba is fast, quiet, two pounds lighter than my 7 year old Dell, and looks great. I've had no troubles with Vista Premium working with this machine. My only complaints are the glare on the glossy screen, if you're outside, and the glossy plastic case, which looks good, but shows fingerprints easily. I don't play alot of games on my computer and this is certainly not a gaming machine with a separate graphics card. I have a Wii for that. It also isn't a television with a Blu Ray player and 17" widescreen. I have a LCD TV for that. The 15.4" widescreen is perfect for my use and looks great. You could spend $1200 for an entry level Mac but it would have much less memory, a smaller hard drive and just another Intel processor. In my opinion Mac's aren't worth the $600 premium just to look cool.
You can't go wrong with the Toshiba.
TOSHIBA LAPTOPL305-S5907November 15, 2008 5 out of 10 found this review helpful
Toshiba Satellite L305-S5907 15.4-Inch Laptop (2.0 GHz Intel Pentium Dual Core T3200 Processor, 4 GB RAM, 320 GB Hard Drive, DVD Drive, Vista Premium)
FOR MANY YEARS I HAVE OWNED A DESKTOP. I FINALLY DECIDED IN DOING SOME RESEARCH TO EDUCATE MYSELF ABOUT LAPTOPS AND ALL IT HAS TO OFFER. IN DOING SO, I FOUND THIS WONDERFUL PRODUCT THROUGH AMAZON.COM. BEING A FIRST TIME BUYER OF A LAPTOP COMP, I WAS CONCERNED WITH THE PRICE AND SPECS OF A SUCH PRODUCT. THUS, I CHECKED MANY RETAIL STORES AND FOUND AMAZON.COM SAVED ME ABOUT $200. CUST SERVICE WITH AMAZON WAS A VERY DELIGHTFUL EXPERIENCE (WE ALL KNOW CUST SCE IS USUALLY A NIGHTMARE). I MUST REALLY SAY, AMAZON.COM WAS ABSOLUTELY INSTRUMENTAL IN ASSISTING ME WITH ALL MY QUESTIONS AND PURCHASE. ONE MORE THING, AMAZON INFORMED ME UPON MY PURCHASE, MY COMP'S ARRIVAL WILL TAKE ABOUT 7-10 DYS, WELL LET ME TELL YOU, I RECD THE PRODUCT VIA UPS IN 3 DYS. THANK YOU AMAZON. I WILL DEFINITELY RECOMMEND YOU TO MY FRIENDS AND CONTINUE DOING BUSINESS WITH AMAZON.
MARISELLA CORAL SPRINGS, FLORIDA
Great Laptop !!!!November 8, 2008 14 out of 14 found this review helpful
After much research I decided on the Toshiba Satellite L305-S5907. I compared it to the HP Touch which I was real excited about when it first came out. The only problem was the touch screen with the 4 GB or RAM and 320 Hard drive has a 22 inch screen which would make it impossible for me to use the computer the way I use my laptop. So I looked at the HP touch screen laptop which has a 12 inch screen. This was a problem for me since my previous laptop has a 12 inch screen and I hated. Also the HP touch laptop lacked the amount of memory I desired. So I started my quest for a laptop with the memory and RAM I desired for a reasonable price. I did not want a Dell because my previous laptop is a Dell and it sucks big time.
I checked CNET and some other websites and I also checked with a few computer geeks I know and the Toshiba got high praise. So I bought it and boy am I happy!!!
I love my laptop !!! I haven't had any problems with the vista home premium and the webcam feature helps me keep in touch with my daughter who is away at college. We've been using SKYPE every night !! The screen is clear. I haven't used all of the features yet. I've only had it for 2 weeks but I love the voice recognition software and the mouse pad has a great feature that lets you scroll up and down or side to side if you run your finger along the side or the bottom of the pad. Its great! Its much better than moving the arrow to the scroll bar and then scrolling. You can scroll from anywhere on the screen. I let my son use my laptop to type his report using the voice recognition software because he can't type and it would have taken him hours to type it on his own. He was amazed. The laptop is also pretty good looking. Its a nice dark blue. People thought I bought it because of the sleek design and color but that was just a bonus.
I would recommend this laptop to anyone
Caterpillar to Butterfly: 192 MB RAM to 3 GB RAM ++ some other stuff.November 4, 2008 19 out of 22 found this review helpful
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.
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.
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.
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.
I was thankful to the reviewers who mentioned that with VISTA drivers are often needed for installations of programs and hardware. I loved the Plug & Play capacity with XP, but can easily see why the incredible increase of hardware and software might have caused the necessity of a specific CD driver to be used for installation, and so far all programs and equipment have come with necessary drivers. The reviews, however, alerted me to this necessity, so I wasn't surprised by this seeming backward change from XP to VISTA, which to me, now, is clearly a forward motion taking into account the current and growing progress in the computer industry, and the plethora of variety available.
I was able to easily install the driver of the HP All in One (with FAX) I purchased, along with the wireless mouse and USB hub. I hope to have time to review some of those, too, because I'm butterfly thrilled with each of them!
I want to conclude by thanking the huge number of reviewers on Amazon, who commented on various brands of notebook PC's. Each of those reviewers was directly and practically helpful to me in one way or another. Personally, I would rather read Amazon customer reviews on computer hardware, before reading PC magazines or other more complex sources of information. For me, reviews from everyday people, purchasers/users of specific pieces of equipment, say just what I need to know, in an easily comprehensible language. I do a lot of research on Amazon's buying pages, under customer reviews.
Flying off to ready more of my novels for publication on KINDLE, I remain a wing-ed author at your reading service!
Linda G. Shelnutt Author of several books on Amazon's KINDLE and Amazon Shorts
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