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| Toshiba Satellite A205-S5804 15.4" Laptop (Intel Pentium Dual Core T2330 Processor, 1 GB RAM, 120 GB Hard Drive, Vista Premium) | 
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| Brand: Toshiba
Category: Personal Computer
Buy New: $629.99
New (3) from $629.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  32 reviews
Sales Rank: 346
Media: Personal Computers
Batteries Included: Yes
CPU Manufacturer: Intel
CPU Speed: 1.6
CPU Type: Intel Core Duo
Processors: 2
System Bus Speed: 533
System Memory: 1000
Memory Type: DDR2 SDRAM
Hard Drive Size: 120
Floppy Disk Drive: None
Display Size: 15.4
Shipping Weight (lbs): 6
Dimensions (in): 14.3 x 1.3 x 10.5
Warranty: 1 year warranty
MPN: PSAF3U-0NR00V
Model: A205-S5804
UPC: 883974024681
EAN: 0883974024681
ASIN: B0010TVLP8
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Brand New Factory Sealed Pkg. NO TAX. Will ship by fedex ground w/tracking & insurance. SIGNATURE REQUIRED FOR DELIVERY. ABSOLUTELY NO SHIPPING TO PO BOX/APO/FPO No., HI, AK & OUTSIDE CONTINENTAL USA. Tracking information will be sent to your email address used for the order from fedex directly. If you do not receive tracking # by 8.00 pm EST, please check your bulk/spam/junk mail folder. Delivery Estimate: East Coast:3-4 business days; Rest of the country:7-8 business days. If you need it earlier, you will need to contact me through the amazon communication center.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Maybe July 10, 2008
This computer was okay for me at first. But after less than a year, now it's having some major problems. It holds a charge with the new charger I had to buy(the old one broke easily) but it will not charge itself. The charger also falls out easily(as it did with the original charger as well). I had to buy a new battery for it, but it turns out that wasn't the problem. I now have to by a new charger for it, but I don't think that's going to be the problem either as the charger is managing to make the laptop stay on.
I think it's actually that piece that you connect the charger into on the computer. And if it is, I have no idea how to fix that. Not to mention I've already spent over 100$ trying to find out what's wrong with this thing.
Far too many problems for being less than a year old. Not to mention, it's running Vista(granted, sadly, all computers are nowadays).
 Terrible Design June 27, 2008
Toshiba's A205-S5804 is one of the worst put together laptops I've seen, and as a PC repair technician I've seen quite a few. There are only 2 USB ports on the left side of the machine - which means you need a long USB mouse cord to loop around the back of the machine (for right handed people).
The USB ports are extremely close together and parallel to each other, so any devices you have MUST have an extension cord. Large flash drives, MP3 players, and USB modems will block the 2nd USB port. You must purchase USB extension cords and/or a USB hub. This is extremely frustrating to anyone using Vista's readyboost feature, which allows a flash drive to be used as extra virtual memory.
An Express Card slot allows you to slide a card into the machine, the only problem is that there IS NO Express Card hardware. It is amazingly frustrating to spend 20 minutes trying to line up pins for a device that does not exist.
Preinstalled software includes a gigantic program for controlling Bluetooth (a wireless device like WiFi mostly for printers and phones). This might lead someone to believe that Bluetooth is built into the machine... it isn't. Massive amounts of RAM are devoted to running software controllers for hardware that does not exist.
Also preinstalled are (1) Games you can play only once before having to pay Toshiba to play again (2) Resource hogging anti-virus software that expires in 30 days before demanding hundreds of dollars to keep using it (3) MS Office suite with 30 day expiration
All in all, a badly put together machine. For the same price you can get a refurbished Dell Inspiron with a faster processor, three times the RAM, double the hard drive space, and an integrated 2 mega pixel webcam. HP also makes excellent machines, both refurbished and new. Avoid Toshiba.
 Great time to buy June 24, 2008
I bought this computer March 12, 2008 for just under $750, right before it jumped to almost $1100. Excellent laptop for what I payed for it definitely 5 star material. The screen is incredible I often forget that it is only 15.4", Lots of RAM and hard drive space for advanced software suites, and multiple operating systems. I have put up to 3 Linux partitions in addition to the existing vista partition at one time (I was testing some diffent distros out) and I have had more than enough space to do that and put 3000 songs and countless movies on it with more than enough room to spare.
Hard to say? May 15, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Let's jump right in. I have a u205 toshiba model a A215 AMD based Laptop same toshiba . For some reason the A205 model well while a good basic laptop
better than Acer anyway . Well the A205-S5804 from Toshiba just sucks if u are looking for a solid performance and reliable laptops from toshiba look towards the A215 models and U Series from the maker.
In conlusion i gave this model from toshiba 2 very big thumbs down.
Not as described May 14, 2008
Just ordered two of these, arrived, opened up one to check it, found there is no web cam integrated into the bezel whatsoever. Also the case is black and not 'Onyx blue metallic'. Amazon's own description of this laptop is misleading and incorrect. Buyer beware. Amazon has been contacted and these laptops are going back to them, at their expense. No genuine 'sorry' given. They said they will update the product description with the correct information. Too little, too late!
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