Toshiba laptops

The most distinguishable feature of the Toshiba Satellite U405, is it's beautifully striking high gloss. The sheen is thick and very attractive. The design is called the 'Fusion with Horizon'. And the hot-white LED lights really stand out and makes this quite a dynamic combination. The screen is a 13.3" 1280 X 800 pixel beauty. It has the ability to allow for good viewing either indoors or out. For it's size, this screen gives great service.

The whole thing weighs in at around 4.6 pounds and barely misses out on qualifying as an ultra-portable. It comes with an adapter that fell just a small bit below the competitors, with a 3.5 hour life test (the other test at around 5 hours), but it only adds about another pound to the bag so it's easy to keep with you wherever you go. This is a very small and portable machine that's easy to handle.

It has competitive speed and comes equipped with a 2-GHZ Core 2 Dup T5750 processor with 3GB of RAM. According to our WorldBench 6 tests, this Windows Vista Home Premium Laptop scored a high 80. While it came in just a bit lower than some of the others, when it comes to all the basic applications it held it's own just fine. It's the gaming end of things that it's a bit slow on.

The Toshiba Satellite U405 comes well equipped, with a recordable DVD drive, three USB ports, a Webcam, a FireWire port, and a built-in microphone. You can use a dedicated SD Card and ExpressCard/54 along with a nice springloaded blank in order to keep your expansion opportunities open. The memory slots as well as the hard drive are both upgrade-able. It really does shine in the area of it's 320GB of hard drive. And it features the Microsoft Works 9.0 Office suite for the small office enthusiast.

One of Toshiba's best traits, is that it can offer the best sound on it's laptops. They have consistently been committed to creating great mobile audio. With something this small, of course, the headphones can really be a big boost for enjoying the quality of the sound. It's fully equipped for Blue-tooth and 502.11g WiFi antennas. The Toshiba Satellite U405 is light, and carries the same kind of price, and is a very attractive product.