Toshiba Satellite P105 laptop reviewed
Toshiba's latest Satellite P105 laptop is certainly built to impress based on its spec sheet, but the folks at NotebookReview.com wisely decided to see how the laptop as a whole stacked up, putting it through its paces for a full review. While their particular review unit (the P105-S6217) fell squarely in the middle of the range of configuration options, they still found it to be more than enough to handle Vista's considerable demands, even though the usual swath of pre-installed software did its best to slow things down -- gamers, however, will likely want to step up a notch. They were also quite taken with the laptop's sturdy design and spiffy Blue Onyx lid, as well as its glossy display and built-in Harmon Kardon speakers, which they describe as among the best they've seen in a laptop. On the downside, battery life is unsurprisingly lackluster, delivering just an hour of juice on a charge, and the laptop's fan proved to be somewhat of an annoyance, quickly starting and stopping at a loud enough level to attract a few stares. The laptop's keyboard also left them less than impressed, flexing in the middle, with the numeric keypad coming at the expense of some smaller keys on the right-hand side. That said, they still found enough to like about the laptop to give it their recommendation, especially given the relatively low cost and wide range of configuration options.
