Toshiba launches a fresh crop of Satellite laptops

Toshiba, a company known to drop a wild assortment of products on the market in rapid succession, has once again clogged the press-release pipeline with a slew of new Satellite laptop configurations (on the P205, M205, A205, and U305) sure to make even the pickiest of buyers happy. Included for your pleasure is a breakdown of the new models, replete with all the specs you've come to know and love, plus a 30-life Easter Egg involving a complicated sequence of button presses. No, wait... it's just the specs. Browse on after the break and sink your teeth into the juicy details.

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• P205-S7482: Core 2 Duo 1.66GHz T5450, 2GB of RAM, 300GB hard drive, HD-DVD ROM, 17-inch WXGA+ display, ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600 GPU, 802.11a/g/n, $1,449.99
• P205-S7476: Core 2 Duo 1.5GHz T5250, 2GB of RAM, 200GB hard drive, HD-DVD ROM, 17-inch WXGA+ display, Intel GMA X3100 GPU, 802.11a/g/n, $1,249.99
• M205-S7452: Core 2 Duo 1.5GHz T5250, 1GB of RAM, 160GB hard drive, DVD+R, 14.1-inch WXGA display, Intel GMA 950 GPU, 802.11a/b/g, $949.99
• A205-S7468: Core 2 Duo 1.5GHz T5250, 2GB of RAM, 200GB hard drive, HD-DVD ROM, 15.4-inch WXGA display, Intel GMA X3100 GPU, 802.11a/g/n, $1,149.99
• A205-S7458: Core 2 Duo 1.5GHz T5250, 2GB of RAM, 200GB hard drive, DVD+R, 15.4-inch WXGA display, Intel GMA X3100 GPU, 802.11a/g/n, $999.99
• A205-S7443: Core 2 Duo 1.46GHz T2310, 2GB of RAM, 160GB hard drive, DVD+R, 15.4-inch WXGA display, Intel GMA X3100 GPU, 802.11b/g, $879.99
• U305-S7477: Core 2 Duo 2GHz T7250, 2GB of RAM, 200GB hard drive, DVD+R, 13-inch WXGA display, Intel GMA X3100 GPU, 802.11a/g/n, $1,299
  
• U305-S7467: Core 2 Duo 1.66GHz T5450, 2GB of RAM, 200GB hard drive, DVD+R, 13-inch WXGA display, Intel GMA X3100 GPU, 802.11a/g/n, $1,149
• U305-S7448: Core 2 Duo 1.46GHz T2310, 2GB of RAM, 160GB hard drive, DVD+R, 13-inch WXGA display, Intel GMA X3100 GPU, 802.11b/g, $1,149
  

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 1st 2007 10:06AM]

I have nothing against Toshiba but I've never liked their laptops cause they always FEEL cheap. When I was in College years ago I was an M.O.D at Best Buy. HP laptops always felt of higher quality than the Toshibas whch seemed to have plastic that bent and flexed under pressure. They also had flimsy keyboards.

[LiQuiDFuSioN Posted Oct 1st 2007 11:11AM]

That was years ago then. Have you tried any of the new satellites NOW?

I've worked with the older Satellies and I must say they did feel cheap. Now I have the chance to work with a new one and it feels very sturdy. The smooth finish is very nice too. Overall, it's a solid budget laptop.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 1st 2007 10:42AM]

Does salaries in Toshiba linked to the number of products they launch?

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 1st 2007 10:58AM]

I keep looking at all the new 15.4" models from various manufacturers looking for a WXGA+. If I was to lug a 17", it would be a WSXGA+. Seems my eyes get leapfrogged!!

[chadow Posted Oct 1st 2007 10:55AM]

Hmm....no Nvidia flavors in all of these? An 8700GT would have been nice.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 1st 2007 11:07AM]

Is it cheaper or more expensive to get a cracked screen like in the picture?

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 1st 2007 12:10PM]

Pre-cracked laptop screens are the new pre-washed jeans.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 1st 2007 2:36PM]

For $50 bucks, I'll send you instructions on how to crack your own laptop if you feel like you're missing out.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 1st 2007 11:29AM]

No 8700m GT?


Weak.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 1st 2007 12:42PM]

I think your headline was meant to read, "Toshiba takes a fresh crap of Satellite laptops."

I work at a major retailer and I see more of these things brought back with weird little BIOS issues. I'd say for every dead HDD I have in another brand, I probably have four BIOS issues with a Toshiba. I wish they'd work harder on revising "final" BIOSs before they drop 60 new models.

That said, they do feel better than previous lines of Sats... but they perform about as abysmally.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 1st 2007 1:29PM]

I don't like Toshiba. It's very big. I prefere the HP Pavilion. This is a notebook excellent and beautiful!

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 1st 2007 1:35PM]

Any thoughts on HP laptop's in comparison to toshiba?

[chadow Posted Oct 1st 2007 2:13PM]

For gaming the HPs cant compare to Toshiba. For nearly any other reason I don't see much difference between the two. I have owned products by both, and I wouldn't be able to say one is any better than the other.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 1st 2007 1:43PM]

No thanks, Toshiba. Yes please, Apple.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 1st 2007 2:57PM]

my kingdom for an apple-free post.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 1st 2007 2:27PM]

did somebody just refer to these laptops that all cost around $1000 as "budget"? Lol have you seen Dell's prices lately??

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 2nd 2007 2:38AM]

According to Intel, T2500 is pretty much the same as T7100. U305 seems pretty similar to prior model.
Just bought a 305, like it so fat. Much better than the prior HP, I hate the HP hidden partition nonsense. HP had 2X bloatware as well.