Toshiba's still not done, rolls out new Satellite L Series laptops
By Donald Melanson 
posted Jun 24th 2009 4:34PM
posted Jun 24th 2009 4:34PM
Not sold on Toshiba's new NB205 netbook or one of its many new Satellite laptops announced earlier this week? Don't worry, 'cause Toshiba's just announced four more Satellite models, all of which fall under its budget-minded L Series line. Those include the 14-inch Satellite L510/L515, the 15.6- and 16-inch Satellite L500/L505, and the heavyweight 17.3-inch Satellite L550/L555, each of which pack either AMD Athlon or Turion, or Intel Pentium or Core 2 Duo processors depending on the configuration, along with integrated graphics or ATI's discrete Radeon 3100, a 10-key numeric keypad on the 15.6-inch and larger models, a minimum 2GB of RAM and 250GB hard drive, and Toshiba's trademark "Fusion" finish on the whole lot of 'em. Best of all, starting prices range from a reasonable $550 to $650, and all are apparently available to order right now.
where's the mouse pad?
IT'S EVERYWHERE!!!!!!!
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Fuuuuglly. Sorry but even for a low end, the aesthetic of it is not that nice.
When I think Toshiba I think of years of innovation
Innovation? I hope you are being sarcastic. HP's recent G series notebooks line has been out for quite some time now and these Toshiba's are a complete copy of them. Also, isn't Toshiba's Fusion Finish just HP's Imprint Finish 1.0 "technology" licensed off to Toshiba? Everything about this machine screams HP to me. Don't get me wrong, I like Toshiba's stuff, but to call them innovative just doesn't seem to make any sense to me. Granted I have no evidence to back up my assertions, but that is besides the point :)
what's the point of those $500-600 'cheap' laptops? battery wont last much, it's brick heavy, cant play much new games any way...
Most people don't give a toss about gaming.
I'm on a Toshiba A205 S5803 and I can run games okay, it can play Spore and Microsoft Flight Simulator X but I also did bump up the ram in my Toshiba to 2 gb
I am still waiting for the breakthrough article on when Toshiba starts making good laptops.
and how long have they been making crappy laptops?
i mean they are nothing special, but toshiba actually makes their own laptops and doesnt outsource like 90% of the other companies do.
the thing isnt meant to be the next x300 build quality, but it is a decent laptop.
this thing isnt supposed to impress people, its supposed to get the job done.
if you want bitches to flock to your notebook so you can try and score, then buy a mac
toshiba does outsource.
everyone outsources these days.
Not decent until Toshiba adds Blu-ray burners to them (oops, I forgot, Toshiba doesn't want to hear anything Blu-related after killing HD-DVD)
thanks for the information!
Great!
Todd D.
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