Toshiba ships Core i7-equipped Satellite P505 gaming laptop, all 18.4-inches of it
By Darren Murph 
posted May 22nd 2010 3:58AM
posted May 22nd 2010 3:58AM
Looking for the most gargantuan laptop money can buy? How's about the biggest laptop that the least amount of money can buy? Toshiba's Satellite P505 -- a machine we spotted briefly at CES this year -- has now been put on sale over at Microsoft's own webstore, complete with an 18.4-inch LCD (1,680 x 945), a 1.6GHz Core i7-720QM processor, 4GB of DDR3 memory, 500GB SATA hard drive, Windows 7 Home Premium, a DVD SuperMulti drive, ExpressCard slot, integrated memory card reader, NVIDIA's GeForce 310M (512MB), four USB 2.0 sockets and a beastly 12-cell Li-ion battery. Best of all, you can pop in a coupon (see the links below for details) in order to score this behemoth for $689, or just $687.95 more than freedom. Hop on past the break if you need an explanation.Update: Seems that code down there has expired -- anyone got an alternate?
sign me up as sold ! don't need for gaming .. but does fill the need for my big cheap laptop considering my last laptop was a 20.1" screen hp HDX
I'd get it if there was a way to upgrade the screen to 1920x1200, or at least 1920x1080. I'd also like a lot more clock please.
Does it only come in this one configuration?
@Crunch A lot more clock? Believe me, the clock is fine; can beat an old laptop 2.8GHz Core 2 Duo or 2.0GHz Core 2 Quad easy.
Very low resolution. You'll regret buying this...
Darren needs to change the title, Facebook social gaming laptop this is. Traditional PC gaming this is not.
@Dandmcd:
>Facebook social gaming laptop
In medieval times, you would have been burned at the stake for uttering that string of words.
What's better this or a MacBook pro 13 inch?
@coolduder1 Depends. Without the coupon, the laptop costs 1100$ (as far as I could see in the comments here)
The lowest priced MacBook Pro costs 1200$, which has 13", 4 GB Ram, 320M, Intel Core 2 Duo (2,4 GHz) and 250 GB. As far as I can tell, it's inferior spec wise. But then again, people buy Macs for the OS.
@coolduder1 MBP. I have had seven different Toshibas in as many years. Every single one died. I bought a MacBook Pro. Only thing that ever went wrong was Firefox crashing in BootCamp Win 7
Here's the true gaming version, the Toshiba X505:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834114804&Tpk=x505-q875
It's got NVidia's top of the line mobile chipset, the 360M, 6GB of RAM, and a 1920x1080 display. And of course a price to match, $1629 :)
That 310M ranks way lower even than my 3-year old 9600M GT. No thanks.
http://www.notebookcheck.net/Mobile-Graphics-Cards-Benchmark-List.844.0.html
Everyone,
you need to accept the fact that when they mention "gaming" in such cases, they mean things like "minesweeper" and... you get the idea.
really a 310 for gaming? someone stop smoking crack
Am I the only person who got the Team America reference?
I'm loving my Alienware M17x - it's a monster! But looking at the specs for this, I might just have to upgrade!
http://mobile.broadband-onthemove.co.uk
Team America FTW!
No HDMI out, ... it's useless...
"The most gargantuan laptop money can buy?" What happened to the 20-21" ones you used to be able to get?
Maybe the "most gargantuan laptop" $900 can buy...
@Michael Pollard
Or even a buck 0 - 0 five ($1005) can buy...