Toshiba Satellite 5105-S501 (PS511U-02TJCX) PC Notebook

Pros: Great sound system, great keyboard layout; fast
Cons: extremely fuzzy screen at low res; lack of traditional ports

This is 1 of the 3 laptops I've purchased recently. Bottom line for this laptop, it is fast. I've bought a Fuji E series (1.6Ghz); while at work I used HP pavilion (1.4Ghz) and Dell 8200 (1.6Ghz) recently. Hands down, this laptop is the fastest....

Pros: Great screen, high quality sound system. Powerful machine for price - a real desktop replacement.
Cons: Questionable reliability and warranty service. Large, heavy, low battery life.

Purchased Sept. 2002 at Circuit City, $2099 with $350 back in rebates. I wanted a large, high resolution screen, low cost, and good value. Narrowed it down to this model and the Sony Vaio with the 16" screen. On paper, it was neck and neck. Got to...

Pros: Competitive performance, Price coming down, Comfortable feel.
Cons: No USB 2.0, DVD-RW or included WiFi. Subwoofer vibrates keyboard. No Legacy ports.

So, you're in the market for a new laptop? Well, the Toshiba Satellite 5105-S501 is a decent choice for the average to somewhat demanding user. With its 1.7ghz Pentium-4 processor, 512mb of DDR RAM, Nvidia Geforce 4 chip with 32mb of video memory,...

Pros: All the features of a desktop and more, with you at all times.
Cons: Burn Baby Burn! Runs hot!!

If you are reading this, you've probably been eyeing this baby and drooling since it first came out a few months ago. Well, for the price / features quotient look no further. This baby has it all, P4-M, yes M, the mobile chip making this lap lite...

Pros: Good Features, lots of options, Great Desktop Replacement
Cons: Heavy, Bulky case, Cranky CD-RW/DVD-Rom Drive, Poor Battery Life

I Bought the laptop in September 2002 To Take to University. Was Very Happy at The price I got at that Time. $1990 First the good points. at that Time it was probably one of the best desktop replacement multimedia laptops available. The screen : ...

Pros: Pretty computer, nice configuration
Cons: Defective computer, lousy customer service

Last September 3rd I bought a Toshiba Satellite 5105-S501 laptop from Amazon.com, received it September 9th and was pretty happy with it. Still, by October 25th, the hard drive was failing.

So, last Tuesday, November 5th, I took my laptop to a...

Pros: SXGA+ screen, Geforce4 440, 5400 rpm HDD, ports ports ports !!!
Cons: Short battery life

I'm usually a being of moderation, limiting sweets, jogging regularly, staying open to new technologies, etc. Therefore I was willing to expand my recent search for a new notebook to a wide range of possibilities, forgiving anything but the need for a...

Pros: Feature Rich
Cons: Heavy Weight

I have this computer. It is full of features, external floppy drive, media stick drive, smart card drive, dvd/cdr combo drive, 2 pcmcia slots, 3 usb ports, vga, fire wire, video in/out, sound in/out, remote control for presentations and cd/dvd...

Pros: Awesome screen quality & viewing, internal wireless, sleek looking
Cons: Low battery life and no recovery disks

This laptop is a definite recommend due to its awesome features and performance. It features a nice bright 15" sxga+ lcd, dvdcdrw combo drive for burning cds & playing dvds, and awesome sound quality with the harman/kardon speakers with integrated ...

Pros: great resolution, good speed, good features
Cons: no compact flash port, no USB2 port.

The laptop comes with a power supply and an external floppy drive, which i never really use. The software suite on it is very usable.
The toshiba worked perfectly out of the box. I checked over all the ports, software without finding any problems....

Pros: well, when it works it's pretty powerful for the money
Cons: it never works!

I *strongly* recommend not getting this laptop.

I got the 5105 because I returned to professional school after some years in the work world. I needed something reliable and fast that I could rely on for the next few years. I got it because...

Pros: Price is dropping,awesome screen,keyboard rocks.
Cons: battery life still weak at 1.5 hr's, no real owners manual.

Well first i will have to say this machine is very nice. Graphics is great,sound is great, price is good (2099.00) and supposed to fall a 100$'s soon. I am a money saving animal. So I did do my research on this. My last Laptop was a compaq, before that...

Pros: Easy to use and get up and running, runs smoothly
Cons: Sometimes CD-Rom runs slowly with games

I recently purchased a Toshiba Satellite 5105-S501 and am all around very pleased with my purchase.

When I first purchased it I had no problem getting it running and was pleased to see that Windows XP worked just fine, that it had been...

Pros: Completed build-ins, no hard to figure out
Cons: bad blue tooth function, hard to get help, come w/lots garbage softwares

I had a Dell notebook before. Comparing to the Dell I had, this Toshiba is a much well designed notebook come with a lot of functions and drivers build-in instead of swap in.

But, comparing to the Dell notebook I had, I had a lot of the...

Pros: Nothing - hate the machine
Cons: Hard drive crashed 3 times in 3 years. Would never recommend a Toshiba to anyone.

Purchased a Toshiba 5105-S501 for my daughter in September 2002 to take to college. In December 2002 the hard drive crashed. We sent it back to Toshiba under its original warranty and it took 3 weeks to get back - they had to wait for a new hard drive. January 2004 once again the same problem hard drive crashed took 3 weeks to get laptop back -Toshiba was out of hard drives. January 2005 for the 3rd time hard drive crashed. This time it took 4 weeks to get the laptop back. I begged and pleaded with them to just not replace the hard drive. There is something more going on that is making the hard drive crash. Their customer service department is insane - you speak with people in Istanbul and you can never speak with a customer service person who can help. It is the same run around. Whenever I get the chance I tell people NOT TO WASTE THEIR MONEY ON A TOSHIBA. Our extended 3 year warranty - which we paid over $150 is expiring. So when the hard drive breaks again - it is a DELL for us.