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    Toshiba Satellite P105-S921

    Discussion in 'Notebook News and Reviews' started by orion846, May 16, 2006.

  1. orion846

    orion846 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I'm at work so I can't give details, but wanted to get something out there for now and to remind me at home to do this review. Tonight or tomorrow I'll edit this and post a detailed review with pics and tests that I see other reviewers doing.

    But for now my experiences over the last 2 weeks:

    PROS
    - Mousepad turnoff when a mouse plugged in
    - Keyboard arrangement such that I almost never have palm on the pad problems
    - Following games run perfect at max settings:
    --- Far Cry
    --- Oblivion
    --- Doom 3
    --- Civ 4
    --- Star Trek: Elite Force 2
    --- Tron 2.0
    --- World of Warcraft
    --- Unreal Tournament 2004
    --- Quake 4
    --- Half Life 2
    --- Battlefield 2
    - Nice Blue LED lighting for a dark room, that isn't distracting
    - Good sound from speakers
    - Great quality screen, bright/detailed/vibrant image
    - Lightest 17" I've ever carried (7-ish lbs)
    - Ports evenly distributed between the 4 sides, so cords aren't cramped

    CONS
    - Left side can heat up, actually got extremely hot my first time with the machine on, but haven't had that problem for 2 weeks now.
    - 4200rpm hard-drive, however I'll be replacing this soon with a 7200
    - Screen flex test: didn't take too much effort to get ripples

    So anyway, more details and pics later.
     
  2. skywalker

    skywalker Business Notebook FTW!!

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    It's a shame Toshiba using 4200 rpm HD. My M55 came with 5400.