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Average customer rating:
- Great computer
- Great Laptop for Gamers and Road Warriors who spend 150 nights in hotels or more each year
- Toshiba False Advertising! BEWARE! Only 256MB Video RAM NOT 512MB!
- Excellent Value for what you get
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Toshiba Satellite X205-SLI3 17" Laptop (Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T7500, 2 GB RAM, 320 GB Hard Drive, Vista Premium)
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Product Features:
- Portable multimedia powerhouse for HD video enthusiasts and PC gamers; includes HD DVD-ROM drive and four Harman Kardon speakers
- 2.2 GHz Core 2 Duo T7500 processor, dual 160 GB hard drives (for 320 GB capacity), 2 GB RAM (4 GB max), dual-layer DVD burning
- Quad-band Wi-Fi LAN (802.11a/b/g/n); Bluetooth 2.0+EDR; Gigabit Ethernet; Nvidia SLI Dual GeForce 8600M graphics (up to 767 MB of available memory)
- Connectivity: 6 USB, 1 FireWire, 1 HDMI, 1 VGA, 1 S-Video, 1 ExpressCard 34/54. 5-in-1 memory card reader
- Pre-installed with Windows Vista Home Premium (with Media Center capabilities)
ASIN: B000VVHUOM
Release Date: 2007-09-30
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Product Description
The Satellite X205-SLI3 notebook brings gaming to life by delivering a high-impact and high-end gaming experience with a 17" diagonal WSXGA+ widescreen display and stunning TruBrite technology. Powered by Intel Centrino Duo processor technology, the Satellite X205 meets the demands of high-end gamers and multimedia users, who want to play games, listen to music, watch HD DVDs, download files, and more at the same time at peak performance. Gamers will appreciate the top-of-the-line nVidia SLI Dual GeForce 8600M GT graphics card with 512MB dedicated video RAM for the ultimate seamless gaming experience. You can even connect to a plasma TV for high definition games. Serious gamers will like the dual 160GB hard drives and 1GB LAN connectivity for faster downloading. Burn, rip and store more multimedia files with the HD DVD-ROM, Double Layer DVD SuperMulti drive. Enjoy instant-on entertainment thanks to the new Dual Mode Pad. Fixed Optical Disk Drive - HD DVD-ROM/DVD SuperMulti Double Layer Drive, supporting 12 formats Toshiba USB HDTV Tuner - Broadcast high definition (720p or 1080i), Broadcast standard definition (480i) and Native support for 720p content nVidia SLI Dual GeForce 8600M GT, 512MB GDDR3 discrete graphics memory 4 Built-in Harman Kardon stereo speakers with 1 subwoofer Webcam and microphone built into LCD bezel Integrated Wi-Fi compliant wireless - Intel Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN (802.11a/g/n) Bluetooth version 2.0 plus Enhanced Data Rate (EDR) ExpressCard slot (ExpressCard/34 and ExpressCard/54) Fingerprint reader security 5-in-1 Bridge Media Adapter - Secure Digital, Memory Stick, Memory Stick PRO, Multi Media Card and xD Picture Card Ports - RGB (monitor), S-Video, HDMI, S/P DIF (shared with headphone port), Microphone, Headphone, i.LINK IEEE-1394, 6x USB 2.0, RJ-45 LAN and RJ-11 modem port Operating System - Genuine Windows Vista Premium 32-bit Dimensions - Width 15.
Amazon.com Product Description
Offering top-of-the-line multimedia functionality for HD video enthusiasts and PC gamers, the stylishly appointed Toshiba Satellite X205-SLI3 notebook PC is highlighted by its widescreen 17-inch LCD with a 1680 x 1050-pixel resolution for true 720p high-def video playback. You'll enjoy smooth video rendering from DVDs and games, thanks to the high-end NVidia SLI Dual GeForce 8600M graphics card, with 512 MB of discrete video memory. And the integrated Dolby Home Theater feature set will envelope any room in surround sound via the four Harman Kardon speakers. It also incorporates an HD DVD drive that's compatible with the new high-definition DVD disc format. Enjoy amazingly crisp and vibrantly colorful imagery from this new format. You'll also be able to burn a wide range of disc formats with the integrated DVD/CD burner. To top things off, the X205-SLi3 also features an external USB TV tuner that can pull in both standard definition (480i) and hi-def (720p, 1080i) over-air broadcast signals.
This notebook is powered by the 2.2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T7500 processor from the newest "Santa Rosa" chipset. Providing an optimized, multithreaded architecture for improved gaming and multitasking performance, as well as excellent battery management, it also offers a speedy 800 MHz front-side bus and 4 MB L2 cache. It also includes Intel's 4965 AGN wireless LAN, which will connect to draft 802.11n routers and offers compatibility with 802.11a/b/g networks as well. Other features include dual 160 GB hard drives (for a 320 GB total capacity), 2 GB of installed RAM (4 GB maximum), biometric fingerprint scanner, 5-in-1 memory card reader, HDMI A/V output, Gigabit Ethernet, and Bluetooth 2.0+EDR wireless connectivity.
This PC also comes preinstalled with Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium, which includes all of the Windows Media Center capabilities for turning your PC into an all-in-one home entertainment center. In addition to easily playing your DVD movies and managing your digital audio library, you'll be able to record and watch your favorite TV shows (even HDTV). Vista also integrates new search tools throughout the operating system, includes new parental control features, and offers new tools that can warn you of impending hardware failures.
The Basics
- Processor: The Intel Core 2 Duo T7500 processor has a 2.2 GHz processor speed, super-fast 800 MHz front-side bus (FSB), and an extra-large 4 MB L2 cache. (An L2, or secondary, cache temporarily stores data; and a larger L2 cache can help speed up your system's performance. The FSB carries data between the CPU and RAM, and a faster front-side bus will deliver better overall performance.)
The Intel Core 2 Duo processor has two computational execution cores in a single processor, providing greater system response when running multi-threaded applications simultaneously with no significant increase in power consumption. It's optimized for multitasking and is ready to support the Microsoft Windows Vista operating system. It can simultaneously run multiple demanding applications--such as graphics-intensive games or serious number-crunching business productivity applications--while downloading music or running virus-scanning security programs in the background. Some of the advanced Intel innovations of the Core 2 Duo processor include:
- Smart Memory Access: Improves system performance by hiding memory latency, thus optimizing the use of available computer data bandwidth to provide data to the processor when and where it is needed.
- Advanced Digital Media Boost: Effectively doubles the execution speed for instructions used widely in multimedia and graphics applications.
- Dynamic Power Coordination: Coordinates Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology and idle power-management state (C-states) transitions independently per core to help save power.
- Deeper Sleep with Dynamic Cache Sizing: Saves power by flushing cache data to system memory during periods of inactivity to lower CPU voltage.
- Hard Drive: This system offers a total of 320 GB of hard disk drive space from two 160 GB drives (5400 RPM). These Serial ATA (SATA) hard drives also quicken the pace with a higher speed transfer of data--akin to FireWire and USB 2.0.
- Memory: The 2 GB of installed RAM (2 x 1024 MB DDR2) will satisfy many users, but this notebook's two DIMM slots have a maximum 4 GB RAM capacity--perfect for high-end video editing and 3-D gaming. It also offers a top-of-class 667 MHz speed. To receive the faster data transfer benefits of the dual-channel DDR2 RAM, any RAM additions require memory modules of same capacity and clockspeed.
- DVD/CD Drive: This multimedia notebook offers the next generation of DVD entertainment with the HD DVD ROM optical drive, which provides the superior image and sound quality of high-definition images and multichannel surround sound as well as backward compatibility with standard DVD movie discs and content burned onto DVD-R/RW, DVD-RAM. It also incorporates a multi-format DVD/CD burner, which is compatible with dual-layer (DL) discs that can hold up to 8.5 GB of data. It features the following speeds: 2.4x DVD+R DL, 2x DVD-R DL, 4x for both single-layer DVD+R/-R, 4x DVD+RW, 4x DVD-RW, 3x DVD-RAM, and 24x/10x for CD-R/RW. It reads DVD-ROM discs at 8x and CD-ROMs at 24x.
- Keyboard & Mouse: This notebook has a 104-key keyboard--with 10-keypad on the side--and electro-static two-button touchpad. It also offers CD/DVD media player and control buttons (play, stop, next, previous) as well as a volume control dial.
Screen, Video & Audio
This notebook has a 17-inch TFT display with a resolution of 1680 x 1050 pixels (native 720p for high-definition viewing). It also provides TruBrite technology, which makes images brighter and more vivid thanks to its anti-glare feature. Video is powered by the NVidia SLI Dual GeForce 8600M graphics card, which provides up to 767 MB of available RAM/video memory (512 MB dedicated DDR3 RAM) for unmatched HD video performance on a notebook PC. (GDDR3 (Graphics Double Data Rate, version 3) is a graphics card-specific memory technology that's better able to deliver fluid frame rates for even the most advanced games and applications.) With support for Microsoft DirectX 10 Shader Model 4.0 and High Dynamic-Range Lighting (HDR), it lets you rip through all of today's most advanced and cutting-edge games and applications. Experience real-time photo editing, or immerse yourself in the most complex, true-to-life gaming environments.
It includes the Dolby Home Theater set of features, which provide up to 5.1 discrete channels of crystal-clear digital surround sound as well as virtual 5.1-channel surround sound experience from any pair of stereo speakers. It also features four stylishly incorporated Harman Kardon stereo speakers with a built-in subwoofer.
Networking, Connectivity & Expansion
Be ready for the next platform in wireless connectivity with this notebook's integrated quad-mode Wi-Fi chip. Based on the draft 802.11n Wi-Fi specification, it offers up to five times the performance and twice the wireless range as existing 802.11g wireless. It's also backward compatible with 802.11b/g networks (commonly found in home routers and Wi-Fi hotspots) as well as 802.11a networks (which has a higher throughput, but more limited range--great for closed office environments). You'll enjoy wireless connectivity to a wide range of peripherals with the built-in Bluetooth 2.0 with EDR (enhanced data rate), which offers up to three times the bandwidth of standard Bluetooth.
It also includes a next-generation ExpressCard 54/34 card slot (as well as a standard PCMCIA slot), which lets you take advantage of thinner, faster, and lighter expansion cards for even more advanced wireless, networking, storage, and security features. You get a good offering of connectivity options:
- 6 USB 2.0 ports for connecting a wide range of peripherals--from digital cameras to MP3 players
- 1 FireWire (also known as IEEE 1394 or i.Link) port for connecting digital video camcorders and other peripherals
- 1 HDMI output (for connecting to a compatible HDTV or home theater receiver for uncompressed digital audio and video via a single cable)
- Standard video output: VGA and S-Video
- 1 ExpressCard 54/34
- 1 headphone jack (with S/PDIF digital audio compatibility) and 1 microphone jack
- 5-in-1 memory card reader (Secure Digital, MultiMedia, Memory Stick, Memory Stick PRO, xD Picture Card)
It also has an integrated 56K modem (V.90) and an RJ-45 LAN network port (for a 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet connection to networks and DSL/cable modems).
Operating System
Windows Vista Home Premium is the operating system for users with advanced computer needs, and it includes all of the Windows Media Center capabilities for turning your PC into an all-in-one home entertainment center for watching DVD movies and accessing your digital audio library. You can also use Windows Media Center to record and watch your favorite TV shows (even HDTV) and to access new kinds of online entertainment content. Computers that include Windows Vista Home Premium and an auxiliary Windows SideShow display will also allow you to access key data even when your computer is off. It is also easier than ever to share files between other PCs in your household and to manage your laptop computer settings to more securely connect via Wi-Fi.
Every edition of Windows Vista provides the essential tools and technologies to help protect you whether you are browsing the Internet, connecting to a wireless network, or just reading e-mail. All editions of Windows Vista include new tools that can warn you of impending hardware failures long before you have lost any important personal data. And, all Windows Vista editions include parental control features that allow you to manage and monitor your family's use of games, the Internet, instant messaging, and other activities.
Preloaded Software
Microsoft Works 8.5, InterVideo WinDVD 8, Google Desktop and Picasa, Ulead DVD MovieFactory 5, McAfee Internet Security Suite (30-day trial), and Microsoft Office 2007 Home and Student Edition (60-day trial).
Dimensions & Weight
This notebook measures 15.7 x 11.3 x 2.05 inches and weighs 9.37 pounds.
Power
It comes with a 6000 mAH lithium-ion battery pack for extra-long battery life.
What's in the Box
This package contains the X205-SLI3 notebook PC, rechargeable lithium-ion battery, AC adapter, and operating instructions. It is backed by a one-year limited hardware warranty.
Customer Reviews:
Great computer.......2008-01-01
It was really simple to set up and is easy to use. The graphics are awesome and I love having the number pad.
Great Laptop for Gamers and Road Warriors who spend 150 nights in hotels or more each year.......2007-11-28
Toshiba Satellite X205-SLI3 17" Notebook PC (Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T7500, 2 GB RAM, 320 GB Hard Drive, Vista Premium)
This is a Great Laptop and the memory performance is 512 +250 Turbo as Toshiba specifies. I felt I needed to counter the reviewer before me who's memory figures are inaccurate. If you see Mr. Perez's commnet to the one star review; he explains it very well; why the original review is inaccuarte. I would add a few points: When I rec'd my x205 from Amamzon; I checked my computer and it shows 1 Gg of system RAM and not 2. That is because windows 32 and 64 bit has to allocate memory rows from the system to cover all the ram whether it's on a Video card or elsewhere. So windows uses 1 GB to cover the memory for video and some other devices. Also when you examine the amount of video memory avaiable on the video adapter; it is 1.5Gb. Mr. Perez is correct; windows can only see one Video Card; but if you go to INvidia's website and read by definition Sli, means you can have 2 cards each with 256 vram. You have to go into Graphics to enable the second one when you play a game; and windows still measures one; but in system information under Display properties it shows 2 cards on 2 separate IRQs when SLi is enabled. Toshiba assumes people buying this laptop would likely know these things; or they would spend less. When you read reviews comparing this laptop to other extreme gamer laptops; costing $500 to $1000 more; this is a tremendous value; with only a slight performance hit from the most extreme. NVidia clearly shows that 2 video cards outperform 1 card; and more memeory and faster CPUs are only slight perfromance enhancers. Fianlly the 205-sli3 is fully spec'd at a true HDDVD Resolution and meets all hardware requirements and exceeds them to play HDDVD movies. The screen is amazing! The CPU is the newer Santa Rosa chipset; and the HDDrives are a respectable 5400RPM considering heat and power requirements. This is one super laptop and Amazon is a great trustworthy Company with a great price! Comes with the latest Digital USB TV tuner also; and fantastic sound! And Toshiba's extended warranty is a really fair price. You will not be disappointed!
Toshiba False Advertising! BEWARE! Only 256MB Video RAM NOT 512MB!.......2007-11-27
I've had the Toshiba X205-SLI1 for almost 1 month. My one major complaint about the X205-SLIs is that there is ONLY 256MB of usable video RAM in the machines and not "767MB total: 512MB DDR3 discrete memory + up to 255MB shared memory w/NVIDIA® TurboCache(tm) technology" as stated in all of Toshiba's specs as well as in all of their PR and marketing materials! I called Toshiba's tech people and they confirmed that there is only 256MB of usable video RAM in the X205-SLI machines and not 512MB (nor 767MB). The tech people at Toshiba even agreed that Toshiba had made a mistake in their published specifications. As a follow-up, I called Consumer Relations at the Toshiba corporate headquarters in the U.S. on this issue and so far, they have not rectified this situation in an acceptable manner to me. The dual video cards with the aggressively promoted 512MB (and 767MB) of dedicated video RAM is the primary feature set that makes this notebook so unique and sets it apart from the pack. This claimed large amount of supposed video RAM is the reason that Toshiba and the press are touting the X205-SLI as a true "gaming" notebook. For there to be less than 1/2 the amount of claimed video RAM is a substantial and material misrepresentation. So, in the end, I really feel that I didn't get what I paid for and Toshiba is guilty of false advertising and material misrepresentation. I'm considering my options at this point but either way, my advice would be to look elsewhere and buy instead from an honest manufacturer that sells what its advertising and not some hyped machine with less under the hood than is claimed. Is it so much to actually get what you're paying for? Shame on you Toshiba.
Excellent Value for what you get.......2007-11-24
I have spend many months looking for a computer to suit my husband's needs which is primarly gaming (both online and off) The price on this computer can't be beat. The screen size is 17" is excellent although it makes this computer quite a beast (so if your looking for compact this might not be your laptop) Because the 512 dedicated video card and 2gb ram this makes it a great laptop for gaming and those who need a great graphics card. The webcam was a nice bonus that turned out to be great for us to use with skype when he's deployed. It has a nice encasement and couldn't be happier with the decision. Not to mention there is also an HD DVD in it as well. The only down side to it is the windows vista although not much can be done about that - vista takes up alot of space and it needs some pretty high requirements for it to run well which takes away from you being able to for applications. However all in all it's a bargin buy if you want a laptop that's great for gaming. And won't be out in 6 months.
Toshiba SLI3.......2007-11-16
The dvd drive on this laptop will randomly dissaper from my computer and you have to do some registry edits to fix it. Also Mine shipped with Vista Ultimate, the 320 GB hdd is really two seperate 140gb that cannot be raided together and the a/b/g/n wireless doesnt support N at all. Naturally if you are running 32bit windows the computer will only recognize 3 gigs of ram so dont waste money upgrading that. It does play Crysis with all settings on Medium while NOT running in SLI. Im still waiting on the full version to ship out to me so I can try it in SLI.
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