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Toshiba Portégé A605-P200 12.1-Inch Laptop (1.40 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo SU9400 Processor, 3 GB RAM, 250 GB Hard Drive, DVD Drive, Vista Premium)

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BrandToshiba
List Price$1,074.99
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Features
  • 12.1-Inch (Diagonal) Widescreen Display, 1280 x 800 Resolution
  • 1.40 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo SU9400 Processor with 3MB L2 Cache
  • 3072MB DDR2 System Memory, 250GB (5400 RPM) Hard Drive (SATA), Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD
  • DVD SuperMulti Drive with Labelflash, Intel WiFi Link 5100AGN (802.11 a/g/n)
  • Windows Vista Home Premium, dims in inches: 8.8 (W) x 11.3 (D) x 1.2 (H) approx., 3.22 lbs.
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Description

When the rules modify, you can too together with the performance and versatility of the Portégé A605 PCs together with a 12.1-Inch diagonal widescreen LED Backlit Display cultivate your talent together with the included DVD SuperMulti drive, Webcam, and Toshiba accessories this extend your reach and expand your drive for success. The Toshiba A605-P200 ships together with Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium (SP1, 32 bit version), 1.40 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo SU9400 Processor, 3MB L2 Cache, Mobile Intel GS45 Express Chipset, Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD together with 128MB-1340MB Dynamically Allocated Shared Graphics Memory, 250GB (5400) RPM Serial ATA hard disk drives, DVD SuperMulti in addition/minus R double layer together with LabelFlash drive supporting 11 formats, 12.1-Inch (Diagonal) Widescreen Display, 1280 x 800 Resolution, fingerprint reader, webcam built into LCD bezel, Intel WiFi Link 5100AGN /802.11 a/g/n. Dimensions: 8.8-Inch x 11.3-Inch x 1.2-Inch not including feet, weight: Starting at 3.2 lbs.
The Choice PC Collection
Thanks to our new Portégé A605 laptop, ultraportability has now gone mainstream, together with a sleek, lightweight design so you won't get weighed down, complex wireless so you're never out of touch, long battery life, in addition a cost tag this will surely do you smile. It's time to move up! and move out!

Amazingly light, the Toshiba Portégé A605 measures just 1.2 inches thick and weighs only 3.2 pounds, making it a excellent companion on business trips. It's outfitted together with a fingerprint reader for added safety, as well as a 1.3-megapixel Webcam included into the display bezel for simple video conferencing. The dual-layer DVD±RW drive in addition burns CDs and proposes LabelFlash print functionality.

It's powered by the latest Intel Core 2 Duo processor--together with Centrino 2 technology--which boosts speed, decreases power requirements, and saves on battery life. The 1.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo SU9400 consists of a quick 800 MHz front-side bus and 2 MB of L2 cache, getting an optimized, multithreaded architecture for improved multimedia and multitasking performance. Other features contain a 250 GB hard drive, 3 GB of installed RAM (5 GB maximum), Draft-N Wi-Fi networking (802.11a/b/g/n), Secure Digital card reader, and Intel GMA X4500MHD included graphics (together with up to 1340 MB of dynamically shared video memory). In addition, this Toshiba notebook is RoHS-compatible, effectively reducing the environmental impact by restricting the use of lead, mercury and certain other hazardous substances.

This PC comes preinstalled together with Microsoft Windows Vista® Home Premium, which consists of all of the Windows Media® Center abilities for turning your PC into an all-in-one home entertainment center. In addition to effortlessly playing your DVD movies and managing your digital audio library, you'll be effective to record and watch your favorite TV shows (even HDTV). Vista in addition integrates new search tools throughout the operating system, consists of new parental control features, and proposes new tools this can warn you of impending hardware failures.

The Basics

  • Processor: Experience improved energy efficiency, extended wireless connectivity, and amazing battery life together with the 45nm Intel Core 2 Duo SU9400 processor featuring Intel Centrino 2 technology. This processor has a 1.4 GHz processor speed, quick 800 MHz front-side bus (FSB), and a 3 MB L2 cache. (An L2, or secondary, cache temporarily stores data; and a big 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 bring better overall performance.)

    Formerly codenamed Montevina, Intel Centrino 2 processor technology advances upon each facet of a laptop's main features, counting performance and battery life via new processors and chipsets, faster draft 802.11n wireless, and new business-class manageability abilities. The new hafnium-infused circuitry--which decreases electrical existing leakage in transistors--preserves even extra energy, giving you extra time away from the wall outlet.

    Spec Check
    • 12.1-inch LCD screen
    • 1.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo SU9400 processor
    • 250 GB hard drive
    • 3 GB RAM (5 GB maximum)
    • Dual-layer DVD±R drive
    • Quad-mode Wi-Fi (802.11a/b/g/n)
    • Intel GMA X4500MHD graphics (up to 1340 MB)
    • Windows Vista Home Premium (SP1, 32-bit)
    • Weighs 3.2 pounds
    The Intel Core 2 Duo processor has two computational execution cores in a single processor, getting greater system response when running multi-threaded applications concurrently together with no significant enhance in power consumption. It's optimized for multitasking and it can run multiple demanding applications--such as graphics-intensive games or serious number-crunching business productivity applications--while downloading music or running virus-scanning safety programs in the background.
  • Hard Drive: The large 250 GB Serial ATA hard drive (5400 RPM) offers extra than enough capacity for storing a large audio and video library, as well as more space necessary for video editing. This SATA hard drive in addition quickens the pace together with a higher speed transport of data--akin to Firewire and USB 2.0.
  • Memory: The 3 GB of installed RAM (PC6400) helps boost the amount of available video RAM this's shared together with this notebook's video card. It in addition proposes an ultra-quick 800 MHz speed. This notebook has 1 GB on the motherboard and 2 GB in a single available memory slot. It has a maximum capacity of 5 GB (together with installation of an optional 4 GB RAM chip).
  • DVD/CD Drive: The dual-layer Labelflash DVD drive is compatible together with a wide range of formats, counting together DVD+RW and DVD-RW discs, CD-RW discs, and dual-layer (DL) DVD+/-R discs, which can hold up to 8.5 GB of data--excellent for backing up your MP3 collection or your much important documents. It features the following speeds: 4x DVD±R DL, 8x for single-layer DVD±R, 8x DVD+RW, 6x DVD-RW, 5x DVD-RAM, and 24x/16x for CD-R/RW. It reads DVD-ROM discs at 8x and CD-ROMs at 24x.

    Together with the Labelflash functionality, you can burn high-resolution, high-contrast images on the label side of DVD discs utilizing the same laser used for data recording. Enjoy transparency and high-excellence not found in traditional printable media. All you want is a Labelflash DVD disc to begin labeling not including a printer.

  • Keyboard & Mouse: This notebook has a standard 85-key keyboard and electro-static two-button touchpad.
Screen, Video & Audio
The 12.1-inch LED-backlit display has a 1280 x 800-pixel native resolution (WXGA), which proposes a 720p native high-definition resolution. Video is powered by the Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X4500MHD, which uses shared video memory (up to 1340 MB allocated from the system memory) and offers Windows Vista Aero interface support and increased 3D graphics performance--bringing over 2x scores on 3DMark 06. Intel Clear Video Technology offers excellent video playback together with sharper picture excellence, increased clarity, and customizable color controls. It in addition enables increased visual excellence of interlaced content on progressive displays.

This notebook in addition features an included audio card and two stereo speakers.

Networking, Connectivity & Extension
Be ready for the next platform in wireless connectivity together with the included quad-mode Wi-Fi chip. Based on the draft 802.11n Wi-Fi requirement, it proposes up to five times the performance and twice the wireless range as current 802.11g wireless. It's in addition backward compatible together 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 extra limited range--excellent for closed office settings).

Together with USB Sleep-and-Charge support, you can use your laptop to charge your favorite portable electronic devices, even when the laptop is asleep. If you use a smartphone, you can just plug it in, power up and go not including having to worry this you've got enough charge. It in addition consists of a next-generation ExpressCard card slot (replacing the PCMCIA slot), which lets you get advantage of thinner, faster, and lighter extension cards for even extra complex wireless, networking, storage, and safety features. It comes together with the following external connectors:

  • 3 USB 2.0 ports for connecting a wide range of peripherals--from digital cameras to MP3 players (counting 1 eSATA/USB combo port)
  • Analog video output: 1 VGA
  • 1 ExpressCard/34 slot
  • 1 headphone jack
  • 1 microphone jack
  • Secure Digital (SD) memory card slot (compatible together with MMC cards)
  • 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet networking
  • 56K modem (V.90)

Operating System
Windows Vista Home Premium together with SP1 (32-bit) is the operating system for users together with complex computer needs, and it consists of all of the Windows Media Center abilities for turning your PC into an all-in-one home entertainment center for watching DVD movies and accessing your digital audio library. You can in addition use Windows Media Center to record and watch your favorite TV shows (even HDTV) and to access new kinds of online entertainment content. Computers this contain Windows Vista Home Premium and an auxiliary Windows SideShow display will in addition agree to you to access key data even when your computer is off. It is in addition easier than ever to share files between other PCs in your household and to manage your laptop computer environments to extra securely connect via Wi-Fi.

Each edition of Windows Vista offers the necessary 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 contain new tools this can warn you of impending hardware failures long before you have lost any important personal data. And, all Windows Vista editions contain parental control features this agree to you to manage and monitor your family's use of games, the Internet, instantaneous messaging, and other activities.

Preloaded Software
Microsoft Works 9.0, Google Desktop and Picasa, Ulead DVD MovieFactory 5, Norton 360 All-in-One Safety (30-day trial), and Microsoft Office 2007 Home and Student Edition (60-day trial).

Dimensions & Weight
This notebook measures 11.3 x 8.8 x 1.2 inches (WxDxH, and it weighs 3.2 pounds.

Power
It comes together with a 5800 mAH lithium-ion battery pack for more-long battery life.

What's in the Box
This package contains the Toshiba Portege A605-P200 notebook PC, rechargeable lithium-ion battery, AC adapter, and operating instructions. It is backed by a one-year limited hardware warranty.

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Customer Reviews

Customer rating is 5 of 5  A Perfect Portable Laptop   2009-04-13
By P. Howey
First, before buying any laptop you should know what features you are looking for and what features the laptop posses. This laptop is not for gaming or heavy duty multi media. The Toshiba Protégé A605-P200 is designed to be portable and that is exactly what it does well.

For being a 12.1 it still has many great features. I would go through them, but if you actually read about this laptop then you already know. I would like to point out that it does have one speaker, but I already knew this before I purchased the laptop. This information can be found simply by researching the laptop. I use headphones if I listen to music, so, again, this laptop works out great. If you need great laptop sound (speakers) you shouldn't be looking at 12.1's anyways. The laptop is also very light and durable. I am not sure what other people do to their laptops, but the design of this laptop is structurally sound for only being a few pounds. Is the laptop indestructible? No. You should still treat it with care since it does cost a tad more then entry level laptops. I do not understand why you wouldn't.

So, the Toshiba Protégé A605-P200 is a great portable laptop with decent power (cpu, ram, hard drive), and is packed with several external connectors and features for a 12.1.
Customer rating is 2 of 5  Weak material, cheap components.   2009-01-24
By Rodin, CO USA (Denver, CO)
I always had TOSHIBA as one of my favorite brands for laptops. Unfortunatelly, that's no longer true.

This laptop deserves 2 stars because it's fast and light and that's it.

It was wrapped on a thin and weak plastic material. If you decide for some reason to hold the laptop with a single hand on the corner, you will hear the HD touching something.

The speaker (ONLY ONE) is terrible... I'd say there is no speaker... you cannot hear a thing out of this thing.

The keyboard is notably weak... and I am positive it will need to be replaced soon... I am already feeling something wrong on the letter T.

Today, I noticed that the frame around the screen (another weak plastic) is cracked... I have no idea how this happened... I handle my laptop with care, it didn't fall... I really cannot tell how it happened.

Toshiba just lost a customer. I won't return it because I don't want to backup and reinstall all my stuff again (which takes me 30 hours to do) but I won't consider TOSHIBA anymore for my next latpop.

Customer rating is 2 of 5  Snazzy, with occasional unacceptable poor performance   2009-01-17
By Eran Magen
I was excited to receive my Portege, and to play around with it. The fingerprint reader is fun, the laptop is very lightweight, the battery life is good.... but then a couple of problems hit in quick succession. After the second problem, I gave up on the laptop and sent it back to Amazon (it's traveling there right now). I'm writing this review from my new MacBook - yes, the combination of the Portege and Vista were the final push for me to go Mac.

The specific problems that got to me were:

(1) Despite being fast overall, the laptop would do some things *very* slowly. The two examples I remember happened in Microsoft Word. When I would call the Search box (Ctrl+F), it would take a long time to drag itself across the screen and become operational (about 4 seconds). During this time I was unable to do anything else - an annoying mid-work freeze. The same thing happened whenever I saved the document after a long time of not saving it. The graphic that folds the document into the little diskette icon at the bottom of the screen would be very slow (again, about 4 seconds), during which I'd be frozen.

(2) The ethernet port didn't work. Honestly, that's what doomed the laptop for me. I plugged the cable in, and the laptop just went "huh?" I then plugged the same cable into a MacBook that happened to be nearby (my girlfriend's), and the Mac went "woohoo, internet!"

That was it. I paid more than $1,000 in order to do problem-solving right out of the box? Umm, no. I called Amazon, printed out the return label, and shipped it back to Amazon.

Nice computer. A few fatal flaws. Didn't do it for me.
Customer rating is 3 of 5  Stereo Speakers? Ya Right   2008-12-24
By HowardM (Virginia)
I wanted to like this laptop, small, lightweight, pretty fast for the specs, amazing battery life, but unfortunately Toshiba doesn't know anything about their own products and Amazon just copies that information blindly. Both on Toshiba's website and amazon.com it says: "This notebook also features an integrated audio card and two stereo speakers."

This is false, this laptop has 1 mono speaker in the upper left corner and at max volume you could barely hear it. When I contacted Amazon.com all they could say was return it, well that's what I did.

Either way if your looking for a small, ultra portable laptop with a great battery life, get this (as long as you plan on using headphones and don't care about the speakers).


Oh, and 1 more thing, the amount of pre-loaded bloatware is insane, 76 process running on first start up.


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