Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit) 2.13GHz Intel Core i3 M330 4096MB DDR3 SDRAM 1066MHz ģ2MB (Dedicated)/1696MB (Total) Intel GMA HD 320GB Western Digital 5400rpm While retail shops are happy to sell you an in-store extended warranty, they are often expensive and hard to use, so we don't recommend them. Support is accessible 24-7 via a toll-free phone line, an online knowledge base, and a Web site with driver downloads. The Toshiba Satellite A505-S6025 is backed by an industry-standard, one-year warranty. As for us, we'd rather carry a thinner laptop and a charger and live dangerously. That's still better than other Core i3 laptops we covered in this price range, so perhaps adding significant bulk is a worthy trade-off for the added juice. Admittedly, that's also with dedicated graphics running, but with a gigantic battery like the one grafted to the back of the A505-S6025, we'd have expected even more. The Toshiba Satellite A505-S6025 ran for 4 hours and 28 minutes on our video playback battery drain test, using the included 12-cell battery. The Satellite A505-6025 is an extra $150, placing it at the upper end of Core i3 laptops. We say "unfortunately" because the Asus U50F-RBBAG05, also reviewed in this roundup, only costs $649. Unfortunately, the A505-6025 performs nearly identically to other Core i3 M330 laptops. Running the show inside the A505-6025 is a new Intel Core i3 M330 CPU, a processor that has already impressed us with its speed and overall multitasking performance, especially for the price of the laptops it's being dropped into. The included 500GB hard drive and 4GB of RAM are nice touches, but hardly noteworthy anymore: in fact, they are fast becoming standards in the mainstream category, based on our recent reviews. USB 2.0, a combo eSATA and sleep-and-charge port, HDMI, FireWire and an ExpressCard slot round out a nearly complete set of options, with only Bluetooth omitted. With a laptop this huge, we would at least expect an extensive selection of ports, and the A505-6025 delivers on that front. Stereo speakers, headphone/microphone jacksĢ USB 2.0, 1 USB 2.0/eSATA sleep-and-charge port, SD card reader, mini-FirewireĮthernet, 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, optional WWAN We liked the interior better, which is fortunate, since the A505 seems destined for a life seated on a desk, sedentary and unlikely to ever move into a backpack or bag. The glossy black finish, etched with a spread of varying gray pinstripes that Toshiba calls "quantum black," is much like many other Satellites: curved and flashy, but awfully eager to show off smudges and prints. Harman Kardon speakers flank both sides of an LED touch-key media control strip above the keyboard, and the edge-to-edge keyboard includes a full-size number pad. With a glossy black body and a dull silver trim around the edges, the A505 looks like a premium multimedia laptop with its lid open. It's not unattractive, however, on the inside. At more than 8 pounds with its AC adapter, this is a computer that will need a reinforced bag and some good shoulder strength to carry. With its chunky battery attached, it's even thicker than the 1.6 inches we measured-more like over 2 inches. The Satellite A505-S6025 is one seriously thick laptop.
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