Reviewing Toshiba Satellite A105-S4284, Laptop Magazine gives it 4.5 out of 5 stars and writes,”There’s nothing offensive about the Toshiba Satellite A105-S4284. There’s nothing thrilling about it, either. It’s a well-equipped, solid budget entry that delivers good features at a decent price.

The charcoal-and-silver design is a bit dull compared with what Dell, HP, and Sony have trotted out, but at just six pounds, the Satellite is relatively easy to travel with. Open the lid and you’ll find a 15.4-inch widescreen with a 1280 x 800-pixel resolution that’s easy on the eyes. The panel did well with DVD action scenes, though we found DVD playback a bit dark, even with the screen’s brightness cranked. Like other budget laptops, viewing angles were good side to side but poor from above.

Powered by a 1.6-GHz Intel Core Duo T2050 processor, the Satellite scored 213 on MobileMark 2005, right in the middle of the field. Its three-hour battery life and wireless performance (between 7 and 7.5 Mbps) were both low, however. It’s no gaming unit, but dial down the resolution and you can manage a playable frame rate, as our 45 fps on F.E.A.R. showed.

All told, this Satellite is a good budget-friendly multimedia portable. It doesn’t have much sizzle, but it’s a solid choice.

PROS & CONS of the Toshiba Satellite A105-S4284 according to Laptop Magazine

• Aggressively priced
• Nice 15.4-inch widescreen
• 100GB hard drive
• Ho-hum design
• Mushy keyboard
• Instant-on playback doesn’t include media

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This entry was posted on January 7, 2007 and is filed under Toshiba.