I did about 2 weeks worth of research before buying this laptop and I found the Toshiba L505-GS5037 for $579.99 at Amazon the best deal around. I'm a first time international buyer and had this shipped to my country through a relative and I must mention the excellent guidance and service given to me by Amazon. I felt safe and secure and had all my questions answered fully - so good job Amazon, I'll definitely be buying more from your website!
As for the laptop, my previous laptop was 15" and I was surprised by how big the ".6" difference in this 15.6-inch laptop is. But I love the big screen and very much happy that I did not go for the other 13.3-inch bestseller here on Amazon. It's also not heavy at all and 6 pounds is really nothing to carry around. It's a lot sleeker, slimmer and more beautiful in person and the reviewer here who said that the pictures don't do this laptop justice is right.
I bought this laptop for its great everyday use specs - Intel Core i3, 500GB hard drive, and 4GB upgradeable memory. I love how much faster I can edit pictures, make short videos and create documents - definitely a huge upgrade from my old Pentium 4, 60 GB, 512 MB RAM laptop (it was 5 years old okay!). I have no problems using the keyboard (I type very fast - 75WPM) and at first I thought the number keypad would be too much but I found myself using it very often and love that this laptop has this feature.
Lastly for the pros: the trackpad is great (though I use a mouse more often), it doesn't come with a ton of bloatware, the 3-hour battery life is good enough for me, I love the old school volume wheel, and best of all is that Toshiba has INTERNATIONAL WARRANTY.
The downsides to this laptop for me are:
(1) the speakers aren't very good (even with the volume boost tip here in one of the reviews)
(2) I had to buy a USB port because it only has 2 USB ports
(3) I find the screen oddly lacking in color even with the brightness at its highest level (mine looks like there's a sheet of grey plastic over it), and
(4) Although this isn't Toshiba's fault, the Windows 7 64-bit OS and the new 1366 x 768 resolution aren't compatible with some of my favorite games and programs. This kind of makes the other great specs of this laptop useless. Others who have older laptops can play games seamlessly while mine is choppy and lags a lot. But I blame Microsoft and the game developers for that, not Toshiba. Just want to mention it here in case there are others who want to play games on this laptop too.
Overall, the Toshiba L505-GS5937 is a great buy for those looking for an everyday use laptop. And the price here on Amazon is just unbeatable! I see myself using this laptop for the next 3 years or so - hopefully by that time, software would've caught up with Windows 7 and the new widescreen resolution!
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