Product Description
Satisfy your multimedia and gaming needs wherever you roam with the
thin, light Toshiba Satellite P105-S6177 laptop, which provides
great DVD viewing as well as immersive gaming graphics thanks to
the 17-inch TruBrite display and the Intel GMA 950 video card with
up to 196 MB of dynamically allocated shared video memory. You can
easily use this laptop as an entertainment center, with Toshiba's
unique Express Media Player enabling you to bypass the system and
access CDs and DVDs with a touch of button. It's powered by Intel's
1.73 GHz Core Duo T2250 processor, which provides an optimized,
multithreaded architecture for improved gaming and multitasking
performance and efficient power consumption. This laptop also
features a 120 GB hard drive, 2 GB of installed DDR2 RAM (4 GB
maximum), tri-mode Wi-Fi connectivity (802.11a/b/g), built-in
Harman Kardon speakers, multi-format/dual-layer DVD burner,
ExpressCard slot, and multi-format memory card reader. It 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 Duo T2250 processor is built with the
Mobile Intel 945PM Express chipset, and it has a 1.73 GHz processor
speed, fast 533 MHz front-side bus (FSB), and large 2 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 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 next version of Microsoft Windows,
code-named Vista. 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. It's more efficient, thanks to Intel's Power
Coordination and Deeper Sleep, which help to transfer power only to
those areas of the processor that need it. It also features Intel's
Digital Media Boost, which delivers enhanced performance on
floating point-intensive applications such as CAD tools, 3-D and
2-D modeling, video editing, digital music, digital photography and
gaming.
Hard Drive: The 120 GB Serial ATA hard drive (5400 RPM) is above
average in size for notebook PCs. It provides more than enough
capacity for storing documents, digital media files, and
productivity software. This SATA hard drive also quickens the pace
with a higher speed transfer of data--akin to FireWire and USB 2.0.
Memory: The 2 GB of built-in memory (PC4200, DDR2 SDRAM) is a very
good start for power users, and it offers a decently fast 533 MHz
speed. It has two memory slots, enabling you to add up to 4 GB of
RAM for smooth DVD playback and 3-D gaming. 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: The double-layer DVD drive is compatible with a wide
range of formats, including both 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--great for backing up your MP3 collection or your most
important documents. It features the following speeds: 2.4x DVD+R
DL, 2x DVD-R DL, 8x for both single-layer DVD+R/-R, 4x DVD+RW, 4x
DVD-RW, 5x 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
103-key keyboard and electro-static two-button touchpad. It also
offers a launch button for the Express CD/DVD media player and
control buttons (play, stop, next, previous) as well as a volume
control dial. Screen, Video & Audio
This laptop has a 17-inch TFT display with a resolution of 1440 x
900 pixels. It also provides TruBrite technology, which makes
images brighter and more vivid thanks to its anti-glare feature.
Video is powered by the Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950, which
uses Intel Dynamic Video Memory Technology (DVMT) and provides up
to 196 MB of shared video memory. It offers both VGA and S-Video
output connections for connecting to monitors and TVs. You'll enjoy
crisp sound via the built-in Harman Kardon stereo speakers, and it
has standard headphone and microphone jacks. Networkin
