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We have collected 2 reviews of the Toshiba Satellite E305-S1990. Experts rate Toshiba Satellite E305-S1990 8/10. Reviewsor.com helps you find reviews, best prices, user reviews of the Toshiba Satellite E305-S1990 and Toshiba Laptops.
Toshiba and Best Buy have partnered once more to sell an exclusive 14-inch notebook that marries design flair with cutting-edge features. The Toshiba Satellite E305 ($899) comes with a Blu-ray player, Intel Wireless Display, and several great perks such as a bright backlit keyboard, USB 3.0, and a special utility that lets you use your notebook as an external speaker for your portable media player. Still, $899 isn't cheap for a laptop with integrated graphics. Read on to find out if this portable is worth the premium.Gone is the glossy blue finish of last year's Satellite E205. Now the E305 has an aluminum lid with a champagne-colored mosaic texture that avoids the fingerprint smudges of the older E205's glossy surfaces. When you raise the drop-hinge lid, the same texture and pattern surrounds the keyboard and is in between the keys, too.. This pattern is interesting but some might find it a little garish.The Satellite E305's 13.5 x 9.1 x 1.3-inch footprint looked so compact at first that we first mistook it for a 13-inch notebook. Of course, we should note that this laptop is a bit thicker than other systems. The Acer Aspire TimelineX 4820TG and the ASUS U41Jf are both 1.1 inches tall.
Though it may seem like many Toshiba Satellites look the same, that's not necessarily the case if you hang around your local Best Buy. For a few years now, Toshiba has been supplying a Best Buy-exclusive laptop as part of the retailer's Blue Label series, with a redesigned look that stands out from the rest of the Satellite pack. We reviewed the Satellite E205 last year, and we thought at the time that it beat out other Toshiba laptops in terms of overall value and design. Of course, we were curious whether the trend would continue in 2011. This year, Toshiba's back at it with the Satellite E305, and once again we've come away impressed. The $899 14-inch laptop has a thinner design, a slicker look, and a very solid set of specs, including a Blu-ray/DVD combo drive, a second-gen Core i5 processor, a 7,200rpm 500GB hard drive, and Intel Wireless Display 1.2. And, unlike many laptops with Wi-Di, this retail package includes the required Netgear box that interfaces with your TV in the bundle. (In case you're unfamiliar with Intel Wireless Display, read more about it here.) It's not revolutionary, but the E305 earns a spot on our list for a quality midrange laptop worth considering.