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This is review of the Satellite A80 Laptop Toshiba is offering for $599 , as a service to shoppers - this is best buy the Satellite A80 Laptop. More about the Toshiba Satellite A80-S718TD is found below.
the Satellite A80 might have everything you would ever need in a notebook computer. Here’s the rundown: It comes with an Intel® Celeron™ M processor capable of running at 1.5GHz. 256MB of memory are installed. The display is a 15-inch XGA screen with ATI Mobility® RADEON™ 9000 IGP graphics chipset. The hard drive has 40GB capacity.
Toshiba puts an optical drive in the A80 Satellite notebook which will read and write CDs and play DVDs.
The Satellite A80 with the S718TD configuration has an integrated Atheros® 802.11b/g Wireless LAN.
These last two are not options or extras. Everthing described above is included in the price of $599 that Toshiba put in the A80-S718TD laptop.
If you do buy a Toshiba Satellite A80 Laptop, buy a Pouch Satellite is a trademark owned by Toshiba. the Satellite A80-S178TD laptop.
Hardware Overview
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Intel Pentium M Processor 730
Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG
Intel 915PM Express chipset
1 GB DDR RAM
15’’ XSGA+ 1400x1050 pixel
nVidia Geforce Go 6600 with 128 MB
Toshiba 80 GB HDD
Internal Modem (AC97)
Internal Gigabit Ethernet adapter
4x USB 2.0 ports
S-Video Out
i.LINK (IEEE 1394 / Firewire)
6-in1 Bridge Media Slot
General :Processor Pentium M (Dothan)
Processor speed 1.73 GHz
Motherboard chipset Intel 915PM Express (or 915GM for Intel GMA 900)
Centrino Yes , Memory/Storage Amt of RAM 256 MB (max 2048 MB)
RAM type DDR SDRAM
Hard drive 40 GB
Card Reader SD, MMC, MS, MS Pro, xD, SM
Optical drive DVD±RW drive (with DVD+R dual-layer support)
Software : Operating system Win XP Pro
Connectivity
Ports 4 x USB 2.0, FireWire, Ethernet, modem, S-video out, VGA-out, fast infrared, parallel, serial, microphone-in, headphone-out
Bluetooth Yes
Infrared Yes
Ethernet 10/100
Modem 56K data/fax
Built-in devices 6-in-1 card reader (SM/SD/xD/MS/MS PRO/MMC), 1 x Type II PC Card slot
Wireless LAN 802.11b, 802.11g
Display : Graphics hardware ATI Mobility Radeon X300
Amt of video RAM 64MB
Diagonal screen size 15 inch
LCD technology Clear SuperView
Screen resolution (max) 1, 280 x 800
Multimedia Remote No
DVD/MP3 without bootup No
TV tuner No
Sound hardware 16-bit stereo SoundBlaster Pro, built-in stereo speaker with SRS TruSurround XT Sound Technology
Jacks mic-in, earphone-out
Software included Toshiba ConfigFree, Toshiba Express Media Player, Microsoft Office OneNote 2003, InterVideo WinDVD, Sonic RecordNow!, Norton AntiVirus 2005 (90-day free trial)
Chassis Weight w/battery 2.8 kg
Dimensions 338 x 279.7 x 36.9 mm
Power Supply :Battery type(s) included 6-cell Lithium-ion
Mfr-claimed battery life 3.7 hours
Warranty One-year international warranty
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