If you’re a student or into mobile HD entertainment and want a laptop that entertains your sense of style too, discover our 16” Satellite® A500 Series. With a gorgeous design, plus upscale features and battery life, these machines are ideal for serious learning, gaming, and multimedia on the go.
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More Media Enjoyment—in More Places
If you’re into high-def movies, games, music and photography, this Satellite® laptop is for you. New Windows® 7 gives you more ways than ever of savoring your digital entertainment. Quality components from Intel®, AMD® and NVIDIA® make sure you enjoy every moment. 500GB of storage gives you plenty of room to hold it all, and a Hard Drive Impact Sensor keeps jolts and drops from spoiling your day.
Tuned for HD Entertainment
With the Satellite® A500 laptop you’re never far from dazzling entertainment, even when you’re far from home. Choose from select models with a Blu-ray® Disc player for watching the latest HD movies. Or enjoy standard features like a premium sound package with harman/kardon® speakers and Dolby® Sound Room® that envelop you in surround sound, plus an HDMI connection for tapping into a home theater.
Not just faster. Smarter.
For the first time, there is a smart family of processors that delivers fast performance that adapts to your individual needs. Introducing the all new 2010 Intel® Core™ processor family available in our new line of Satellite® A500 laptops. With a range of performance levels, it’s easy to find one that’s right for you.
Exceptional Styling
This multimedia notebook comes with lots of features that add up to serious style points—including an LED backlit keyboard for typing and gaming, a clean-looking edge-to-edge display, and our acclaimed Fusion® Finish, which is sure to start a conversation or two.
Ways to Connect and Go
Enjoy better, faster Internet connections with wireless-N. Videoconference or chat face-to-face with a built-in Webcam. Log on easier with Toshiba Face Recognition*. And stay fast and loose with your smart phone, because this laptop offers a USB Sleep-and-Charge port for charging your portables, even when it’s asleep or off.
Exciting Extras
This Satellite® model offers amenities you won’t find on just every laptop—like a touchpad with multi-touch control that puts more power in your fingertips, free tools like Toshiba ReelTime™, Bulletin Board and Media Controller to help you have fun and master your day, plus the power-saving Toshiba eco utility™ to keep you and your PC more attuned to the environment.
Additional Features available in select models
- Toshiba Media Controller
- Easily stream videos, pictures and music from the media library on your laptop across your entire home entertainment network.
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- LED Backlit Keyboard
- With the cool-looking keyboard on this laptop you’ll be able to keep typing even with the lights down. It’s great for working on planes or in a quiet corner of your favorite café.
- NVIDIA Graphics
- Thrill to blazing fast 3D gaming, lightning-quick video playback and HD movie editing, plus speedier laptop performance overall.
- Premium Audio
- Don’t just listen. Sit back and savor rich, more immersive music and soundtracks with harman/kardon® stereo speakers and Dolby® Sound Room®.
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