Overall rating 

4.0 out of 5

"Great performance, horrible speakers!"

Overall rating 

4.0 out of 5

"E105-s1602 delivers price for the value. It is robust and performs as expected. The only think that I hold against it is its weight. I think that shedding .5 -1 lbs would make it a real champ."

Overall rating 

3.0 out of 5

"Touch pad mouse buttons are not good - too small and poor build quality. FIngerprint reader unnecssary. Wireless connection blanks out occasionally - full reboot required. (possibly a Vista problem). Only two USB ports. Slow to respond to wake up (bad OS however). Unnecessarily large power supply, and poor plug design. Otherwise, inconspicous, nice keyboard, good screen and webcam, and sufficiently light given it's size. A better OS would improve this machine."

Overall rating 

4.0 out of 5

"Thin and light weight. Powerful. Fingerprint logon works pretty well. However, it is pretty pricey."

Overall rating 

2.0 out of 5

"Good machine but the keyboard is hideous. Even thought the keys are lighted which is a good thing at night, during the day is another story. If working in an office with a window, the day light makes the keyboard letters fade. Good idea but the keyboard needs some rethinking. At first, I was happy with the lighted keyboard, now I wish I could find someone to sell this machine or even try to convince Toshiba to take its machine and the idea back so I could get something that I could see. I had another Toshiba and also bought a second laptop, not same model as this one along with this machine, so far this one I dont like just because of the keyboard. Definitely, it was not a good buy"

Overall rating 

4.0 out of 5

"I am very pleased with the screen and performance. The battery life leaves alot to be desired. The unit puts off a great deal of heat."

Overall rating 

5.0 out of 5

"I use this laptop in my middle school classroom and it's fast, durable, and overall is a great machine."

Overall rating 

1.0 out of 5

"I bought the lap top in August, it is now October 23 so it did not even make it 2 months and the hard drive crashed. Now it has been at the geek squad at Best Buy for a week. For the last month it got worse and worse."

Overall rating 

5.0 out of 5

"The Thosiba is a good computer as a Desk top as laptop...They are very resistent the problem or rude use, for me I prefer thosiba overall laptop."

Overall rating 

3.0 out of 5

"The laptop functions similarly in quality to the prior Toshiba laptops I have purchased. However, the speakers are of extremely poor quality. This is a hardware issue with the speakers and not a drive issue it appears. I am really disappointed"

Overall rating 

3.0 out of 5

"This laptop has some very nice things about it: the light up key board, the wieght, the slimness. It's overall nicely put together but within the first week i had issues with the hardware. After the second week a BestBuy worker suggested i had a faulty computer. That should never be the case. Weird things happened: For example I couldn't uninstall a program. Also, my keyboard would stall and wouldn't recognize the letters i typed. Finally, It took forever to load up. i don't experience these issues anymore, and i don't know if it is because i have forgot about them or not. Just beware."

Overall rating 

4.0 out of 5

"General process in this computer seems fine. Especially I like its weight and slim shape. Its process is quite fast. Good price. not so expensive comparing to cpu, hard capacity, and memory card etc. But only disappointing me is Sound. Its sound is very poor. Actually I expected that most Toshibas would have good sound system. But in this Toshiba, I have to be patient with low sound quality. Anyway, until now after I bought this laptop, I am satisfied with all works in this Toshiba. It was good decision to pick up this one."

Overall rating 

2.0 out of 5

"Exployer daily will stop responding and go into a perpetual waiting game. I have trouble transfering files from CD's and IE will stop working at any time. I would recommend Toshiba not Vista."

Overall rating 

5.0 out of 5

"Had to return the first one because the backlit keyboard would not work. Has been good other than that"

Overall rating 

5.0 out of 5

"Both laptops I have owned have been Toshiba products and I would not purchase any other brand. This particular laptop is amazing. It has great features including the fingerprint login and the touch volume controls. This computer is fast and works great. It has a decent battery life and is very light and perfect for those who need to carry their laptop back and forth between home and other places. I absolutely love this laptop and feel it was one of the best purchases I have made."

Overall rating 

4.0 out of 5

"the computer performance and speed is great. The battery life is a very good advantage. My only concern is the speakers. They are not loud enough, but anyway i only use the external speakers."

Overall rating 

4.0 out of 5

"It is a good buy, battery life is about 2 to 3 hours, not 5 as they said, the back-lit keybord is a blessing, so far so good, the only problem is that there is not software cd's, and manual. If is setup for power save it will take longer to boot-up, no cons so far."

Overall rating 

4.0 out of 5

"terrible speakers, and the screen is a bit muted, but everything else is great! love the size, the finish, the backlit keyboard is a plus, and the built in software is pretty good. thanks."

Overall rating 

3.0 out of 5

"Second day using this brand new laptop and fingerprint sensor fails to open error message, the sound is terrible, good Hard drive space and 4gb ram is good. alot of laptops come with VGA out for office projector use except this one. I like the fact of this new tech. e-satta/USB combo. it's a good PC but disapointed that the fingerprint sensor fails to open."

Overall rating 

5.0 out of 5

"This Toshiba Satellite E105-S1602 laptop has it all, eye capturing color, speed, ease of use, logon finger print protection, long batter life, lighted keyboard, and very light weighted. I am very happy and greatly satisfied with my Satellite. I got want I expected from Toshiba, a high quality laptop at a very reasonable price. The lighted keyboard is great aid when working at night. The batter life is twice that of all of the other name brands. I could go on and on, instead I invite you to find out for yourself what a great machine this is."

Overall rating 

5.0 out of 5

"PROS: Laptop is perfect size for travel. Long battery life with the 5000 mAh battery. Love the lighted keyboard. Screen is a little too glossy, but not a real issue. Fast enough for everyday work. Two year warranty a plus. CONS: none that bother me enough to write about."

Overall rating 

5.0 out of 5

"I did a lot of research into buying another laptop and found my Toshiba to be one of the best for the money. For what I paid for I got a laptop with a huge memory drive, fast processor and many other useful features. The lighted keyboard was also a plus. However the one basic feature that I was dissappointed with were the speakers. The quality of music isn't so sharp when compared to other speakers. Music does sound good when you have headphones on."

Overall rating 

5.0 out of 5

"I love this Toshiba. The last laptop I had was also a Toshiba and I had it for four years of college. This new laptop has a lot of improvements!!! The battery life and speed is great! The speakers are okay, but I got external speakers for music playing and it worked out great. It is lightweight and sleek and I am very happy."

Overall rating 

4.0 out of 5

"I made a very good decision in purchasing this laptop. It is very lightweight and it is the perfect size. I especially like the backlight for the keys. The fingerprint security access is a nice touch. The only issue I have is it does not have ten key on the right of the keyboard. I will be purchasing a ten key attachment. I know I can use the ten key in the middle of the keys (this is a nice touch) I would prefer to use an actual ten key."

Overall rating 

5.0 out of 5

"I am very pleased so far. I am impressed with the battery life on this laptop, especially with the number of applications I run at one time. The fingerprint software is more sensitive than I thought it would be, so when I'm in a hurry, I just put in my password. Overall, I am very happy with my purchase."

Overall rating 

5.0 out of 5

"This laptop looks great, works great, and has some really nice features. The battery life has been about 4-5 hours strong. The memory, storage, and graphics have been great for my uses. I use photo editing software frequently with other programs running at the same time and never have a problem. The ONLY thing I have not liked about this machine are the speakers. They are small and provide a poor audio experience. This is not a problem for me very often because I regularly use external speakers. I would highly recommend purchasing this laptop."

Overall rating 

3.0 out of 5

"We bought this computer because I've been a Toshiba owner since 1998. Love Toshiba...very disappointed with this computer. The 2nd day we owned it the plug insert for the computer broke. Now we have a hard time keeping it from switching to battery. The sound system is by Dolby but it sounds like it's coming from a tin can. I'm no Toshiba basher. I've owned a Toshiba for almost 12 years. Find another Toshiba model."

Overall rating 

4.0 out of 5

"I have owned 3 toshiba laptops and not had a warranty problem with any of them. Perfect score, so I bought another one this time. The other ones have been handed down to other people and still work fine, just a little slower than this one."

Overall rating 

5.0 out of 5

"I love the size and weight. I thought the screen might not be big enough but it is good. I highly recommend the back light key pad feature because I use it in the car while my daughter is at dance class. The speed is great also."

Overall rating 

5.0 out of 5

"I previously owned a Toshiba and I really liked it. I was devastated when it died :o(... My fiance took me out to buy another and I had purchased another Toshiba when I was walking out of the store, I saw this one, I fell IN LOVE with it. The look is sleek, the back lit keys is amazing and the fingerprint log in is the best. My kids are so sad :o) they can't get on my laptop!!!"

Overall rating 

2.0 out of 5

"Overall, Hassle with buttons on the sides."

Overall rating 

4.0 out of 5

"When I opened the box I found that the top (Keyboard area) and the front edge had pulled apart. I carefully push to two together and all seems OK. I would have rated it higher without that problem."

Overall rating 

5.0 out of 5

"Truly a great bargin and I spent at least 30 shopping hours to come to this conclusion. Best bang for the buck if you can live without the VGA port. They offer a special conversion cable, but you have to dig deep to find doc ID 98082716 that assures you will get one. 3 weeks and I've still not seen it."

Overall rating 

4.0 out of 5

"QUICK AND LIGHT"

Overall rating 

5.0 out of 5

"Wonderful system, better than my hp laptop that i had, and a compaq laptop i had before. This computer is the best and out rates anything on the market."

Overall rating 

5.0 out of 5

"I like this laptop. It is user friendly and with good speed. Value for money."

Overall rating 

5.0 out of 5

"This laptop is everything that I had hoped for; quick, easy to set up, durable and with exceptional battery life. The only downside is the USB port locations. Since the battery takes up the back of the laptop the USB locations make connections a little more ackward."

Overall rating 

3.0 out of 5

"I had a high opinion about Toshiba than found as."

Overall rating 

5.0 out of 5

"I love how this computer has the backlight on the key board and not only a camera but also a microphone. Plus, it is very easy to navigate around the programs especially the documents folder. Something that I find a little frustrating is how my hand will touch the touchpad and cause me to change the location of my pointer. I like the media player part of the keyborad exept that my hand will tap the keys when i'm pgup and pgdown. Other thatn that it's pretty sweet."

Overall rating 

4.0 out of 5

"I bought this laptop in August 2008 and have been very pleased with it. It runs fast and has great battery life. The sound is horrible, probably the worst speakers I have had on a laptop. It also gets very hot after a half hour of using it. Oveall I have had no major problems with it."

Overall rating 

4.0 out of 5

"I am happy with the laptop. The only thing I don't like is that the keyboard is "bouncy" meaning that sometimes you hit a key but it doesn't pick it up. The computer is light but adding the power cord to your bag adds some weight because it is bigger than others I have seen."

Overall rating 

5.0 out of 5

"An excellent laptop, very portable, stylish and most importantly meets all my computing needs in terms of speed, storage capacity and security.Battery life is another plus, I think i'll be using Toshiba laptops for a VERY long time."

Overall rating 

5.0 out of 5

"A little pricey. I was looking for Centrino 2 feaures, WIFI N, blue tooth. Has the processing power and long battery life. A little pricey and hard to get as Best Buys ran out fast."

Overall rating 

4.0 out of 5

"I have problems with this operating system that distracts from the overall laptop performance. When I update the system I can better evealuate the laptop itself."

Overall rating 

3.0 out of 5

"good processor and memory and hardrive, but, it only has an integrated video card, which is pretty lame on performance"

Overall rating 

4.0 out of 5

"Backlit keyboard is awesome, but terrible speakers. Worst ever."

Overall rating 

4.0 out of 5

"Works amazing. Great battery life. Worth the price"

Overall rating 

4.0 out of 5

"Very good laptop, love the features and the battery life. The fan is noisier than I expected. It took a little time to get accustomed to the sound."

Overall rating 

4.0 out of 5

"I love that this laptop has so much space on its hard drive, as well as the features like the webcam and the fingerprint reader, and the battery life seems to go on forever (I DID lower performance settings for when it's unplugged, though, so I'm not sure how it would fare with performance at a maximum). It's really an amazing deal for its price. My only issue is that sometimes it seems to load very slowly during start up, or freeze for a few seconds when I'm loading programs. However, that's rare, and it could just be Vista acting up. =) Oh yeah. And the laptop is fricking gorgeous."

Overall rating 

4.0 out of 5

"I purchased this laptop a little over a month ago for school and some light gaming. This laptop was the editor's pick on C-Net, and so I felt pretty confident it would be an excellent laptop for school. If you are looking for a laptop with excellent battery life and great portability, this laptop is an excellent choice. The speaker quality is poor, but if you're in a public place you'll probably be using headphones, so that's not too bad. The keyboard has great backlighting, so you won't be hunting for keys in dim lighting. The only area this laptop is lacking is in game performance. If you're looking for a laptop to play some of the newer titles, this laptop is not for you. I tried playing Warcraft 3, and the in-game cinematics chugged a lot. Not having a dedicated video card hurts a lot. The bottom line is that this is an excellent laptop for people who want long battery life in a portable device."

Overall rating 

5.0 out of 5

"Speakers are terrible but everything else is great. Love the back lit keyboard and the battery is fantastic"

Overall rating 

4.0 out of 5

"Excelent laptop with good battery life, low weight and does not run hot."

Overall rating 

4.0 out of 5

"Nice product features. After using this laptop for a few weeks I can comment on the following: Battery life is great Screen size is what I was looking for. Design and shape of laptop gives you the feel that you are using a pricey macbook. Back lit keyboard definitely is a plus. I haven't had any problems so far and generally just put it to sleep when im done. IT does seem to take a bit to boot up, I was expecting it to boot faster. I do recommend Toshiba to look at their mouse pad. Maybe add a dedicated scroll like HP and it would be nice to have a button to turn it off when you are not using it. Other than that I would have to say if this one is in your price range you will not be disappointed."

Overall rating 

5.0 out of 5

"Speakers are very weak. You will need external speakers if you want to listen to music. Otherwise, the machine rocks. I love the fingerprint login option. Great performance. FM radio tuner works great."

Overall rating 

4.0 out of 5

"I am very pleased with the laptop. Speed, memory and hard drive space are excellent. Lean design and built very well. Backlit keyboard a big plus. Major draqwback are the poor quality speakers and volume output. I have another (cheaper) Toshiba laptop that has very impressive sound and volume. I also think it is about time that these machines should be much lighter. Still, I do reccommend this model as a work horse for speed and high volume storage."

Overall rating 

5.0 out of 5

"This laptop is my second Toshiba in the past 5 years. I loved my first one and it still works great but it was time to upgrade. I absolutely love this model. It's super easy to use, its not too big or heavy to carry with me, and the battery life is great. It last for like 6 hrs. when you're word processing which is great for me writing papers and taking it to my classes. I love this laptop!"

Overall rating 

5.0 out of 5

"the only thing i dont like about this laptop is the mouse pad the curser moves all over the screen with just little movement of my finger."

Overall rating 

5.0 out of 5

"I love my laptop. I've only had for for a month and a half but I love how easy it is to use and it looks very nice."

Overall rating 

5.0 out of 5

"I LOVE IT ITS THE BEST"

Overall rating 

4.0 out of 5

"while i think this is a very good laptop i find flaws that hinder the complete experience."

Overall rating 

5.0 out of 5

"This has been easy to integrate into my new, semi-retired work environment. I've recently retired,but still enjoy working as an independent consultant to my former employer and others. The satellite has been easy to get up and running with programs and files from my own and client's sources. No problems so far."

Overall rating 

5.0 out of 5

"I like the Laoptop. Only prob is the lack of a port to connect additional monitors. Toshiba sent me a "USB 2.0 Graphic Card" but many of my applications will not work when I move them to the attached monitor. Very dissapointing."

Overall rating 

5.0 out of 5

"I love my toshiba satellite! I am a freshman in college and this is by far the best computer I have ever used. Many of my friends computers have already crashed, but mine is holding out well!!"

Overall rating 

2.0 out of 5

"The speakers are terrible!!!"

Overall rating 

2.0 out of 5

"overall, the computer is good, but the mouse pad is very hard. battery life is the best i've experienced."

Overall rating 

5.0 out of 5

"For the money it is a great laptop. Very lightweight"

Overall rating 

5.0 out of 5

"Love this laptop. Expecially love the backlighted keys for working in low light conditions. This laptop is well ventilated and does not overheat easily. Nice and bright screen and quick!"

Overall rating 

5.0 out of 5

"Does everything I wanted it to do. Relatively fast processing speed. Great on the internet, playing movies, or listening to music."

Overall rating 

4.0 out of 5

"This model has great features, but main minus is the laptop's case - it's made from cheap materials and looks very insecure. Also I'd like to have PCMCA in this laptop. And multimedia controls are placed very inconvenient - I always accidentally press'em while text editing."

Overall rating 

5.0 out of 5

"bought this laptop little over a month ago and have only good things to say thus far - great performance & battery - sound is the only thing that is lacking and could be improved - other than that this laptop has all that one could want from a business user side"

Overall rating 

5.0 out of 5

"Very nice package... 14" is good size... Screen is very clear... Really like the backlit keyboard and the keyboard touch... Also like that the touchpad is differentiated from the surrounding case to the feel... Performance is good... Takes a little long to boot up... But overall a really nice package!!"

Overall rating 

5.0 out of 5

"The sound quality is the only drawback!!! It's very poor,otherwise everything seems to be working as good as it was expected to be!"

Overall rating 

5.0 out of 5

"For it price rage i consider this laptop to be the best from the centrino 2 to the LED back lights i love the speed the speakers are okay not the best but switching from HP was the best thing i could do. i love toshiba its the " Leading Innovation>>>>" =D"

Overall rating 

4.0 out of 5

"Everything is great - except the speakers mind as well be turned off. The speakers are very hard to hear even at the top level. I am very dissatisfied with that. Other than the speakers the laptop is a good tool."

Overall rating 

4.0 out of 5

"This is my first laptop, so far no complaint yet. I wasn't sure of going with Toshiba....but I liked one of the other design...with Kardon speakers...they ran out of stock on that one and so this was the other one they suggest me getting. The speakers aren't that great. But it's a laptop...can't expect more."

Overall rating 

5.0 out of 5

"This is my 3rd Toshiba laptop purchase, I am very impressed with the quality of Toshiba and the value. You can easily spend $250-$300 more for a similar machine from one of the competitors, you get a lot for your money with a Toshiba. I am a recruiter and its not unusual for me to have over 15 resumes open and 10 plus windows open at one time during a business day. With that in mind I needed a processor that was fast and a work horse, I reviewed and reviewed all the laptops available in the price range of $800-$1000. Once again I choose a Toshiba, went with the Dual 2 Core Centrino P7350 with 4mgs of RAM 500 hard drive! Upgrading to the P series processor was well worth the spend, this laptop screams and works like a horse! VISTA Premium runs without hesitation. It does however come with a few complains, 1) Lousy speaker system, my older A305 Laptop speakers (Harmon Kardon) are far better than the DOLBY speakers on the new Satellite E105! 2) The E105 does not have a VGA port, (you can purchase a USB/VGA converter but you would think Toshiba would include this?"

Overall rating 

5.0 out of 5

"The Satellite E105-S1602 performs like a desktop and is extremely reliable. I enjoy the built-in video camera and mic. The LED Backlit Keyboard is a welcome feature."

Overall rating 

4.0 out of 5

"I've owned 3 Toshiba laptops and this one by far is the best. With 4GB memory, 500GB HDD and a Intel Core 2 Duo Processor P7350 this computer will more than meet the needs of 95% of home users. You can run multiple screens without loosing performance. Download speeds are seconds instead of minites. A nice feature with this model is the back-lit keyboard which allows one to type in dim lit areas. The 8 cell 5 hour battery is a vast improvement over the old 2 and a half hours batteries. A great deal for the money!"

Overall rating 

5.0 out of 5

"I have been through two separate laptops in the last year. Both were Dells and required repairs that were very time consuming. Even when I had them, they locked up frequently. My Toshiba was recommended to me by a friend and thank goodness for that. It has been very reliable and works great with zero issues."

Overall rating 

5.0 out of 5

"i love everything about my toshiba, the long battery life and backlit keyboard are my favorite features. my only complaint is the extremly complicated, fingerprint sign in procedure. i felt like i would need a year off from work to figure it out. never gonna use it."

Overall rating 

4.0 out of 5

"The 500GB hardrive and 4GB ram provide the power and speed I need for photo storage and editing. The battery life is also useful. Small computer size a plus because weight counts when your transporting cameras, laptop, and other acoutrements via backpack. Criticisms include only two USB ports and no bluray disc capabilities. Also, the manual could be clearer on keyboard operations."

Overall rating 

5.0 out of 5

"I have owned many laptops but never wrote a review on one. The first thing about this laptop is that its got that eye catchy finish to it thats smooth, sleek, and stylish. The backlit keyboard definitly catches peoples attention and provides useability in the night. This system is not a high performance gaming laptop in any way but it is a long lasting high performance everydau laptop. Games are an option and do play games quite well except those newer ones within the last 6 months or so. The processor is very efficient and the battery has lots of capacity and ussually lasts about 5 1/2 hours. The extra features of which ive found myself using quite alot is very generous of toshiba at such a low price, bluetooth and wireless N technology, Backlit Keyboard, Surrond Sound system, FM Radio, ESata connection, HDMI output, Biometrics fingerprint reader, and even face identification login system is all included. Your not gonna find a system with this much bang for the buck at a price like this. Best of all it comes standard with a 2 YEAR warranty!"

Overall rating 

5.0 out of 5

"My only complaint is the sound quality is not great, nor does it get that loud. Also, part of the keyboard is sticking out of its place, must be a factory defect but hinders the rating I give it. Otherwise I love it, size isnt too big, nor too small. The light up keyboard is a fun and surprisingly useful. Lightweight, the fusion finish on this particular laptop is great for it does not pick up any smudges or fingerprints unlike the other black toshibas laptops. The mouse button is a little hard to click but nothing you cant get use to. As far as performance, it's excellent, however, I feel that Windows Vista prohibits this laptop from performing at it's maximum potential. The entire team at Microsoft that created Vista were fired! and i hope Microsoft will be offering some sort of rebate or free upgrade for frustrated Vista users upon the official release of WIndows 7. Overall, I would say for the sound quality you lose with this laptop, Vista, the hard click of the mouse and the risk of a defect like mine, it should be $100+ cheaper."