Toshiba Satellite U505-S2020 TruBrite 13.3-Inch Touch Screen Laptop (Black)

Discover full-featured performance, portability and multimedia power with the Satellite U505 laptop. It’s a portable touch screen PC with great versatility, plus a healthy battery life rating to keep you going while on the move. It offers a 13.3-Inch diagonal HD touch screen, offering a whole new way to navigate your digital world, or enjoy media on the run. Plus, it comes built-in DVD drive for watching flicks, jamming to your top tunes or sharing work. Compact and portable, it’s set off by a textured finish, which makes it easy to use in cramped quarters while making for some well-deserved compliments too. New Intel Core i5 processors offer smart performance for major multitasking and intense visuals. And extras like a Toshiba ReelTime and Bulletin Board let you do more with less effort. Want to touch the future? Grab hold of this smart, eco-chic touch screen laptop.

Toshiba Satellite U505: Travel Light with Exceptional Style and Touchscreen Display Capabilities

Weighing less than 5 pounds, the ultra-portable Toshiba Satellite U505-S2020 notebook PC packs in an extraordinary amount of power and productivity into its elegant, compact package. The 13.3-inch widescreen display offers TruBrite technology for optimal image clarity and a 1280 x 800 resolution for extra desktop working space and a widescreen aspect ratio for watching letterboxed movies. The display also offers touchscreen capabilities for easy navigation through your digital life (learn more below).

Enjoy full-featured performance, portability and multimedia power with the Satellite U505 (see larger image).

Set off by a textured finish, making it easy to use in cramped quarters (see larger image).

The 13.3-inch touchscreen offers a whole new way to navigate your digital world (see larger image).

Burn through the hottest new digital media, content creation and advanced 3D gaming with the breakthrough performance of the Intel Core i3 processor--with 4-way multitasking processor power to work on four tasks simultaneously.

Thanks to the built-in webcam and Toshiba Face Recognition software on this machine, you'll enjoy a more convenient way to communicate, log on or share your laptop among the family. Other high-tech features include a touchpad with multi-touch control, power-saving Eco Button to help reduce power consumption based on your needs, USB Sleep-and-Charge port, a hard drive impact sensor that protects your data, and a dual-layer DVD±RW drive that burns CDs and offers Labelflash print functionality.

This Satellite comes pre-installed with the Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium operating system (64-bit version).

Key Features

• 13.3-inch touchscreen-enabled, high-definition TruBrite display for amazing color depth and clarity with 1280 x 800 resolution with 16:10 aspect ratio (see more touchscreen details below)
  

• 2.26 GHz Intel Core i3-350M dual-core processor for a fast, responsive PC experience (3 MB L3 cache). It comes equipped with Intel HD Graphics, an advanced video engine that delivers smooth, high-quality HD video playback, and advanced 3D capabilities, providing an ideal graphics solution for everyday computing. Intel's Hyper-Threading Technology enables each core of your processor to work on two tasks at the same time, delivering the performance you need for smart multitasking.
  

• 500 GB SATA hard drive (5400 RPM)
  

• 4 GB of installed DDR3 RAM (1066 MHz; expandable to 8 GB)
  

• Intel HD Graphics with 64 MB - 1696 MB dynamically allocated shared graphic memory.
  

• 8x SuperMulti DVD drive with double layer support and Labelflash printing, which enables you to personalize your discs and keep them looking attractive and organized with direct-to-disc laser printing.
  

• Wireless Connectivity
  • With its integrated Wireless-N Wi-Fi networking capabilities, this laptop provides up to five times the performance and twice the wireless range using 802.11n-compatible routers as you would with 802.11g networks. It's also backward compatible with 802.11b/g networks (commonly found at Wi-Fi hotspots and in older home routers.
    

• Built-in stereo speakers with Dolby Sound Room, which combines a suite of technologies to deliver truly stunning virtual surround listening from your two laptop speakers, or on headphones for a more immersive private performance. You'll savor super-realistic dialogue and explosions, along with deeper, fatter bass and brighter treble tones.
  

• Included Toshiba Software:
  • Toshiba Media Controller offers simplified media sharing. Using an intuitive drag-and-drop interface, it lets you share videos, music and pictures from the media library on your laptop with compatible devices in your home entertainment network, or with other compatible laptops and devices, like an Xbox 360 game console. And you can do it all without moving equipment, burning discs or fumbling with cables.
  • Toshiba Bulletin Board is an easy-to-use organizational and productivity app that lets you build your own personalized space on your desktop. With Toshiba Bulletin Board, you can quickly and easily manage your to-do lists and calendars, plus create your own custom work area by pinning your favorite photos, documents, links and more.
  • Toshiba ReelTime helps you cut down the time it takes to search for files. The easy-to-use app takes traditional text-based file structures one step further to help you find what you're looking for more quickly. Accessible from your taskbar, it shows you a visual timeline of your recently accessed files--using graphical thumbnails--so you can easily identify and get to your files faster.
    

• Included Toshiba Utilities:
  • Toshiba eco Utility makes it easy to go green as you go mobile. Hit the Eco Button and you'll launch the Toshiba Eco Utility, which puts all sorts of easy-to-read information on your screen, and gives you the ability to adjust the power settings on your laptop. It also activates a light showing you're in the Eco Mode. The Toshiba Eco Utility lets you pick the optimal power plan for your situation. Choose High-Performance when you need every watt you can get, Power Saver for the least energy consumption, or Balanced as a perfect blend of the two.
  • USB Sleep and Charge offers a great way to keep your portable electronics powered up without requiring your laptop to be on. With this laptop's Sleep and Charge USB port, you'll be able to charge your smart phone, MP3 player, and other portable electronics--all without having to keep your laptop awake.
  • Hard Drive Impact Sensor takes the worry out of taking your most important files and multimedia on the go. Able to detect sudden movement along three different dimensions, the impact sensor (a complex system of hardware and software) helps safeguard your data by "parking" the hard drive heads in the event of a drop or sudden movement. And it works faster than you can blink to help protect your laptop and all-important data.
    

• Up to 3.5 hours of battery life (6-cell battery; 4800 mAH)
  

• Dimensions & Weight: 12.5 x 9.08 x 1.5 inches (WxDxH); 4.74 pounds
  

Networking, Connectivity & Expansion 3 total USB ports with 1 eSATA/USB combo port that also features Sleep and Charge capabilities. The combo eSATA/USB port enables you to connect to compatible external hard drives for lightning fast transfers of large multimedia files--up to 5 times faster than via a standard USB port. HDMI-CEC high-definition audio/video output allows a single cable to transmit uncompressed high-definition video to your compatible digital TV or external monitor. The HDMI-CEC connection also allows you to control additional media players with just a single remote as well as scale up movies and games to 1080p high-definition video. VGA video output (analog, RGB) Combo headphone S/PDIF digital audio output plus microphone/line-in jack Multi-format memory card reader compatible with Secure Digital, Secure Digital High Capacity, Memory Stick, Memory Stick PRO, Multi Media Card, xD Picture Card ExpressCard (34/54) slot lets you take advantage of thinner, faster, and lighter expansion cards for even more advanced wireless, networking, storage, and security features. Fast Ethernet (10/100)

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium Pre-installed with the Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium operating system (64-bit version), you'll be able to easily create a home network and share all of your favorite photos, videos, and music. Windows 7 is the easiest, fastest, and most engaging version of Windows yet. Better ways to find and manage files, like Jump Lists and improved taskbar previews, help you speed through everyday tasks. Windows 7 is designed for faster and more reliable performance, so your PC just works the way you want it to. And with Windows Anytime Upgrade, you'll be able to add new features to your PC in as little as 10 minutes. Windows will walk you through the simple upgrade process, it requires no software or downloads, and you'll keep your existing programs, files, and settings

What's in the box

This package contains the Toshiba Satellite U505-S2020 notebook PC, rechargeable lithium-ion battery, AC adapter, and operating instructions.

It also comes with the following software:

Norton Internet Security 2010 (30-day trial); Microsoft Works 9; Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007 Edition (60-day trial); Google Toolbar; Microsoft Windows Media Player 12; Microsoft Silverlight; Toshiba PC Health Monitor; Toshiba Online Backup (30-day trial)

This laptop is backed by a 1-year limited hardware warranty.

Environmental Specifications

• Energy Star 5.0 certified
• Gold EPEAT designation for meeting standards to help reduce its environmental impact.
• RoHS compliant effectively reducing the environmental impact by restricting the use of lead, mercury and certain other hazardous substances

Learn more about Toshiba's environmental commitment.

Learn More

25th Anniversary of Toshiba Laptops

This year, Toshiba celebrates its 25th anniversary of innovations and quality in the notebook PC business. Beginning with the launch of the Toshiba T1100, the world's first clamshell-type, fully functional laptop PC, Toshiba has led the with such innovations as the first laptop with a color monitor in 1991 and a laptop with integrated CD-ROM drive in 1995 (followed by the addition of a DVD drive in 1998). And in 2009, Toshiba unveiled the world's first ultraportable laptop with 512GB solid state drive.

Today, Toshiba continues to be a leader in manufacturing, with virtually all of its consumer laptops earning EPEAT Gold status for meeting standards that help reduce overall environmental impact.

Touchscreen-Enabled Laptop

This model of the Toshiba Satellite U505 offers a whole new way to navigate your digital world via touchscreen display technology. And with the new touchscreen capabilities of Windows 7, you'll discover easy and exciting new ways to have fun and get things done with your PC.

Browse
If you're the type who likes to go digital and read a lot online, you'll love having a laptop with a touch screen. Browse through newspapers and Web pages with ease, or flick through photo albums fast. It makes going paperless a real possibility.

Scroll, Drag and Drop
Easily sift through long lists and files with a natural swirling motion. Then point, drag and drop those files wherever you want them. You've never sorted things out quite so quickly.

Rotate
Sometimes you want to adjust the onscreen image clockwise or counter-clockwise--for a presentation, a photo album, or simply to enjoy better viewing. The touch screen makes it a cinch--using just the tip of your finger.

Zoom In and Out
Study the details of a picture. Read the fine print. Or simply punctuate your latest point. The touchscreen lets you zoom in and out with a simple two-finger motion. You'll save time and keystrokes--and have some fun in the process.