The Ashes

The Toshiba U505 is supposed to be “light and thin” but according to reports, it’s actually not. The notebook weighs about 5.6 pounds, and is 2.8 inches thick. But performance-wise, the Toshiba U505 is just like any other Toshiba notebooks–it has top-of-the-line features.

This 13.3-inch laptop with a 1280 x 800 resolution has a 400GB hard drive, 4GB of RAM, and a 2GHz Core 2 Duo processor. Its battery can last up to four hours with the optical drive continuously engaged while it lasts more than half a day in ordinary heavy use. I’m not a big fan of Toshiba notebooks (nor its netbooks), but I am pretty impressed with the specs of this new notebook from Toshiba. It’s appearance, however, is not something to drool over.

The Toshiba U505 can be purchased for $950.