Toshiba Satellite U500 Series
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo P7350, Intel Core 2 Duo P8700, Intel Core 2 Duo T6500, Intel Core 2 Duo T6600Graphics Adapter: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4570, Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500M, Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500MHD, NVIDIA GeForce G 210M
Display: 13.3 inch
Weight: 2kg, 2.2kg, 2.25kg
Price: 700, 750, 800, 1000, 1300 euro
Average of 20 scores (from 25 reviews)
mobility: 57%, workmanship: 82%, ergonomy: 67%, emissions: 80%
Toshiba Satellite U500
Notebook Specifications
Notebook: Toshiba Satellite U500Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T6500
Graphics Adapter: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500M
Display: 13.3 inch, 16:10, 1280x800 pixels
Weight: 2.2kg
Price: 700 euro
Links: Toshiba homepage Toshiba notebook section Satellite U500 (Series)
Average Score:
Average of 11 scores (from 16 reviews)
Source: Mobile Tech Review
The Toshiba U500 is about affordable multi-touch. The included Microsoft Touch Pack works smoothly and shows off the responsive touch screen well. But while we’re bullish on Windows 7 touch, there aren’t a lot of apps that make good use of it yet; and the standard notebook design isn’t the best to take advantage of touch. It’s slightly awkward to reach over the keyboard area to touch the screen in a coordinated manner vs. using a touch screen on a convertible notebook that folds flat.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 01/18/2010
Rating: Total score: 70%
Source: Comp Reviews
Toshiba's Satellite U505-S2940 features a realtively compact 13.3-inch display, but it is really pushing its portability because of the excessive large battery that bulges from the back hinge area. This does give it long battery life but at the cost of portability. The laptop does provide some unique aspects including a large number of peripheral ports including eSATA and ExpressCard that many 13-inch laptops lack. It is too bad that Toshiba has a less than stellar keyboard otherwise it would be a decent choice for those needing long running time with higher performance.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 09/18/2009
Rating: Total score: 60%
Source: It Pro
It isn't often that IT PRO sees laptops for home users, but with its unashamedly glossy looks and home entertainment features, the Toshiba Satellite U500 could be a superb travelling companion, particularly for those who like to fill long train or plane rides with the odd film. Good for entertainment, but not so hot on battery life or professional credentials.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 09/17/2009
Rating: Total score: 50%
Source: PC Mag
A full day of classes rarely occurs in one location, so the last thing you want is a laptop that feels like a bigger anchor than your textbooks. The Toshiba Satellite U505-S2930 ($800 street) strikes a good balance between weight and having enough screen real estate to keep you from scrolling incessantly. Though made out of plastic, the lid's textures are reminiscent of a fancy leather case and the parts are current enough to get you through several years of school. The Toshiba Satellite U505-S2930 doesn't break the bank, and its design and features should satisfy most back-to-schoolers for at least several years.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 09/03/2009
Rating: Total score: 70%
Source: CNet
We've reviewed a lot of Toshiba laptops lately, mainly because they've released a veritable flood of midrange laptops onto the market over the last few months. Slotting into a range of similar-looking products, the Satellite U505-S2940 looks like an iteration on the compact design of the Satellite M505, focusing on portability while including some higher-end features such as a backlit keyboard and a slot-loading optical drive. The stylish design and high-end feel of the Toshiba U505-S2940 don't make up for mediocre ergonomics and performance that can be had for less in other laptops.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 08/21/2009
Rating: Total score: 76% performance: 80% features: 80% mobility: 80%
Source: Notebookreview.com
The Toshiba Satellite U500/U505 is a good general-purpose laptop but it has tough competition from other 13-inch notebooks currently on the market. Toshiba clearly listened to some of the criticisms about last year's U405 and made some improvements on this year's model. Unfortunately, Toshiba might have shot themselves in the foot when it comes to the price of their higher-end configurations. I have a hard time believing that most students would be interesting in buying this Toshiba for the full retail price of more than $1,000 when that same student could buy a brand new 13-inch Apple MacBook Pro for roughly the same price.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 08/05/2009
Rating: price: 40% performance: 80% mobility: 40%
Source: Tom's Hardware
DE→ENonline available, Medium, Date: 12/31/2009
Rating: price: 40% performance: 80% mobility: 50% workmanship: 70%
Source: PC Welt
DE→ENonline available, Medium, Date: 10/03/2009
Rating: Total score: 73% price: 60% performance: 100% features: 76% mobility: 32% ergonomy: 31%
Source: T-Online
DE→ENonline available, Medium, Date: 10/03/2009
Rating: Total score: 73% price: 70% performance: 100% features: 76% mobility: 32% ergonomy: 31%
Source: Techno Zoom
IT→ENonline available, Very Short, Date: 10/30/2009
Rating: Total score: 80% price: 80% performance: 80% mobility: 70% workmanship: 80%
Source: PCM
NL→ENonline available, Short, Date: 10/07/2009
Rating: Total score: 60%
Source: NotebookTV.hu
HU→ENonline available, Long, Date: 12/30/2009
Rating: Total score: 80% price: 80% performance: 80% display: 70% ergonomy: 80% emissions: 80%
Source: Prohardver.hu
HU→ENonline available, Long, Date: 11/19/2009
Rating: features: 80% mobility: 40%
Source: Terminal.hu
HU→ENonline available, Medium, Date: 10/28/2009
Rating: mobility: 80%
Source: Nonstop Mobil
HU→ENonline available, Medium, Date: 07/17/2009
Rating: Total score: 80% price: 60%
Source: CDR-Hard
CZ→ENonline available, Medium, Date: 11/23/2009
Rating: price: 80% performance: 80% display: 80% mobility: 40%
Toshiba Satellite U500-115
Notebook Specifications
Notebook: Toshiba Satellite U500-115 Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo P8700
Graphics Adapter: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4570 512 MB
Display: 13.3 inch, 16:10, 1280x800 pixels
Weight: 2.25kg
Price: 1000 euro
Links: Toshiba homepage Toshiba notebook section Satellite U500 (Series)
Average Score:
Average of 2 scores (from 2 reviews)
Source: Notebookcheck
DE→ENonline available, Long, Date: 10/21/2009
Rating: Total score: 81% performance: 82% display: 70% mobility: 74% workmanship: 88% ergonomy: 86% emissions: 79%
Source: Notebookjournal
DE→ENonline available, Long, Date: 09/18/2009
Rating: Total score: 90% price: 80% performance: 80% features: 50% display: 30% mobility: 70% workmanship: 90% ergonomy: 90%
Toshiba Satellite U500-11C
Notebook Specifications
Notebook: Toshiba Satellite U500-11CProcessor: Intel Core 2 Duo P7350
Graphics Adapter: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4570
Display: 13.3 inch, 16:10, 1280x800 pixels
Weight: 2.2kg
Price: 800 euro
Links: Toshiba homepage Toshiba notebook section Satellite U500 (Series)
Average Score:
Average of 2 scores (from 2 reviews)
Source: Digital Versus
In chocolate brown, the Toshiba U500 stands out from the competition with a look that’s both elegant and warm. All the plastics used in the shell are matte-finished and textured, except for the screen bezel, which is gloss black. The finish is fairly good for a machine in this price range. The U500 is a handsome machine, suitable for all uses and with a quality graphics card. It can run all recent games. Overall this is a good multimedia laptop, but unfortunately its somewhat low battery life and glossy LCD panel aren’t up to the quality level of the rest.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 10/20/2009
Rating: Total score: 80%
Source: Digital Versus
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 09/11/2009
Rating: Total score: 80% performance: 70% mobility: 60% ergonomy: 80%
Toshiba Satellite U500-121
Notebook Specifications
Notebook: Toshiba Satellite U500-121Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T6500
Graphics Adapter: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500MHD
Display: 13.3 inch, 16:10, 1280x800 pixels
Weight: 2.2kg
Price: 700 euro
Links: Toshiba homepage Toshiba notebook section Satellite U500 (Series)
Average Score:
Average of 1 scores (from 1 reviews)
Source: Onlinekosten.de
DE→ENonline available, Medium, Date: 09/20/2009
Rating: Total score: 86% price: 70% performance: 80% features: 80% mobility: 70% workmanship: 80% ergonomy: 70%
Toshiba Satellite U500-10Z
Notebook Specifications
Notebook: Toshiba Satellite U500-10ZProcessor: Intel Core 2 Duo P7350
Graphics Adapter: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4570
Display: 13.3 inch, 16:10, 1280x800 pixels
Weight: 2.2kg
Price: 1300 euro
Links: Toshiba homepage Toshiba notebook section Satellite U500 (Series) Satellite U500-10Z (Model)
Average Score:
Average of 1 scores (from 1 reviews)
Source: Techradar
A terrific mix of style, power and portability from this 13.3-inch laptop. The U500-10Z is the result of a Toshiba Satellite line refresh. This 13.3-inch laptop aims to provide a neat combination of power and portability and, with high-end components onboard, it's a laptop that's easy to use and like. The Satellite U500-10Z impressed us greatly. The keyboard is still a sore point, but the power on offer in such a compact machine is difficult to ignore.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 10/13/2009
Rating: Total score: 70%
Toshiba Satellite U500-178
Notebook Specifications
Notebook: Toshiba Satellite U500-178Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo P8700
Graphics Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce G 210M
Display: 13.3 inch, 16:10, 1280x800 pixels
Weight: 2kg
Price: 1000 euro
Links: Toshiba homepage Toshiba notebook section Satellite U500 (Series)
Average Score:
Average of 2 scores (from 2 reviews)
Source: Trusted Reviews
There's plenty to like about Toshiba's Satellite U500-178: it's very fast, portable and offers excellent connectivity, both wired and wireless. It also has one or two outstanding features, such as the backlit keyboard and the ability to charge USB devices even when switched off. In use, however, it's ultimately let down by mediocre battery life and a slightly sub-par keyboard, but if you don't mind buying an extra battery then its performance and varied features still warrant it a place on your shortlist.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 11/20/2009
Rating: Total score: 80% price: 80% performance: 80% features: 90% mobility: 60%
Source: Pocket Lint
Toshiba’s Satellite U500-178 is a highly portable laptop that’s great for either home use or a life on the move. With a 13.3-inch screen, it’s small enough to slip into most laptop bags, yet also packs in a powerful Nvidia GeForce G 210M graphics card. Although the quality of the keyboard lets it down, the Toshiba Satellite U500-178 is a great machine for those wanting to combine their desktop PC and laptop. It’s easily small enough to take to work with you each day, yet provides outstanding office and multimedia performance. A great all-rounder, and well worth a look.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 11/02/2009
Rating: Total score: 80%
Toshiba Satellite U500-12C
Notebook Specifications
Notebook: Toshiba Satellite U500-12CProcessor: Intel Core 2 Duo T6600
Graphics Adapter: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500MHD
Display: 13.3 inch, 16:10, 1280x800 pixels
Weight: 2kg
Price: 750 euro
Links: Toshiba homepage Toshiba notebook section Satellite U500 (Series)
Average Score:
Average of 1 scores (from 1 reviews)
Source: Techradar
Style, quality and comfort on offer from this compact laptop We've seen machines from Toshiba's Satellite U500 range before and liked what was on offer. The Satellite U500-12C is the entry-level product and, while it doesn't pack the same punch as some of the more expensive machines, it's still an impressive choice. The Satellite U500-12C can't match the 3D performance of some of the other machines but, that aside, it has a lot to offer. If you're seeking a compact laptop for use on the daily commute, then it's one of the best laptops around.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 12/07/2009
Rating: Total score: 80%
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Toshiba: Toshiba Corporation is a multinational conglomerate manufacturing company, headquartered in Japan. The company's main business is in Infrastructure, Consumer Products, and Electronic devices and components. Toshiba-made Semiconductors are among the Worldwide Top 20 Semiconductor Sales Leaders. Toshiba is one of the biggest international notebook-manufacturer. There exist many reviews for Toshiba models.
Lower end of Graphics Cards for users who want to play games. New games should run on these cards, but only with decreased details and mediocre resolution.
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500M:
The graphics core of the Intel GL40 and GS40 chipset features a slower clocked GMA 4500MHD (400 versus 533 MHz). Because of the slower core speed, full Blu-Ray Logo support is not given and the gaming performance is a bit worse.
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500MHD: Onboard (shared Memory) GPU built in the GM45, GE45 and GS45 chipset (Montevina). Because of two more shaders and a higher core clock, much faster than the old GMA X3100. Still not advisable for gamers (DirectX 10 games not playable or only with very low settings). The integrated video processor is able to help decode HD videos (AVC/VC-2/MPEG2) , e.g., for a fluent Blu-Ray playback with slow CPUs.
NVIDIA GeForce G 210M:
The GeForce G210M is the successor of the G110M and also possesses 16 shader cores. Because of the 40nm process, the chip is clocked much higher but is still staying in the same power envelope.
These cards should be able to display all current games with fluent framerates but not all with high detail settings. Especially demanding games like Crysis, Age of Conan, or Mass Effect are only playable with lower settings. Less demanding (and older) games, like Fifa 08, Command & Conquer 3, or Battlefield 2142 can be played with higher detail levels.
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4570: Lower middle-class GPU that features a low shader count and a 64 Bit memory bus but a high clock speed. Similar to the desktop Radeon 4550. Supports Avivo HD and DirectX 10.1.
>> Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.
Intel Core 2 Duo: This is the Core Duo and Core Solo successor with a longer pipeline and 5-20% more speed without more power consumption. As an addition to the Core Duo design there exists a fourth decoder, an amplified SSE-unit and an additional arithmetical logical unit (ALU).
The Core 2 Duo for laptops is identical to the desktop Core 2 Duo processors but the notebook-processors work with lower voltages (0.95 to 1188 Volt) and a lower Frontside bus clock (1066 vs 667 MHz). The performance of equally clocked notebooks is 20-25% lower than Desktop PCs because of the lower Frontside bus clock and the slower hard disks.
13.3: This is a common display format for subnotebooks. Netbooks, UMPC and some subnotebooks have tinier displays. Nevertheless, the majority of standard laptops has a higher format. The advantage of a small display is, that the subnotebook can be small dimensioned and can be carried easily. Further the small display needs few energy, which improves the battery runtime and in consequence the mobility. The disadvantage is that the reading of texts is a bit exhausting for the eyes, especially with high resolutions.
>> To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.
2 kg:
These sub-notebooks weight less than the average of all notebooks, but represent a heavier class of weight among the sub-notebooks. 12 inch displays are normal for this class of weight.
2.25 kg:
These sub-notebooks weight less than the average of all notebooks, but represent a heavier class of weight among the sub-notebooks. 13 inch displays are normal for this class of weight.
74.95%: This rating is bad. Most notebooks are better rated. This is not a recommendation for purchase.
>> Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.
