Toshiba Satellite U405 neat

Toshiba Satellite U405-S2820 is one of the popular 13-inch, compact but compact laptops, ensuring good performance of basic tasks.

The case is made of shiny black alloy. Photo: Laptopreviews .

In terms of design, Satellite U405-S2820 significantly improved compared to previous Toshiba models. The case is made of glossy black alloy with a simple horizontal line pattern. Like many laptops of Asus, HP . Satellite U405-S2820 uses Fusion surface printing technology to help increase the durability of the housing and create the gloss for the lid. The case is so glossy that it can be used as a mirror, this is both a beauty in a song design and a drawback when there are too many fingerprints left on the lid each time it is used.

While the Satellite U405-S2820 is compact in size, it still has enough space for a standard keyboard with large enough keys, comfortable for long use. Just like the case, the keys and the glossy, hand-painted areas should look, users can also see fingerprints; That's why it is easier to identify people who "use stealing" and to clean the machine more often. Just above the keyboard is a row of white LEDs with quick access to the control of multimedia files, but unlike many other laptops, the white light of these keys is barely enough to not create. The strong contrast between the glossy black of the whole body and the white light of the LED makes it uncomfortable for the user.

Horizontal line pattern is at hand. Photo: Laptopreviews .

Satellite U405-S2820 uses 13.3-inch LCD mirror screen with a standard resolution of 1,200 x 800 pixels for true color images and high contrast. A special feature of this mirror screen is the balance of the glossy coating with a material that creates opacity, increases contrast, increases the color depth and does not overly shine, creating many reflections like those on the screen. mirrors for many other laptop models.

Satellite U405-S2820 speakers are rated slightly better than other 13-inch laptops. 2 small speakers placed above the keyboard for average sound quality but no bass. A noteworthy point, the sound can be amplified with a few customizable volume changing tricks.

This is not an ideal model for gamers or graphic designers. Photo: Amazon .

With an average Intel Core 2 Duo 1.83 GHz processor, Satellite U405-S2820 provides the right test results with a moderate configuration of the machine with a rating of Futuremark PCMark05 of 3840, equivalent to the Lenovo IdeaPad Y510 using the "slow" Core 2 Duo T5450 1.66 GHz processor. In terms of 3D graphics display capabilities, Satellite U405-S2820 can only output 1,024 x 768 pixel resolution images with 5 frames / sec output rate when running FEAR games. Obviously this is not a model. for gamers or graphic designers.

The Satellite U405-S2820's performance of multimedia applications is also normal when it takes 5 minutes and 14 seconds to compress 11 music files with iTunes software. Not really impressive about the score and processing time, but the evaluation results also showed Satellite U405-S2820's good performance when executing common usage needs such as spreadsheet and word processing. copy, play multimedia files or surf the web easily.

The Satellite U405-S2820 has an advantage over other models, which is a good battery life, up to 2 hours 20 minutes when watching DVD movies with a standard 6-cell battery.

In Vietnam market, Satellite U405-S2820 is one of many popular models of Toshiba which are widely sold with reference price of about 15 to 16 million VND.