Toshiba Satellite P105-S9337, P105-S9339 Gaming Laptops Unveiled

Toshiba today announced Satellite P105-S9337 and the Satellite P105-S9339, the latest additions to its 17-inch widescreen P105 gaming laptop PC series. The P105-S9337 and P105-S9339 feature the Microsoft’s Windows Vista Home Premium and Ultimate Edition, respectively.

Based on Mobile Intel 945PM Express Chipset, the new P105 laptops come with Intel Core 2 Duo T7200 processors at 2.00GHz and NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS graphics card with 256MB of dedicated memory enabling 1440×900 screen resolution. Both have 2048MB of DDR2 main memory, 200GB SATA hard drives with 4200rpm rotational speed and dual layer DVD burner.

Regarding networking and connectivity, the Toshiba Satellite P105-S9337 and P105-S9339 feature Intel PRO/Wireless 802.11a/b/g, Bluetooth, Gigabit Ethernet and a 56k modem.

The Vista-powered P105 notebooks incorporate a plenty of ports and slots including a PC Card and an ExpressCard slots, i.LINK IEEE-1394, 5-in-1 Bridge Media Adapter, DVI-D and TV out ports and four USBs.

The P105-S9337 and P105-S9339 provides 5.1 Surround sound using the built-in S/PDIF connector, but also incorporates built-in harman/kardon stereo speakers.

The P105’s weight starts at 7.1 lbs with 9-cell Lithium Ion battery.

Toshiba Satellite P105-S9337 and Satellite P105-S9339 are priced at $1,999 and $2,099 respectively.

[…] Major laptop PC vendors such as HP, Dell, Lenovo and Toshiba have already started to sell Vista-powered computers. The purchase of a laptop with Microsoft’s new OS may increase the unit’s overall price when compared to the same notebook with Windows XP. However, the impact of preloading Vista on a system’s price vary depending on particular vendor. […]

Be very careful of this laptop. Toshiba claims it is ‘The Ultimate Gaming Weapon”, but the combination of Vista and this laptop mix poorly on games like Oblivion and FEAR Combat. Toshiba will not take responsibility for the ’software’ issues, so if you don’t want substandard gaming performance steer clear of this unit - or you’ll be looking for XP to install over Vista within 24 hours of purchasing one, or sitting it in a closet to wait for Vista to run 3d games to speed.

My experience with games on this machine has been pretty good so far - Call of Duty 2 and Half-Life 2 runs like a dream. Besides games, this laptop is awesome - I am a graphic artist and this machine does eveything that I need it to really fast. I enjoy it more and more everyday…