Review Toshiba NB505 Netbook

Great gift idea, give the Toshiba NB505 Netbook

Give a new netbook as a gift and you can't possibly go wrong...You can even personalize your gift by choosing the netbook in your friends favorite color...The Toshiba NB505 is available in five different colors from Amazon... Select from blue, brown, green, turquoise or orange...The Toshiba NB505 is perfect for on the go computing, because it will fit right inside a backpack, purse or book bag...It features Wi-Fi networking capabilities and much more...

•     Intel Atom processor N455 1.66 GHz, 512KB L2 Cache
•     Configured with 1GB DDR2 (works at 667MHz, max 2GB)
•     250GB (5400 RPM) Serial ATA hard disk drive
•     10.1 inch diagonal widescreen TruBrite display at 1024 x 600
•     Genuine Windows® 7 Starter
•     Dimensions & Weight: 10.3 x 7.48 x 1.4 inches (WxDxH); 2.9 pounds
•     Up to 8 hours, 21 minutes of battery life (6-cell battery; 48 Wh)

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Here's an excerpt from a 5/5 star rating reviewer of the Toshiba NB505:

"Great little netbook at an affordable price. Specs are pretty standard for a 2010/2011 netbook: 1G RAM, 250Gb HD, 3 USB ports, basic video camera, separate Mic & headphone jacks, sd card slot, vga output and a very useful 8h battery life.

There are a lot of netbooks like this on the market, but what really stands out for me on this one is the keyboard, FULL size main keys with ALL the cursor movement keys: DEDICATED up, down, right,left, PGUP, PGDN, HOME and END. I work a lot with excel spreadsheets and it is really uncomfortable to move pressing fn+end/up orf+end/down or ctrl+fn+home, ctrl+fn+end, etc. to move around. Also scrolling with pgup/pgdown while reading a long web page is a pain when you have to press also the fn key! With most netbooks you have to live with the fn key, not in this case, the NB505 keyboard is really practical and comfortable, almost like a full laptop or pc keyboard, even do the position of the keys is not standard, they let you do the work easier and faster.

I also really like the case feeling: like some very soft rubbery cover, it looks nice and grips nice!

Windows 7 Starter is really basic, but you can find programs, utilities and tips on the Internet to take care of the basic "missing features" like changing the background image, colors, sounds, re-size pictures, etc. I got rid of most of the Toshiba utilities and also Norton, and installed MS Security and my preferred freeware home edition utilities.

I would have liked to have stereo speakers, but the netbook only includes a mono speaker under the unit...."

You can't go wrong with the Toshiba NB505 as a gift for yourself or a loved one...It has been rated at about 4.5 stars out of five by 318 customers at Amazon...And it's the most wished for Netbook at Amazon too...