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January 7th, 2010 | 
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The Toshiba U505-S2980’s main gimmick is a multitouch touchscreen. Outside of that, it is, for the most part, a decent laptop, even above average in many ways. But that one gimmick is the root of my issues with this 13-inch notebook–and helps raise its cost to a somewhat pricey $1050 (as of 11/24/09).
Because the panel is a touchscreen, the U505-S2980 suffers from grainy picture quality. This exacerbates a more basic problem of the screen just being dim. Viewing angles and backlighting are all right–the hinge actually sets the screen to the perfect angle when the unit is fully open–but the screen is really not bright enough. What you wind up with is a display that’s made too many compromises for Read the rest of this entry »
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