TOSHIBA Laptop Satellite X205-SLi6 Intel Core 2 Duo T9300 (2.50GHz) 3GB Memory 400GB HDD NVIDIA SLI Dual GeForce 8600M GT 17.0" Windows Vista Ultimate

Pros: The feature list is impressive and the unit is well built. It comes with rubber feet on it that give it the clearance it needs to get good air flow, the HDTV Tuner works like a dream with Windows Media Center, and the fingerprint reader is covered with a sheet of thick plastic to protect it. With WSXGA+ screen resolution, dual video cards, dual cores, and dual hard drives this unit works very well for my multimedia editing and digital modeling.

Cons: I don't really have any cons for this unit, but I did have to uninstall a good deal of software when I got this (I really don't need Google Desktop enough to put up with four processes running in the background).

Overall Review: This unit is great for traveling and comes with a one year global warranty after registration.

Pros: Excellent value for the price. The performance with most games is very good. The Vista Ultimate is a good option and the extras make tinkering alot of fun. I find the ports being on the side a huge advantage. The display is amazing. Everything I run looks beautiful. Lord of the Rings Online runs fairly well as do EQ2 and WoW. This laptop doesnt even blink when running office applications. The Webcam has nice features and the resultion is excellent.

Cons: The newest MMO Age of Conan really stresses this machine. I haven't tweaked any laptop setting. I just turned the video setting for the game to low as well as the resolution and view distance. It will play but the framerates are suspect. The webcam doesn't appear to be adjustable. To point it you have to raise/lower the lid.

Overall Review: I wish this was a 64 bit Vista bundle. I also wish the video was not shared memory. Make sure you spend the extra $20 and order a "Ready Boost" capable 4GB thumb drive. The performance increase is well worth the $20 or $20 bucks. Windows Vista will use the extra 4GB instead of hard drive space which increases access times to that data. I would like to see less junk-ware installed by the manufacturer.

Pros: Excellent Product. The performance is outstanding for a laptop. SLI technology is great for gaming, mind you. I play World of Warcraft, it does a very good job with that graphics. I haven't tested it with other games. When SLI is enabled you get an 1024MB video memory.

Cons: I don't like the heat output vents being on the side of the computer. I use an external mouse, and its annoying to heat up your hand. 3GB of RAM is not enough. I get an extra 1GB stick. I would also do a clean install of Vista, un-install lots of apps.

Overall Review: Added the extra warranty, its worth it when spending this much money. I had an HP DV8000 before this, and will never ever get an HP, poor workmanship in comparison to Toshiba.

Pros: Excellent performance for a laptop. The CPU alone is $320 on Newegg and dissipates just 35W. Dual hard disks a bonus, though keep in mind this laptop doesn't support RAID. Once you tweak SLI settings, World of Warcraft runs well at full detail, full resolution. It's very well built and looks nice too.

Cons: I took a star for two reasons. Toshiba support is sketchy. While they appear to be NA based, or at least have good accents, they are very to-the-script and not well aware of their products. I bought 2 year Depot warranty from Newegg though. Ships with Vista Ultimate. No clean restore CD so you get the Toshiba crapware too.

Overall Review: Toshiba says this thing can only run Vista Ultimate. I have XP-64 running on it just fine, but it takes good tech skills to get everything set up and running. I haven't tried the TV tuner yet, but it's Conexant based so it should work in Linux.

Pros: This computer is fast, no doubt. I was able to convert full size movies in less than 15 minutes, which is mildly impressive. It gets decent frames on games.

Cons: The SLi feature absolutely sucks. I sent it off to get looked at but the repair techs just told me that it was a software problem, they didn't fix it at all. SLi enabled = 50% FPS loss. I'm not screwing something up, it's not that complicated. Even some games did not work at all (crashed instantly) when SLi was enabled.

Overall Review: Don't buy this for gaming. This laptop is very good, makes low noticeable heat, but for intense high-end games, it fails. This is a fast computer, if you're doing low-end stuff, go ahead and get this. Don't expect to play CoD4 or Assassin's Creed with any decent settings.

Pros: This laptop is really good. With the fast processor and the decent hard drive speed, movies can be converted to DvD capable in <15 minutes. The heat, the way the handle it is very good I think, other reviewers said this laptop was hot. To me this is very cool, the heat vents do pump out heat but you don't notice much unless you have your mouse next to the right side one. But it seems like none of the heat makes it to the surface (where your hands are). The venting is pretty good, it pumps the heat downward out the sides, and then has two intakes on the bottom on both sides. You can have this on your laptop and not really need to worry about blocking any ports.

Cons: The SLi function is my only con. I had absolutely no luck with it. With SLi ENABLED FPS drops down 50% or more. Tech support was no help with this, he didn't know what he was doing, it actually seemed like he was googling my problem right then. He even told me to install drivers that did NOT support the graphics cards (what..?). Other than the SLi thing, it still runs very well since the 8600gt is still pretty good.

Overall Review: It's not that heavy. I bring it to work every day, which I need to walk about a mile to and from to get to the train. I don't have any problem with it.

Pros: Just like a good sports car - seriously fast and beautiful. And unlike so many sports cars - a very, very good price and value for money. Killer video performance, great sound, excellent gaming machine & high end desktop replacement. Plenty of ports for just about everything. Big, beautiful display - very bright and crisp (and big). Yes, therer's a lot of OEM bloatware - those who complain of bloatware should just remove it - takes about as long to remove it as it does to write here and complain about it.

Cons: The only con is really just a reminder - this machine has two hard drives and two video cards as well as a big screen, so it has a 180 watt power supply. And the power supply is BIG. Also, as mentioned above, the bloatware seems excessive, but a small price to pay for the killer price.

Overall Review: Highly recommended - just know that you're buying a very big notebook.

Pros: Amazing. Great deal for this machine, Early delivery, no damage, not DOA, and ofcourse the specs are real. Amazing price, design, sound, video, hdd speed

Cons: Haven't Found one yet. (i dont consider pre-loaded OS software a con on behalf of toshiba)

Overall Review: If your looking for a laptop under 2k with amazing speed... look no further.