mini notebook NB305-N440BL Laptop Customer Reviews
Great for travel April 16, 2011
POSTED BY:
Col.
,
Fort Walton beach, FL
Overall rating: 
4.0 out of 5
"Software should be included in the price otherwise it's misleading."
Nice little netbook February 10, 2011
POSTED BY:
Anne
,
Port Charlotte,Fl
Overall rating: 4.0 out of 5
"I like this netbook., for what i use it for......
Only thing., is its not real fast......"
Its Perfect January 19, 2011
POSTED BY:
ferpraglez
,
Mcallen Texas
Overall rating: 
5.0 out of 5
"The netbook is perfect to do a simple work...it isnt heavy and it is easy to carry. Its perfect for social network. It awesome"
Very good overall January 17, 2011
POSTED BY:
Zivatar
,
Wichita, KS
Overall rating: 5.0 out of 5
"Keyboard is excellent, as is battery life. Wish more than Windows 7 starter had been available direct from Toshiba, as upgrading is a bit of a pain. This is the best netbook I could find, and it's been great in the "real world.""
works for me! December 19, 2010
POSTED BY:
Maggie
,
Morristown, NJ
Overall rating: 4.0 out of 5
"I wanted something small to travel with and I picked this netbook due to full size key board, battery life and price. I plan on doing mostly writing and internet browsing so didn't need huge amounts of flash and stuff. My only issue at this point is that the software is mostly starter (read: trial) so needs to be converted, which can be expensive and time consuming."
Netbook Comments November 29, 2010
POSTED BY:
CCent
,
San Antonio, Texas
Overall rating: 4.0 out of 5
"The keyboard is great. The screen is small but easy to get used to. Lightweight & portable. My wife uses regularly around the house after her surgery."
the thing November 27, 2010
POSTED BY:
flyboy
Overall rating: 
3.0 out of 5
"Bought this as a small traveling substitute for my laptop. The sound is awful - very hard to hear! I'm told by othrs it's the nature of the beast. The screen doesn't present well in sunshine. The battery only shows 4+ hrs - not 8 or 9"
Good Laptop November 18, 2010
POSTED BY:
Joe
,
TN
Overall rating: 4.0 out of 5
"The laptop is great but the battery life is not good at all. You will have to plug up after a couple of hours use. Even with it set to eco mode."
Great Value Netbook; Buy the 2GB Memory Upgrad November 12, 2010
POSTED BY:
GrandVaderOfDukeSkywalker
,
Stamford, CT
Overall rating: 4.0 out of 5
"This laptop ... I mean netbook that acts like a laptop ... is really incredible. I love everything about it, except the keyboard performance delay. With the 2GB memory upgrade, though, it's fantastic. Highly Recommended. You should buy this."
Mini NoteBooks, the future November 09, 2010
POSTED BY:
Deadhead
,
Biloxi, MS
Overall rating: 5.0 out of 5
"This is a great little computer! I HIGHLY recommend it to anybody that travels and/or uses their computer on the go. It operates and functions exactly like its bigger brothers and is MUCH easy to take on the go. I'm actually going to purchase another as a give for my girlfriend who also travels a lot and has an aging laptop. Don't let the size fool you! This little thing is awesome and the battery lasts for ever (about 4-7 hrs depending on use) and doesn't heat up that much."
Great netbook October 09, 2010
POSTED BY:
Andre
Overall rating: 5.0 out of 5
"I bought NB305-02P (brown) a couple of weeks ago. Much to my surprise netbook color was tied to its configuration and the one I wanted (black) came stripped down to the bone - no bluetooth, small HDD, non-tiled keyboard.
Watch out for hot pixels in the LCD. The first unit I got had a bright blue pixel in the top third of the screen, so wasted an hour returning it.
I bought NB305 for software development on the go and it works great for this. Comes back from the sleep much faster than my IBM ThinkPad, runs Visual Studio Express 2008 without any problems and builds projects quite fast.
One thing that made me chose Toshiba over other netbooks was the keyboard - I just can't stand keyboards that don't have a bit of a space between the spacebar and the bottom rows of keys. NB305 is just great with this respect.
I upgraded memory for NB305 to 2GB, but only after some legwork. I had to return the first memory stick I bought (PNY) because it was incompatible with NB305, even though it matched everything Toshiba cared to mention in the manual. I called Toshiba and they said that there's no particular memory they can recommend and advised to try Kingston, but make sure to buy RAM from a store that would take memory back if it doesn't work. I bought Kingston's KTT1066D3S/2G and it worked just fine."
Good second computer October 03, 2010
POSTED BY:
Best Dad
,
Hamden,CT
Overall rating: 4.0 out of 5
"My desk top is about 8 years old. So instead of spending big bucks for a new desk top, I bought this note book. I use it for just the basics, email, web browsing. As expected with the screen so small, you do a lot of scrolling. Overall I'm happy with it. If you want a lot of bells and whistles, get a laptop."
Excellent choice for a notebook September 24, 2010
POSTED BY:
Jack
,
Marietta, GA
Overall rating: 5.0 out of 5
"This is the second one I've gotten. I had purchased the previous model toshiba notebook for my wife and coudn't keep my hands off it. Both have exceeded my expectations in all areas."
Love my netbook September 24, 2010
POSTED BY:
nana
,
KC
Overall rating: 4.0 out of 5
"I Love the size and being able to take with me where ever I go, it fits nice in my purse, I can watch a movie on the airplane when I travel. The only drawback is the battery has not lasted 11 hours."
Great REplacement for Blackberry September 19, 2010
POSTED BY:
Cool Caren
,
Boston, MA
Overall rating: 5.0 out of 5
"I got this because I need to use email for my work frequently and I did not like coping with the limitations of a mobile phone. This is small enough to tuck into my bag and when I can find wifi, I am in great shape. Also use at home and saves power over my desktop when I need to monitor email. Just wish I have included more memory and a full Windows 7."
Great Machine, Poor OS September 18, 2010
POSTED BY:
Traveler
,
Georgia
Overall rating: 4.0 out of 5
"The hardware is very reliable. The only knock on the product is its use of Windows 7 Starter. This OS is another in a long line of Microsoft miscues. It slows the entire system down and is constantly trying to control your life. Toshiba would be better served to use Linex on all of its computers. My score for the machine would be much higher if I didn't have to constantly struggle with Windows 7. As an example, the one time the system completely froze was when I tried to access Bing using Explorer. The OS has trouble interacting with with its own proprietary browsers."
Toshiba NB305-N440BL September 04, 2010
POSTED BY:
m
Overall rating: 4.0 out of 5
"Lightweight, rugged, great battery life, large keyboard. NB305 netbook is great. The only problem is that it needs more RAM. RAM cannot be upgraded (supposedly Toshiba is fixing this). The unit comes standard with 1GB DDR3 RAM, and can be upgraded to 2GB max. When a 2GB is inserted, the netbook cycles on and off and will never start. Toshiba says this is a problem with DDR3 compatability with the N455 Atom chipset and that a module was going to available at the end of August 2010. Haven't seen it yet (Toshiba???)"
Netbooks rock September 02, 2010
POSTED BY:
j
Overall rating: 5.0 out of 5
"My wife and I are constantly passing this little guy around. It does everything we've asked it to do and then some. I thought a netbook was going to be slow and bare bones but this thing rocks...."
good netbook September 01, 2010
POSTED BY:
bull
,
killeen, TX
Overall rating: 3.0 out of 5
"after using my N305 for a couple of months the only complaints that I have is the slowness and the windows 7 starter OS. if you are going to get one of these make sure to get the highest RAM that you can especially if you are getting the win 7 starter on it (and not the win XP as comes standard on most netbooks). the win 7 is not very user friendly when trying to make adjustments (like changing the desktop which is not an option so you have to live with the one provided). the 1 GB of memory that came standard with my system is really slow. Other than that this product is good for the occasional web browsing"
Convenient August 29, 2010
POSTED BY:
Casey
,
Palm Harbor fL
Overall rating: 4.0 out of 5
"I purchased this netbook to take when I travel. It is much lighter and smaller than my laptop and enables me to keep in touch with friends by email. I took it with me this month when I went to NY and it is so much easier to take than a laptop when you travel. It has many of the same features as my laptop."
Good for college classroom use August 27, 2010
POSTED BY:
Garfield
,
Ft Worth, TX
Overall rating: 4.0 out of 5
"I just began a Masters program, and purchased this notebook to use for note taking, web searches, etc in a classroom. I have only been in class for a week, but so far it has been a great tool to have. One of my big concerns was battery life, and this notebook lives up to the advertising of 8-9 hours. I am a bit disappointed in the operating speed, and may have to upgrade it to 2 vs 1. Not happy about the extra cost to do that. I have not added Office software as yet, so it might slow down even more. Overall, I am happy with it so far."
Like It August 15, 2010
POSTED BY:
Dave
,
Geneva IL
Overall rating: 5.0 out of 5
"Bought the netbook because it was recommended by the PC Mag editors and have not been disappointed. I will need to upgrade the Windows 7 Starter because of my camera software and plan to upgrade the memory as well. Otherwise it is a great travel computer with the small size and light weight."
Featured a feature that does not work.... August 12, 2010
POSTED BY:
Bri
,
Ontario, Canada
Overall rating: 
2.0 out of 5
"Before I bought this laptop I looked at the features and said the RAM was upgradeable to 2GB DDR3 but when I installed the new ram the netbook would not boot so I thought it was a compatibility issue but to my surprise everyone who tried to upgrade their ram had the same problem with 2GB DDR3 RAM sticks. So if you plan on upgrading the RAM on this send Toshiba an email to fix this problem. If you are not gonna upgrade the RAM on this (even though its very helpful for a performance boost) then this netbook is perfect. It has very long battery life, the performance is good enough for internet and msn, etc... It would be better if 2GB RAM was actually usable by this machine. I used to be a Toshiba fan but now I'm not sure if I'll ever purchase one of their products again. If they would quickly release a bios update that would fix this problem i would gladly change my rating on this product."
6 hrs battery, inaudible speakers, hulu August 08, 2010
POSTED BY:
yellowdoor
,
Santa Cruz, CA
Overall rating: 3.0 out of 5
"I've had this netbook for 3 months now. It is sufficient for basic web browsing/emailing and trading stock. Even with the extra ram upgrade, there's a slight delay in loading the web pages which I didn't expect. Hulu video watching is choppy and terrible. Speakers? Ha! What speakers??? Can't hear the speakers at all. Screen resolution looks good, but can't open programs that requires higher than 1024 x 600. Bottom of the laptop doesn't get super hot, but it does get comfortably warm. Great battery life- 6+ hours.
Good: emailing, stock trading, battery life
Bad: speakers, hulu video watching"
ok July 27, 2010
POSTED BY:
Griff
,
Moneta, Va
Overall rating: 4.0 out of 5
"The speed and the keyboard are great. For wireless use I have to be in the same room with router, not even on patio so it does not work in malls and outdoor cafe or coffee shops very good. My 12 year old IBM did fine in those places."
Great for School July 24, 2010
POSTED BY:
Sis
,
Fayetteville, NC
Overall rating: 5.0 out of 5
"I really like my new computer. The keyboard is perfect for my fingers. The battery life is good and it is so easy to carry from class to class. It fits in my backpack and has just the features that I need for school."
unhappy July 23, 2010
POSTED BY:
marky
,
queens, ny
Overall rating: 3.0 out of 5
"At the price level of this machine I would have expected a much more sophisticated operating system.
There are many thing that I am unable to do which I was able to do with my previous netbook (Asus) at a significantly lower price."
A great laptop July 06, 2010
POSTED BY:
mr poke
,
Lakeview OR
Overall rating: 5.0 out of 5
"I have also two Dell computers and neither one of them are as fast, dependable and efficient as this one mini Tobisha computer, I take this computer everywhere with me and it does whatever I need."
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