Daniel Gonzales has posted up a review of the Toshiba Satellite A305D – S6835, recommending it as “a budget-friendly laptop that breezes through all your common computing tasks”.

Daniel’s a big fan of the laptops “elegant and polished chassis” while its “bold, fresh lines and glossy, metallic blue finish make other laptops look pale in comparison”. The 15.4” WXGA TruBrite display “makes watching movies and playing games an experience to remember” yet he finds that the A305D is still easy to carry around due to its weight of 6 pounds. The performance gets “two thumbs up” after which Daniel goes in to detail on the 2.2GHz processor which ensures a smooth running system even when running multiple resource-hungry applications.

Concluding that the Satellite A305 “offers you so much at a good price”, Daniel suggests the reader consider it as a potential next laptop as “you’ll be endeared by it immediately”. Check out the full review at TigerDirect News.

Kevin O’Brien has written a rather hefty review of the Satellite P305D over at NotebookReview.com, in which he “compares [it] to its smaller siblings as well as other 17-inch notebooks” - giving the notebook a good going over on it’s own terms.

Beginning with the Satellite’s build and design, Kevin comments on how “glossy” the fusion finish makes the notebook and how its durability keeps scuffs at bay. “Build quality is excellent in most areas” writes Kevin, apart from the “rough edges around the screen frame, where the two plastic pieces meet”, which Kevin compares to the A305 and A305D.

He’s also a fan of the flush touchpad area “which is surprisingly slick with its textured surface” and likes the new chromed oval touchpad buttons which are “easier to trigger”. Though he finds the WXGA+ glossy LCD display “average”, “Screen backlight brightness was more than adequate”, after which Kevin does some detailed performance comparisons with other laptops. He concludes “I really love the layout, solid build quality, and features of this notebook” but does think it has “Relatively low performance for a relatively high budget price”, which is his only main gripe.

Read the full review in all it’s glory here.