Best Notebooks - Dual Layer DVD+/-RW CD / DVD Type, 1 to 2 GHz Processor Speed, Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate Operating System, Touchpad Input Method, 1 x Memory Stick Card Slot Expandability

'midsized laptop'

'latest gaming notebook'

'strong gaming notebook'

'if a strong gaming notebook that can also feed your TV addiction and comes with Microsoft Word and Excel sounds like the ideal portable to you, look no further.'

'Toshiba has kept the rear of the system free of connectors, which we could appreciate after dealing with hard-to-reach ports on other notebooks.'

'6-pound, general-purpose notebook computer'

'midrange Toshiba Satellite A205-S4617 model laptop'

'It's the kind of attention-getting exterior that's more visually appealing than laptops with magnesium alloy exteriors.'

'an awesome laptop.'

'The whole laptop is very solidly constructed and generally looks great.'

'It might be external but Acer has at least given it a really cool design in keeping with the rest of the notebook – it has angular buttons and a red streak down the side – it looks like Darth Vader's personal external DVD-ROM drive - and that's a good thing.'

'The Satellite's speakers provided the best sound of the tested consumer notebooks when playing audio CDs, but DVD playback was halting and choppy.'