Satellite® T135 Series laptops are ultrathin PCs built for your life on the go—and on a budget. Our thinnest, lightest Satellite® models yet, they offer the battery life rating and lightweight portability you want, with performance you’d expect from bigger machines. So they have horsepower to handle the day’s tasks or evening’s entertainment, plus a great communications package to keep you effective, online and in touch. And with the 13.3″ LED-backlit display and ultra-portable design it fits your lifestyle and into spaces other PCs can’t. Power-efficient processors are ideal for students or fast-moving pros who want long battery life rating. New Toshiba productivity applications—Bulletin Board and Reeltime™—help simplify your day. And a comfort-driven, eco-focused design not only earns major props from people, but our planet too.

5 Responses to “Toshiba Satellite T135-S1305 TruBrite 13.3″ Ultrathin Laptop (Black)”

1. Zero34 says:

   May 28, 2010 at 12:00 am

   Amazing laptop. Nice and small. Toshiba makes some good laptops at affordable prices. I just got it, so I’m still tinkering around with it. The specs and battery life is what drew my attention. Although most users get 6-7 hrs., you can get up to 9 hrs. with the right setting. All in all, it’s a steal for it’s price. lol
2. G. Capello says:

   May 12, 2010 at 12:00 am

   I purchased this for my 10 year old son for his birthday. My only problem is that now I want one too! This laptop is so lightweight compared to the Sony Vaio we have. The pro’s of purchasing this laptop are it’s portability, the fact that if dropped the hard drive is “parked”(essential when owned by a 10 year old boy!), it’s speed and memory size and it’s low cost. I researched for weeks and could not find a better option than this computer for the price, as a matter of fact the more expensive lightweight computers had less memory, features etc. The only con for me is I am not accustomed to the multi touch pad yet, but my son uses it more and at first he had a little trouble but now he is used to it and he likes the feature. Overall I am very pleased with my purchase.
3. Angela J. Lordi says:

   April 20, 2010 at 12:00 am

   I love the size and weight of this laptop. Battery life is good also, which makes it a great laptop for carrying around. In theory, if you want an iPad, here is a device about the same size, but with full Windows (now THERE’S an “apps” collection) and a real keyboard, and USB (not to mention HDMI), BlueTooth and WiFi and MUCH more disk space. Sadly, like the iPad, there is no optical drive on this, but that is why it is so thin. I like the trade-off as I find myself using CD/DVD less and less.

   So, I bought one and I’ll keep it, but I have two serious problems with this laptop, both related to input. First, as was mentioned, the touch pad is abysmal. The buttons are clumsy and when released, the button disconnects BEFORE the click, so you can think you are holding down the button but it has released electrically. The result is that you often “let go” of scroll bars or mouse drags. The two buttons are on one big button bar which makes them hard to find. And finally, the whole touch pad is an epic fail and Toshiba had to recall it. The bug is that if you push that single “button bar” near the middle, the touch pad stops working until you reboot, hibernate or even just sleep the thing for a moment. Toshiba will replace for free, but that means sending it in for 2-4 weeks. Blech.

   I am also picky about keyboards and this one is a loser. many of the keys will not register if pushed near the edges, so drop-outs are VERY common when you go back and re-read what you typed. I have had to add-in dropped letters three times already in this post.

   One more little nit: Toshiba, PLEASE bring back the dial-type volume knob mounted on the side. NOBODY likes to adjust the volume by holding down the FN key and looking for the buttons that do volume. NOBODY.
4. Kendall Wren says:

   April 9, 2010 at 12:00 am

   The first Satellite that arrived had a defective “delete” key that either didn’t work or locked down, deleting the whole document. Toshiba support advised me that there are no service locations in New York city (huh?) so it would be quicker to return the unit…. which I did and THREE WEEKS later, I got a function Satellite. Three weeks is a long time to wait!

   It is a nice PC: the CPU is fast, the screen has sharp resolution and bright, clear color, the keyboard is MUCH better than any net book. Quite light weight, and the battery life is acceptable.

   The pointing device (touch pad, whatever) is a complete piece of crap. If there is a way to turn off the click “feature” on the pad and use only the buttons, it is a secret. I learned to avoid rolling over ads and hyperlinks on web pages, lest a random, unwanted “virtual click” send me off to la-la land. If you buy this PC, save yourself some agita and buy an external mouse from the get-go.

   There is a typical bushel basket of free bundled software preinstalled. I have not yet tried to clean up the 90% that is useless…

   Overall, I find the T135-S1305 to be a pretty good PC at a competitive price.
5. Andrew P. Long says:

   April 3, 2010 at 12:00 am

   I have been using this computer for about two weeks now, and so far I am very satisfied with my purchase. I previously had an HP dv6000 series laptop which lasted nearly 3 years, yet had its share of hardware problems along the way. Eventually, its motherboard completely fried, and I wanted to replace it with a lighter, more portable laptop with better battery life, and I didn’t want to break the bank. After doing some research, I settled on the Toshiba T135 series, with the s1305 being (in my opinion) the best combination of price, processor speed, and memory.

   This computer has the Intel-based SU4100 processor, which IS dual core, and is faster than the AMD Neo processors that some of the other T135s have. Battery life has been surprisingly good, as I can get about 6-7 hours of web surfing and email in on the normal battery settings, with slightly longer times if you select ECO mode. Windows 7 has been a joy to use, as my HP had Vista, which was pretty miserable. I also like the ability to output video AND audio to my hdtv through the hdmi port; it makes watching hulu and other video sites really enjoyable. One thing I also noticed is that this computer is nearly SILENT, and it generates very little heat, so it is very easy to sit with it on your lap for long periods of time. By comparison, the HP’s fan only got louder, and got very very hot.

   There are only two things about this computer that have mildly irritated me. The first is the finish, which is piano black with an almost carbon fiber look. It makes the comp look really cool, but gathers fingerprints very easily, which tends to annoy me as I am always trying to wipe them off. The second thing is the touchpad and click buttons. The pad is somewhat temperamental at times, and the buttons are a rocker-style, and not their own individual buttons. This just makes it kind of frustrating to use sometimes, but its fairly rare and isn’t that big of a deal. If you’re going to try to do some serious work with this computer, you would really want to have a wireless mouse to use. That’s what I’ve been doing and it works out fine.

   In conclusion, I would strongly recommend this product. Amazon had the best price among online retailers (and brick-and-mortar stores), and the shipping was fast. If you’re still on the fence, I would recommend going to Best Buy and looking at this computer first(they sell different models of the T135) and making sure you like the aesthetics and such. Otherwise, I hope you like it as much as I have.