Toshiba Satellite P755-S5270 15.6-Inch LED Laptop (Black) Review

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I purchased this laptop after a long deliberation surrounding make, model and features; this piece has everything and more for a laptop under $1000.00. The last laptop I owned was a Toshiba and it lasted me for 6 years. This i5 "Sandy Bridge" is quick and responsive to my multi-tasking needs. I just upgraded my desktop with the same series of processor and I couldn't be more pleased. The P755 has a great graphics card and built in USB3 port. The Harmon/Kardon speakers are a big improvement and provide very nice sound for a laptop. Overall, if you are considering a quality laptop that is going to give you a big bang for your buck, while sticking with a leading name in the notebook industry, you need to really consider the P755-S5270.

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The laptop delivers an awesome performance. Its great Nvidia video card lets you play every game availabe. The second generation Intel Core i5 runs with a score of 6.9 and its ram memory at 1333 MHz runs with a score of 7.1 (on a 7.9 basis). Great laptop, a great machine which replaces the A660 series that were great as well. Recomended.

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This laptop is fantastic. Knowing quite a bit about computers, buying laptops is pretty hard for me because they can get quite expensive sometimes. This particular laptop is perfect in price and I would expect something like this to be in the 900-1100$ range for what is provided in it. This laptop has the new series i5 cpu and I can get around 3.0 GHz at full performance. In comparison, with the GT540M graphics card I can run Oblivion at ultra performance with everything on including 4X Anti-Aliasing. However, this laptop can get quite hot, I highly recommend a cooling pad. It is extremely fast and does everything more than I expected.

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I have had it about a month. No real issues so far. Performing very well in all the applications I have tried.

Before buying:

Before purchasing I did some research on the web and I did a lot of comparing on processors and graphics processors on the Passmark Software CPU benchmarking website. I knew I wanted a Sandy Bridge processor so the 2410M looked like it. I also wanted to get the best GPU I could or at least something better than the Intel on board graphics. I wasn't as concerned about hard drive size or RAM since they are expandable later. I wanted teh 15.6" screen vs a 17" or smaller 13"/14". I did not consider any HP models due to past bad experience with a laptop and the reviews I have seen of some of their laptops and desktops lately. I looked at Dell and the pricing to get the specific components I wanted was a little higher. Not all Dells were built equally I could see. The ones on their website had better components than the ones on Amazon or other sites at the same price level. I had considered some Asus models due to the pricing but ultimately went with Toshiba due to their reputation and reviews.

Good:

Its doing everything I have wanted it to do without any issues. No overheating issues and the fan is pretty quite when it does kick on. MS Office 2007 is loaded and works well. No lag or bogging down with it. I have World of Warcraft running with all of the graphics settings on high or ultimate with no issues. That is the only time it really heats up. I like the USB 3.0 plug. I uploaded from my external backup hard drive in minutes what would have taken hours on my old PC with a USB 1.0.

Could be better:

I have hooked the HDMI up to our 52" Panasonic but was disappointed in the graphics quality both for movies and games. I had to turn the graphics settings way down on WoW to get it to run smoothly. The Geforce GPU doesn't seem to be able to drive the bigger screen. Don't get me wrong it does great on the laptop screen just don't expect to run a large screen at the same quality.

I did have some trouble loading some older software but that was due to Windows 7. I would have that trouble with any PC running Win 7.

The placement of the USB, power, and audio plugs interferes with the DVD drive and using an external mouse. I wish some of the plugs were on the back but looking at how it appears to be laid out internally I can understand why they are on the sides towards the front.

My biggest grief with the purchase is that a week later I saw the 17" version with an i7 sandy bridge (I think it was the 2510M) for less at an office supply store. Amazon now has this PC for much less than I paid. Such is the way of PC prices though.

Overall very happy with the purchase and would recommend this laptop and Toshibas in general to anyone buying a new laptop.

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After three weeks of owning this laptop I have nothing but great things to say. My initial experience has been incredible. The second generation i5 has been able to handle anything that I've thrown at it. Battery life is optimal for 5+ hours. All of the games I've thrown at it have been played at 45+ fps on high settings and with DX11 enabled. Needless to say, I love, love love this laptop!