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I was trying to buy a laptop to my sun. I ended up in the store and I bought this Toshiba without knowing anything. I was inclined to buy a HP laptop, but the difference of 40 bucks, I ended buy the toshiba. I got a 17.6"screen, instead of a 15'', a quad core 1.5MHz, instead of a pentium dual core, 6 GB of RAM, instead of 4GB, a 6 cell battery,instead of a 4 cell battery.
After opening the box, it was very nice, big screen, sturdy PC.
Keyboard with keypad for numbers, flat, with a space between the keys.
It has a HDMI out put and 2 3.0 USB, plus the usual stuff.
When I switched on, it reminded my iMac. I had to fill it up name, address, network, and after a while, I was facing the Windows 8 for the first time. It was not very friendly, but the whole thing is a front screen. If you get the desktop version and do the right click button, you will get familiar with the OS.
What was nice it the possibility to uninstall the bunch of things that come with, very easy.
then it was the moment to install the wi-fi printer. As you may know, printer are not made to print, but this time, it was installed before I noticed.
I deleted the Internet Explorer web browser, and installed Google Chrome. easy, great!
So far, it was a good experience, hope it will not freeze.
The only cons so far is the touch screen, that it does not have, but I did not buy with it, and honestly...we are the generation where touching the screen was a sin.
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Purchased the Toshiba L75D-A7283 in August 2013 from Staples for $299 plus tax, free shipping. That price is Chromebook territory for a full Windows 8 laptop featuring a 17-inch screen, 6 GB RAM, 750 GB hard drive, and a 6-cell removable battery. For the price, this seems like a tremendous value, with a quad-core AMD A4-5000 (aka Kabini) to boot. I have an older Toshiba laptop that is 4 1/2 years old and running great, so the Toshiba name on this model is a plus for me. Probably a large part of the value equation is the relatively low cost of the AMD processor, which allowed Toshiba to squeeze in the fantastic specs. Speaking of which, when it comes to benchmarking performance, the AMD Kabini scored just 810 for Passmark, 2060 for CPU Mark, and 325 for 3D Graphics Mark. You'll have to do some research on how that measures up to your requirements, but in a nutshell, the CPU speed lies between Intel's Bay Trail and faster Celeron processors, with much better 3D performance than either of them. Compared to other AMD processors, the A4-5000 bests most E and E1 series chips and comparable to the newer E2 series, but the CPU I think tops out at 15 watts with no turbo mode, which is unfortunate but probably helps overall power consumption. In real-world usage, most programs and apps I use start up relatively fast, although I don't use power-hungry programs like Photoshop. Games like Asphalt 7 takes about 15 seconds to load to the start screen, for example, which is not blazing fast, but not terrible either. Basic 3D games like Asphalt 7 and Reckless Racing run smoothly, I'm sure more demanding games will not.Trackpad performance is as good as it gets for Windows 8, meaning overall not that good, but much better than a budget Lenovo I had, which constantly shifted the mouse location every time my lower thumb brushed against the top corners of the trackpad. This laptop thankfully does not do that. I did disable most Windows 8 gestures though, since they seemed to interfere with basic trackpad movement, but word is that the upcoming Windows 8.1 upgrade will improve trackpad functionality. Trackpad buttons were below average, they are flush with the track pad and require relatively much effort for the button-press to register, it would have been much nicer if the buttons were raised buttons instead of flush. Keyboard spacing is very good which is expected in a 17-inch frame, with a dedicated number pad and an array of dedicated functional buttons such as volume up and down, volume mute, wifi on/off, screen brightness, etc. These dedicated buttons are much appreciated. Speaker sound is above average for a budget laptop with DTS sound, but don't expect too much here.
Official battery life is 5 1/2 hours, I would say that is realistic with screen brightness at 45%, wifi-on, continuous web browsing and other light-to-medium weight programs like a Word processor running. I would expect 2-3 hours with 3D gaming and between 3-4 hours with continuous video, depending on volume output. Screen resolution is 1600 x 900, which is 720P HD resolution, so not super nor terrible. Overall build quality is very good considering it is mostly all plastic, with such a large chassis you can induce creaking and flex, again not super but not terrible in any way. While browsing the internet or watching video, the chassis manages to stay relatively cool, you can hear the fan but it's not loud at all. Skype performance with its built-in microphone was very good. For those who are having a hard time with Windows 8 coming from an earlier Windows, just download Classic Start Menu, it'll bring back the start menu and program files, and also lets you boot directly into desktop mode. Windows 8 also seems to load faster than Windows 7, maintains a lower overhead (disk spins less... although that could be the generous 6GB of RAM), and seems just as stable as Windows 7.
Overall, there's not one particular thing from this Toshiba L75D that stands out, but taken the sum of parts, for the price, it adds up to what I feel is a tremendous value. I almost feel sorry for anyone spending anywhere near $300 for a Chromebook.
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I needed a laptop for school, and as an older father and husband, did not have time to wade through all the different descriptions and such. So, followed consumers reports on this and it's amazing. Great look and feel, LARGE screen, and plenty fast. The resolution and sound are awesome too. For less than $500, you just can't beat this deal.Honest reviews on TOSHIBA L75D-A7283 17.3" AMD Quad-Core A4-5000M Accelerated
Bought this laptop to replace my desktop. Wanted the larger screen, and I am very pleased with it. In fact, I have added an external monitor so I can have 2 workspaces on the same laptop.It came with no manual and Windows 8. After trying hard for several days, I realized that my expectations were correct Windows 8 is not for me. As a computer professional (30 years in the industry), I am very skilled with software but not W8. It is very unfriendly to the user.
So I loaded Windows 7 on the system and have been extremely pleased with it. Aside from some software drivers, the move was painless. The driver downloads from Toshiba are only for W8, so I had to search. Found the perfect driver collection on ... the Lenovo support site, of all places (file name hsd607ww).
Would definitely buy another!
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