Discount Toshiba Satellite S855-S5254 15.6-Inch Laptop (Ice Blue)

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At the time I bought this laptop I didn't know much about computers.

I wanted one I could run any program with or game, I got this model because the processor is really fast and the hard drive is big.

The price is really good for these high numbers, when I brought it home I loaded all my programs on it (word, excel) and games.

The newest ones I loaded are Diablo 3 and Strcraft 2.

The install time was much faster then my older computer the turbo boost really helped.

The only downer is the graphics card, I have to run these two games on low graphics otherwise it is way to choppy. I found out because the graphics card is integrated, I didn't know what that was tell after I purchased the laptop.

So if you are a person that uses a laptop like 60% work, 40% movies and music and 10% games this laptop is for you.

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I bought this computer from Office Deopt at the beginning of August when they had an instant rebate on it for $699. The first one I got home with had numerous pixels stuck white, so I exchanged it for another. The second also had a single stuck pixel, so I made another trip to the store. This time I tried the 3rd. one out at the store before I left, and the screen was great.

I'm very pleased with this system. The i7 processor is very fast, and the system is pretty responsive, except for the slow HD (only 5400rpm). The graphics are the HD4000 version of the Intell intergrated graphic chipset (part of the Ivory Gate 3rd. Generation chipset) are now DirectX 11 compliant, and works quite well. You won't be playing games at high detail levels, but it works with a lot of them very well at reduced settings. I have been using it with Adobe Creative Suite CS 5.5, and it performs quite well.

I've only had it for a few weeks, so I hope it holds up well over time (it's the first Toshiba I've owned). There is a lot of bloatware that can be uninstalled which seem to speed up point.

My wife bought the i5 version of this laptop and it was perfect out of the box.

The only reason I gave it 4 and not 5 stars is due to having 2 factory sealed units with bad screens in a row. It made me question their quality control.

UPDATE 1/16/13: It's been 5 months now, and I'm still very happy with this laptop. I upgraded to Adobe CS6 Suite and it runs great. Even added a Wacom Bamboo Tablet. Was planing on upgrading the memory to 16 Gb but it uses 2 4 Gb sticks instead of one 8, and I would have to replace all the memory, so I figure I'll wait until I need the RAM an upgrade then. Also after seeing Windows 8, I'm glad to have bought this when Windows 7 was still shipping. If I wanted a Surface Tablet, I would have got one over a laptop.

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This is an extremely good computer for the price. I have recommended this computer to all my friends that are looking for computers. The Intel HD 4000 is Intel's best iGPU and can even run games like Skyrim. The 3rd Gen Processor is wicked fast too. If you are looking for a gaming laptop, don't buy this. If you want a computer to do basic tasks and some complicated ones that will last for a while (4 years at least), this is the computer you are looking for. You can't go wrong with an i7 processor and 8 GB of RAM.

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I have had 3 Toshiba Laptops, the first purchased in 1998 (Still have it and it will probably still power up). My last was an A205-S4707 I bought in 2007 for $750. It is still in operation but with Vista on it I was never truly happy with it because there were lots of compatibility issues with software and it always seemed to run slow. The battery and power cord/transformer gave out after four years but they were easily replaced.

I spent way too much time researching and reading reviews to buy a new replacement and I'd decided that A Samsung or ASUS would be my next Laptop. I really wanted to get as strong a processor as possible but at low cost. Right as I was about to buy the Samsung a big box office store advertised this Toshiba at a loss leader price so I reconsidered the old faithful Toshiba again. It was almost $200 less than the Samsung and had more upgradable RAM, accessories and modern features. I've had the laptop about 2 months now and I don't regret the choice.

What I like: The boot up and operation is lightning fast. Programs run easily and the screen resolution is good. The brushed aluminum styling looks and feels nice and it can do most anything I need it to.

What I don't like: This thing is big. With a 9 key numerical keyboard to the right of the alpha keyboard, there is an extra 3.5 inches in width.

I bought this laptop as an alternative to a desktop so I easily accept the jumbo width. I'm a middle aged finance guy who runs spreadsheets, word documents and is constantly using email and the web. Due to the integrated video card, this is not the computer for the heavy gamer or high def video fanatic. But if your vision isn't 20/20 and you don't mind the heft, actually type numbers on a regular basis and want a computer that is portable but not like a tablet or net book, this is a good choice. From reading other reviews and research I still think the Samsung and ASUS are good choices but I think Toshiba can deliver the highest end processor at the lowest price (must have made an early deal to purchase Intel Ivy Bridge Chip sets because Toshiba appears beats everyone in pricing on the i5 & i7).

There's always going to be some Lemons that slip through with any brand so make sure of your return policy before buying any Laptop. But for a solid i7 laptop under $700, I don't think I did too bad with the Toshiba S855-S5254.

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I bought this computer for my daughter just over 3 months ago through Staples online after a lot of research. She loved the speed, graphics and used it for some photo editing with Light Room, and Microsoft Office. She left for college about a month ago. The computer just crashed this evening. She called Toshiba and was told there was a known issue with the software that makes the computer crash. The tech she talked to told her the warranty was only good for 90 days and if she wanted them to fix it, he had gotten special permission from his manager to offer her the extended warranty through Toshiba for 2 years, but it would cost $300 and she had to make a decision tonight, or no deal. I am extremely angry about this. I read the entire warranty out of the box and it says a one year warranty for the entire computer. She tried a system restore and it did not work. She has only loaded one or two software programs on the computer since it was new, and nothing in the last couple months. It also has Norton Anti-virus on it. I have purchased two other Toshiba laptops in the past that lasted for 3 years plus that were lower end than this one. If Toshiba doesn't take care of this problem without charging us, I will never buy one again. I would also highly recommend anyone else considering one to spend your money elsewhere. Toshiba needs to stand behind it's products!.

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No problems here great system that comes with an NVidia 4200M graphics card and a nice screen resolution (1600x900). 9 Cell battery makes it last quite long (at least longer than my prior Thinkpad), and happy it comes with Win 7 Professional as that's the version I needed. All in all, very happy with the purchase and the quality seems good. I've had it for about 3 months now and everything seems solid.

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Please read this before you buy a Lenovo Thinkpad.

I have owned several laptops in the past and I this year it was a good time to replace my 500$ Acer home laptop which is still working after 4 years.

Since I use my computer as my main working tool I decided I was going to get something that is robust. A business laptop.

My first choice was an Asus Business edition and I regret that I did not bought the Asus vs this Lenovo.

After several failed HP (screen dies and other problems) I was recommended to get a ThinkPad, its suppose to be a Enterprise laptop and to be a rock solid computer initially designed by IBM.

IBM is really trashing their brand leaving their ThinkPad name to Lenovo.

This Lenovo I got here from Amazon and its not even 2 months old and I just have problems I never had with other laptops.

First, let me say that from day 1 I could never open the "Smart Audio" control panel that comes with this Lenovo. I just go an error "Failed to initialize Smartaudio.....

I updated the drivers for this several times, there seems to be just fine but I cant open this thing at all.

This is annoying on a brand new laptop. The software that comes with Lenovo their Access Connections, Power Manager etc is a garbage. The system will suffer from load performances because of this badly programmed software running in the background. Example, when the system goes to sleep it disconnects the wireless device. After waking up the system you will find out you dont have Internet for at least 5 minutes, until it turns on again. Actually it turns on again by you will just have no connectivity.

The screen has dead pixels, if you see it from the sight I can see a bright spot in the screen, something that never happened in my cheap Acer laptops.

I have a logitech laptop stand, now here comes the strange thing. You have the laptop in bed or in this stand the laptop is not in horizontal position and it starts to make a strange sound like if the hard disk is starting to fail. If you put the laptop on a table in normal position again it stops. This is highly annoying, I checked the drive several times and it seems fine. Still this electronic sound it makes every 15 seconds is strange.

2 times the computer started to make an horrible sound and I just had to reboot it and it was gone.

The system is slow. Very slow, when I boot another Acer One, which has a cheap Atom processor and 1 GB ran its twice as fast booting as this i5. I can start browsing in Chrome already and in this Lenovo I still see the Windows 7 loading icon. I suspect something is wrong with the power manager software that this computer is just not performing like it should. It doesnt feel like a new computer at all.

It also never locks correctly. Example, if I go away 20 minutes and come back the screen is off, and Windows is suppose to be locked, when you move the mouse the screen turns on and instead of seeing the Windows Log on screen you see first "Windows is locking..." and then it locks itself and then you can log in again. What ???? Everything just seems to work horrible.

Last week I opened VmWare and suddenly the full screen change to a vertical position, I have this lenovo reading optimization installed but it was turned OFF, I have to open this software, turn it on and then again off so the screen would go back to a normal position.

Today and the reason im writing this review is something that just raised my blood levels to anger for a laptop I paid over 1300$.

I played a youtube video and suddenly the whole system was frozen. I mean the whole computer !!! The speakers started to make an horrible loud sound, nothing was responding, not even the power button. Was this Windows 7 crashing? I never saw Windows 7 crashing and if it was the OS at least you can hard reset the system. No with this Lenovo you cant. The power buttons would not do nothing. Unplugging the power neither. I had to take the battery off to kill the system.

This is just to much. This computer is garbage honestly. It was allot of features and stuff you would say WOW, but I cannot trust this system anymore with my data. This is for sure not a IBM ThinkPad at all. The reviews that say you can drop this laptop from 50 feet of go with a car over it... Well I think if I would drop this laptop from 3 feet high I would break. Only moving this laptop around and playing a video at the same time and the video will start to play sluggish, the minute you stop moving the laptop it plays fine.

My Bluetooth 50$ plantronics headset doesn't work with this correctly either. The minute you go 3 feet away from the laptop the sound goes horrible, so you have move again infront of the laptop so the Bluetooth will be in range again. I suspect the bluetooth is just to weak, the signal is so weak that if you go just 10 feet away it will disconnect. Why do you want a wireless headset if you need to sit infront of the PC all the time?

I could go on and on about the problems I have, in Skype I hear myself when talking as well, something it works perfectly and other times it doesnt. This when I use the build in mic and speakers. It doesnt do echo cancelling at all like it should, the webcam is suppose to be HD but its terrible as well. Colors are washed out.

The keyboard on Thinkpads is suppose to be the best keyboards in laptops. I just hate it from day one. I thought, ok give it time, you will get used to it. No, the design is just made by a monkey. Honestly the IBM design is fine but Lenovo just introduce changes that make it terrible. The control key in the left is not in the default position. This is just bad, I use Logitech external keyboards all the time and I cant get used to this, you always hit the Fn key instead. And Lenovo decide to put a forward and backward keys next to the arrows key. Oh boy !! What a terrible mistake. If you happen to hit one of this accidentally, you will go away from the page you are, which happens allot. Example, im writing this review here on Amazon and I have to be very carefully not to hit them by mistake or I will just lose everything I just typed here when the browser goes backward or forwards depending on which key you pressed by mistake.

The battery is also a bit lose, it doesn't fit tight. I would not expect this from a quality laptop and they even recommend you Lenovo batteries...

A battery should fit perfectly and not move once its secured. A friend of my with another Thinkpad suffers from this as well so Its just bad quality testing from Lenovo. And his system suffers from slow performance as well, he has a i7 and it gets to hot that you can burn yourself. At least this is 1 positive thing I can say about my Lenovo, is just doesnt overheat ever.

To finish this, I have a 23 inch Samsung monitor. If I plug this to this Lenovo the screen will flicker. I tried everything, resolution change, drivers updating, using the Nvidia card or the integrated Intel, nothing, the screen just flickers and you can really see this on black backgrounds. You can plug any other laptop and it doesn't so this.

I think all problems are related to something in the power settings or maybe the power adapter or just bad quality hardware. On the end I don't care, I dont have to figure this out for myself. Lenovo should before shipping a laptop.

So since im travelling I just cannot return this. Otherwise im thinking into going to a Lenovo store in the country im right now and have a replacement. The problem is I dont want Lenovo anymore. This is the worst possible laptop you can buy. Remember this is not a 500$ laptop. It costed me over a grant and I also bought the leather lenovo case for almost 99$.

It seems you can really see this is not made by IBM anymore. Its just a cheap laptop, they put tons of features most that work correctly and put the thinkpad name to sell it for a more expensive price. This is for sure a cheap quality laptop and from design its ugly as well. Everyone ask me if this is a laptop from the 90s and its heavy. I dont care about design, I knew it was ugly but I wanted something that could stand hard usage, a rock solid laptop for work. This is for sure not a work laptop. It feels cheap and it works cheap. It suffers from almost unlimited problems that will just make you hate this laptop.

Review of HP Pavilion DV7t 2nd Generation Intel Dual Core i3 - 2310M 2.1GHz

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I bought two of these. They're quite capable machines, and (other than my son breaking a screen) have been bog steady reliable. Very nice LCD, and surprisingly good performance (I did up the memory and installed win7 64 pro). On the other hand, I got them at closer to 400. There's no way I'd pay 1,000 for it.

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I needed a new computer in a hurry and had only a few bucks to spend, I bought this computer. Sadly, I did not purchase an extended warranty. After the warranty ran out, the fans started having issues. The computer would shut down after being on for a few hours. I opened it up and dusted it out. This seemed to help for a while, but now the fans are going crazy again and the bottom heats up enough to change the color on thermal tape.

Last week it decided that it did not want to boot up any longer (year 2.5). Complete waste of money.

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Review of MSI G Series GT70 2OD-001US 17.3-Inch Laptop (Black)

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Full disclosure, I bought this computer from a different vendor and not through Amazon. That said, I had to put a review out there to warn folks.

I got the computer and it was fast and well appointed. But within a few hours of getting things set up, the HDMI stopped working. I thought it was a the cord. Got a new one. Still didn't work. So, I tried the DisplayPort. It worked. Yay! I figured I could live without the HDMI as long as I didn't lose the DisplayPort too.

A few hours after that, I was playing Skyrim, getting that set up the way I liked it and...game freeze. Not unheard of with Skyrim, so I blamed the game. I tweaked and played with it, but it just got worse. After about an hour of fiddling, the machine got blazing hot and I got a video card error message. Mmm, not Skyrim's fault after all.

I called the vendor that sold me the computer and they confirmed that my video card was in the process of dying. So, the computer was basically a dud.

I know this happens but, this was the second MSI laptop to die within hours of ownership. (I will post a review for that machine as well.) I got an RMA for the comp, so I'm not going to criticize MSI's customer service. But, their quality control leaves a great deal to be desired.

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This machine has a price above the average of other laptops, but when talking about speed, this machine rules!

Having the Windows 8 being started in 1 second is really great!

The quality of the hardware seems great too.

And the button to activate the fan whenever you want is a nice feature too.

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This newer GT70 series are the most powerful well rounded single graphics card laptops on the planet for what you pay for it period, and if MSI could have better quality control for there hardware and software as well as compatibility of parts I would no doubt give this PC a 5 star review but the one I received had a few problems I with it and I must tell people so they no and so hopefully MSI will know and fix these problems so this PC can be the awesome monster it should be. With this being said I am going to try my luck with the next level model up from this that has almost all the same parts and if that one fails too then I will review it as well to let people know but about it but since amazon is refunding my money for the PC I'm gonna go for it again and find out if this was an isolated problem or and abundant one. Look below for pros cons and more detail of my review.

NEGATIVES

Windows 8 was only supposed to take up 24 GB of my SSD when its updated but some how it used up 40 GB.

When I delete items from my hard drive some how they were still taking up some or all of the space after being deleted.

I had to spend hours and hours messing with this pc to try to get it to work properly but could not get it to do so.

Windows 8 is rumored to use up to 8GB of ram sometimes so you better have A lot more than that.

Windows 8 has a new interface and everything is not where it used to be in previous windows and it did not have a tutorial to teach me how and what to use it so I had to Google how to use some of the stuff in Windows 8.

Some of the Programs on the PC wont start up till 60 seconds after the PC is at the windows desktop screen.

The PC Would run STARCRAFT 2 1920X1080 AA2 AF4 60-90FPS depending on what part of the game your in but there were times in this game and in other where for no reason the game will drop to single digits or teens for frame rate for no reason and it happend at least 5-10 times an hour and sometimes A lot more and would stay constant, I believe this was caused by an overheating graphics card or some form of incapability in this PC of hardware or software and I came to this conclusion after updating my drivers all across the system witch lessened this affect but was still happening far to often but after I turned a Hi powered personal fan on my PC the problem minimized even more to almost nothing especially if I turn on the AC in my house.

The battery cannot supply the PC to run at full power at all and when you max out what it can hand you have around an hour of gaming, 1.5 hours for movie and 2 hours for internet Ive seen some reviews that say they got these numbers up about 1/3rd but they just turned down all the power and brightness settings.

Can some times disconnect people on your wifi when you power up your pc but this might be something going in with my router as well but it is a brand new 300$ router so might be compatibility problem.

POSITIVES

+ GTX 780M The single most powerful mobile graphics card on earth as of today and more power effeciant than last gen cards.

+ 16GB DDR3 1600MHZ

+ 4th Gen i7 quadcore processor that is more effecient than previous generation i7's.

+ The best bang for the buck for single graphics laptops.

+ SSD with normal HDD so you can have the best of both worlds with speed for games and space for all else.

+ Nice 1080p screen.

+ USB 3.0 for fast data transfer from 3.0 capable devices.

+ killer lan that works great most of the time.

+ Beautiful and awesome multi color programable keyboard with little to no imput lag most of the time except startup.

1-10 RATINGS FOR THE PC WHEN ITS WORKING RIGHT LOL.

8.0 GRAPHICS, You can get about 2 times the power from a dual 780m but you will have to go 18 inch and spend $4000+.

8.0 SOUND, You get great stereo sound from the laptop speakers but will need a nice head set to get surround sound.

8.5 WIFI, ETHERNET, BLU TOOTH, all work fast if your at the right range and have no interference as far as I can tell but some times they will have some problems like when you turn on your pc you can disconnect people on your wifi lol.

9.0 KEY BOARD, Little to no input lag and its beautiful.

9.0 TOUCH PAD, Works better than any Touch pad I have ever used but its a touch pad so it still sucks for gaming lol.

8.0 SCREEN, 1080p 60hz and it looks nice but it is not the cleanest looking, most colorful or brightest but still good.

9.0 HEAT FROM TOP OF PC, Your hand will be very dry and comfy on the keyboard.

7.0 HEAT FROM THE BOTTOM WHILE ON YOUR LAP. It will get pretty warm on the left side where the graphics card is.

10.0 PRICE FOR THE MONEY.

I hope this review helps people who are looking at a gaming PC and dont stop with my review or amazon look around at other people and websites to see what other love and hate before you buy.

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The products are quality with some great thought into the design & parts. I would say overall the performance is 4 outta 5 stars.

MSI does not offer replacement keyboards on their "Steelseries" version laptops nor does Steelseries. You have to send it in for "service" which has a 2 week turnaround. I will not pay to have someone else to do such a simple task that I have done hundreds of times. Replacing a keyboard is simple. Nor will I send in my laptop for 2 weeks. That's ridiculous.

There are no aftermarket replacement keyboards either. Do not buy. I have officially boycotted all MSI products because of this. I have burned 5+hours with support from both MSI and Steelseries on this problem.

Buy from a manufacturer who offers replacement parts. Hardware goes bad, you want to be able to replace it.

This is why they get 1 star.

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Look, I acctually haven't bought this particular laptop but I am a fan of MSI and just thought that the reviews of the previous two people were a bit off, being of course that one person hadn't even bought his/her laptop from Amazon (could've been from some crazy pop-up tent on the beach for all we know), and the other individual who had valid concerns (that would make me mad too) was describing an older laptop model.

I bought the model down a peg (because this one was too pricey for me) and its wonderfull. So I just thought I'd add some balance to these reviews and the one star rating this product received from the two reviewers.

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This laptop was on sale at Bestbuy for $200 plus tax. While this laptop is the lowest end laptop that you are going to get and they do cut corners, it does have some good features. I am surprised that this laptop has webcam, sd card reader and HDMI.

The feel of 'cheapness' is apparent by the construction of the laptop, but keyboard and trackpad is okay. This laptop also has only 1 speaker and this speaker doesn't produce a very loud sound. This laptop only has a 4 cell battery and the battery life lasts about 2 hours. The matte screen doesn't have a good viewing angle.

The laptop has 1 2gb ddr3 memory which should be enough for your needs, but you can upgrade it to as much as 8gb of ram as this laptop supports 4gb sodimms. Be warned though, this laptop doesn't have a memory 'panel' as you have to remove 24 screws on the back panel if you want to upgrade. The celeron 925 cpu is about 2 generations behind the current lot of cpu. The good news is that this laptop supports .45 micron core2duo and pentium cpus which is available in ebay for cheap. I brought the intel pentium t4200 for less than $10. Upgrading the cpu does give the laptop acceptable performance.

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I got this laptop on special from Best Buy for $199. I looked online and I found that the processor is a standard socket P CPU so found a T6400 CPU on ebay for $15 and I also got 4 GB of DDR3 RAM on Newegg for $14 and replaced the Celeron CPU and the 2 gb of ram, so now I have a really nice and fast dual core laptop for a total investment of $228 (plus tax). MUCH better than a stupid netbook which are selling for $250 and up and they dont have the bigger screen, usually come with 1-2 gb of ram and a slower processor (even slower than the celeron processor that came with this). My only complaint is that the laptop feels cheap (well, it actually is cheap)the plastic they used for the casing feels really thin and breakable so I wouldn't give this laptop to a kid.

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This laptop is a great deal. I got it for my Wife after her Netbook bit the dust and she absolutely loves it. It started up fast, not a ton of pre installed junk with the exception of Norton Trial, but I quickly uninstalled it and put on MSE. Windows 7 is nice and over all the computer is quick and perfect for your average user (Skype, Youtube, MSN and Whatnot) I read a lot of reviews that people felt the plastic seemed cheap, but I disagree. I think it's actually quite nice. Plus the unit overall is far cooler and lighter than my Gateway that is the same size. I kinda want one for myself now, hehe.

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For my needs this laptop is fine. I just use it for online shopping and web browsing. However, after only a few days of using it several of the keys on the keyboard started acting up. Sometimes they would work sometimes they wouldn't. I called customer support and they had me send it in for repair. Apparently when they received it the keys worked for them so they just sent it back saying it was working.

Of course it was not fixed, so I started having the same issues with the keys not working periodically. Again I called customer service and they had me resend it to them and told me they would replace the keyboard. I just got it back and for now it is working properly, so I am finally able to use it.

I do have a HP laptop that is about 3 years old that I only paid $300 for that I think has a better feel to it than this one, so I probably would not buy this brand again due to the fact that is does feel cheaply made and I'm afraid it won't last. For the price though it does what I need it to and it is nice to have an extra laptop for the family to use.

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I really like my laptop. It just sucks that it arrived and only 1 of the speakers worked, they did give me a $20 credit for that. The computer did arrive quickly.

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My son has Beats head phones and they make everything sound amazing. Bought this laptop thinking the speaker sound would be as amazing since it has Beats in it....read reviews that said they sounded great...not impressed. Speakers are not much different from other lap tops we have.

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I had an hp pavilion from 2007 and decided to stay with the line because of the four good years I got out of that hp computer. I purchased this pavilion because it was(at the time) under 400 dollars. Windows 8 takes some getting used to, but I haven't experienced many frustrations once I downloaded chrome. Firefox and Internet Explorer did have some strange issues and once in a while took some time to open(which I think is a windows 8 issue) so I downloaded chrome, adobe flash, open office and have been using my new computer mostly hassle free.

I would recommend this computer to anyone who is going on the internet, word processing, streaming videos, and saving pictures and movies. I don't know if it's good for gaming or putting together videos. I wouldn't pay the 450 or whatever price it is now for this computer due to some of the hardware limitations.

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This laptop is awesomely fast and terribly pretty to look at. Plenty of computer for a student or home office, with pretty good gaming capabilities too. Boots up like lightning, shuts down without a bunch of questions, and never gets hot due to the HP cooling feature. A little big for your lap on a bus, but I have a small lap. lol Windows 8 has a glitch or two, but I think I like it and they stay on top of it, update-wise.. If you want something really familiar, go with XP or Windows 7.

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This computer has been very reliable. The keyboard keys are a little small or shallow for fast typists. The touchpad keeps affecting typing. When you type, you might drag you thumb on the touchpad a bit. This moves the cursor sometimes which then changes the text insertion point. Result? Lots of typos that you have to go fix. Changing the touchpad sensitivity helps but it still happens a bit. Two fingered typists wouldn't notice.

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I am still new to trusting this whole buy from the internet. The first HP had an issue right out of the box. HP support said ship it right back. The amazon return process made it extremely easy for even this novice. But what mazed me wa sthe fact my replacement laptop was being shipped before i even had the old one back to the UPS store. That impressed me. The laptop was actually for my daughter who was in college and because they shipped it expressed, she got it on Monday with very little delay. Anyone can sell stuff. Its service after the sale that is hard to come by these days. Amazon has my business as long as they continue to treat me this way. This is my second very positive return experience this year.

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Great computer. runs smooth, looks beautiful, not heavy, fast, excellent keyboard, a lot of space to store music and pictures. My only major concern was windows 8 but after about 3 days use i can honestly say i prefer this os over windows 7. Would recommend giving this laptop a go, especially if you are on a budget.

Buy HP EliteBook 8770w B8V69UT 17.3" LED Notebook - Intel - Core i7

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This laptop comes certified to work with Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Suse Linux. It came with Windows 7 Professional and I did a clean install of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3 over it (bye bye Windows), and it's been running great and very very fast ever since. A note regarding Linux if you want to watch Blueray movies then this capability will mostly be gone because Blueray is "too" proprietary for Linux. I say mostly because old versions of Blueray are supposed to work when the system is configured properly, but most certainly newer versions can not be made to work. Since this laptop is meant to be a performance workhorse the Blueray matter should be of no issue of course if using Windows then you'll have Blueray capability if the Blueray player is ordered with it. Another nice feature of this laptop is it comes with the Intel Centrino N 6300 wireless card, which is a 3x3 antenna card (3 transmit, 3 receive) this means if you have a 3x3 router (like the HP MSM 460) then you'll get up to 450 mbps throughput. I get the full measure of 450 mbps throughpout but the real effective throughput is limited by the ISP provisioned bandwidth (in my case FiOS 150dn/75up mbps). Finally, a 3 year warranty is a plus considering the $2K+ cost of this laptop.

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This machine is built to withstand almost anything you through at it. The build quality and materials are exceptional. From a industrial design and manufacturing perspective, it is even nicer than a MacBook Pro.

I really like this machine, except for one issue, screen resolution. Apple has proven how beautiful and productive higher resolution displays can make even a laptop. Spending the extra money, weight, and bulk to get a 17.3 inch display should result in more room to work. Because the resolution on this machine is no higher than it is on 15 inch machines, you get a display that isn't as attractive and doesn't fit nearly as much content on it as it could with a higher resolution. This is especially important for content creators and for people that work in spreadsheets, but really it is an issue for all professional users. Apple gets this with their Retina displays, Google gets it with their Pixel laptop, and Dell gets it with their Ultra high resolution series of displays. Hopefully HP will make a higher resolution display available soon on their workstation class laptops.

The only excuse for the screen resolution on this machine is that most people are going to use it in a docking station with external monitors. I have mine attached to 2 Dell U2713HM Ultra High resolution displays. The screen resolution only bothers me when I am using this machine on the road, but then again, that is the whole reason I bought the 17.3 inch workstation.

When you are deciding on which machine to buy, I recommend you consider the screen resolution issue. A 15 inch or even 13 inch machine with similar specs and the same resolution display might save your back and shoulder some pain from lugging this heavy machine around.

Review of Toshiba Satellite L675D-S7013 LED TruBrite 17.3-Inch Laptop (Black)

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I was looking for an upgrade to my 4 year old Dell, and having had good luck with a Toshiba before I decided to buy another Toshiba Satellite. When the package was opened and powered up, the Satellite took off! It installed all of the software in short order. The screen is big and bright with really great resolution. The touch pad was a bit too sensitive, but it is easily adjusted. The keyboard is big, compared to my old Dell, and has a good feel. I also like having the number keypad, just like a desk top system. The Satellite comes with a lot of handy software for keeping the system running and protected (i.e. Norton security suite). The only thing which disappointed me is the built-in speakers. They sound cheap and tinny. Through headphones, the audio is great, so it is only the speakers.

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My wife received a Toshiba Satellite laptop as a hand-me-down gift a few years ago. This laptop is now about eight years old and wearing out, so for her birthday this year I researched economically priced laptops and was very pleased one of her best options turned out to be this Toshiba Satellite (L675D-S7014, to be exact).

I located this laptop new for a really low price that just crested the $500 mark. I was unable to locate a new laptop with 17.3" monitor, dual core, and 4Gb of memory for this price. Needless to say, I snapped it up and gave it to her for her birthday.

She squealed with delight when she opened it! She immediately took it out of the box and admired its beauty. It looks modern and sleek and while it's actually a large computer, it's not overly heavy. Her old 17" square-monitor laptop was at least 15 lbs. This 17.3" is under 10 lbs. In the past she would never use the laptop on her lap on our couch. It was just too heavy and hot. Now she does. The bottom of the laptop never gets past being warm and the laptop itself is very light compared to her old one.

Setup was as simple as turning on the laptop and walking through some questions. Upon its first power on, it installed and activated the OS build with only a few questions. Windows 7 is so simple to get started, but if you have a wireless LAN setup, make sure you have the wireless activation key. Windows will ask for this when installing the OS. Within maybe 10 minutes after power up she was on our wireless network Facebooking, e-mailing, and so happily working away. I couldn't be happier with this laptop.

Really the only improvement I would suggest would be the sound quality of the speakers, but this is a nit. Really, for the price, this is a great laptop. The sound is in stereo with ample volume, but it's a little tinny. I really have no reason to complain. It's such a nice laptop, speedy, and has just the right amount of memory for everything she does. I would highly recommend this laptop to anyone looking for a low-priced, new laptop at a budget price.

In fact, I'm looking at one of the 18.4" Toshiba laptops for myself. I'm so impressed with this one and the robust performance of her last Toshiba Satellite, which lasted eight years, I think I'll get myself a Toshiba when I'm ready to retire my current Lenovo. For the price, you gotta love it!

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Excellent laptop, But, the keyboard skips letters typed and also inserts double letters of some typed. Typing is very frustrating.

Toshiba hasn't fixed the problem in 6 months... they say they are on the verge of fixing it.

There are a lot of people wishing they had never bought the computer... you may want to hold off until it is fixed or buy from a different brand.

You can check out the forum on Toshiba's website to see what aggrivation they have caused their customers:Think twice before buying...

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Great laptop for the price. Examine the detail in listings since there are several models that are almost identical with slight differences.

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only lasted seven days before screen went bad Toshiba will not fix it . they only give 14 days to return it time starts when you order it . took seven days to get to me and that was a rush order THANKS FED X and TOSHIBA . Glad Toshiba only think it will last 14 days

Discount Toshiba Satellite C655-S5049 15.6" Laptop (Intel Celeron Processor

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I've had this Laptop for a week now and I love it more everyday. I was very surprised at just how fast it is. I'm the type of person that tries to do 10 things at once and I love that I can have 10 different pages open going back and forth and the Laptop zooms right alone with me. A Hugh plus in my book is the number pad, when your use to a desktop keyboard and start using a Laptop it is a wonderful feature. To be completely fair there is one flaw the built in speaker is very low, but if you use headphones it has a great sound. So, for the money this is a GREAT Laptop. I still can't believe all is has to offer for such a low price.

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I got this LT at a very good price. It looks nice and has a great keyboard, but the touchpad will require "tweak to touch and taste", it has a lot of adjustment options. I was able to adjust mine for great response. This unit is fast enough for everything I've tried so far. It looks good and feels well built. However it has some surprising omissions, namely no webcam, no bluetooth, and only two USB ports! Each of these items of themselves are surprising, but all three?? This is practically unheard of these days. Also be aware that both memory slots contain 1 GB each which means you would need to get a 2 GB memory module in order to upgrade to 3 GB, etc. This unit is also somewhat noisy at times, and gets quite warm in operation. However if these items are not a problem for you then you should be quite pleased with this LT.

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The good: 1. Very low price. During the Holidays you should be able to buy this model under $300.

2.Very clear display in a wide screen format (not always the best for web)

3. User user friendly keyboard separate number pad.

4. Good battery life. (3 hrs+)

5. Wireless-N Wi-Fi standard.

The bad: 1. Very basic model with no bells & whistles. Only 2 usb ports, no web cam, only basic (read poor) laptop sound & speakers. Lacks dedicated short cut keys.

2. Ships with 2 1-GB memory sticks. Really the minimum for Win7. $60-65 to upgrade to 4GB.

3. Mouse pad is a little quirky to setup. (I use a usb mouse so no problem EXCEPT only 2 usb ports)

4. Single-core Intel Celeron processor is just barely fast enough for Win7. Just web browsing & basic tasks can easily bring CPU to 100% usage.

5. Mine shipped with Win7 Home 64 bit. You may find that Win7 64 bit is not easily compatible with some older software. Itunes was a pain to install in 64 bit version.

Overall for the price (I paid $259 & have seen it for less on Black Friday) the Toshiba is a pleasant surprise and a decent value. If you're paying much over $320-350 I'd shop around.

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I got this on sale at Office Depot for $400 yesterday. It works ok so far except for a few minor things. If you notice, a lot of recent laptops stopped using keys with beveled edges. The new ones are mostly flat and not as easy to type with. I think it's to cut costs. The mouse on this computer seems to be a little goofy. It will not let you keep two fingers on the mouse at the same time, it will freeze the mouse. Also the mouse seems to pause a lot and the arrow sometimes disappears for a few seconds. Also the mouse pad is offset from the center of the computer to the left side of the computer so you have to reach over with the right hand to use it. That's a little uncomfortable. I can't figure any reason why they did that. They've lowered the height of the screen by an inch so the new format is wider than previously. That again is a puzzlement to me because webpages are typically taller and narrower. But all the newer computers are doing it. It's too bad that the designers can't resist changing things all the time. My previous computer was a Compaq F700. Except for the annoying Vista, that was a great computer with a really good mouse in the right place and a comfortable screen size.

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I purchased this Toshiba C655-S5082 back in Nov 2010. I was at work during the day and wanted this for my GF at the time so she wouldn't get bored and could surf the net while I was away. She ran off with Satan, but the laptop stays and I'm happy that I bought it.

I will get to the cons first...

1. The speakers suck they simply aren't loud enough. I plugged in some speakers I kept from my old desktop PC and it's perfect. I can hear sound :)If you take your laptop with you often I would suggest buying some micro USB speakers to accommodate this model. Or buy a different model.

2. The pad you scroll the mouse with could be better. It's a little sloppy and not precise like many notebooks. If you use your notebook alot it might drive you a bit nuts after awhile playing line up the arrow to the destination you want to go. I bought a Logitech wireless mouse and love it, it works great with the C655-S5082.

3. 2 Gigs of memory isn't really that terrific now a days. I would bump it up to 4 gigs which is the maximum amount of memory this lappy will do. 4 gigs is plenty. Go find yourself a stick of DDR3 2gig memory. I think I paid like $25 for mine a year ago. Just look around you will find it probably for even cheaper.

Now the Pros....

Intel Celeron processor, sure it's not a Pentium but it's still an intel chip. A year or two down the road when you go to sell this if you decide to. it being " INTEL " will keep it's value up some over an AMD chip. Not saying Intel make a better chip than AMD by any means. Both pretty equal just one has better resale value or appeal. The Celeron being a cheaper processor works out good for the initial buyer.

$299 :) Any way you look at it this is a kick ass deal. I love Toshiba, in my opinion they make the best notebook computer in the business. I have owned a couple Toshiba Satellites over the years and they have impressed.

The screen is excellent > very vivid and with great color. Toshiba have some of the best displays for LCD technology LED, they are the makers. In fact they make some of the highest resolution screens for Smartphones too. The screen quality goes pretty far with me. I know all computers and notebooks are High def, so none will look bad. Toshiba just have screens down better than anyone overall on the computer side. Toshiba make an excellent television set as well. Can you tell I love Toshiba lol.

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was very excited to receive. loved the specs. love the laptop. only thing i have an issue with is the battery life could be a little better, and every once in a great while it takes too long to run certain programs. would absolutely recommend for the price

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right out of the box this computer had driver issues with the screen flickering, it beeps randomly once in a while also. The keyboard/touchpad feels cheap and there is a hardware defect in a lot of these, mine was refurbished but refurbished means "good as new" if you ask most people. 90 warranty? well support said the problems were driver issues that later software releases would take care of. not true. a large amount of people complain that while typing the mouse button "clicks" the insertion point to wherever it happens to be on random which makes writing emails impossible.

I've been an HP customer, purchasing 7 computers over 10 years and the last few purchases have convinced me that they are goin the way of dell and making crap and not admitting failure after.

Discount Dell Inspiron 17 i17RV-5909BLK 17.3-Inch Laptop (Black Matte

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Nice unit over all. Solid. Get it for 500 or less with the shipping included, or you've paid too much.

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I bought this computer because I am familiar with Dell. I thought the Windows 8 came with the laptop, however it does not. Its a large computer and its very clear. If your hands are oily the computer will leave residue. Over cool computer so far and wish it came in multiple colors.

Review of Hp Pavillion Dv6z Customized Laptop- QUAD CORE A8-3520m APU

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I bought this laptop about a year ago to replace my Xbox 360 and my old laptop. It is amazing! It can play all the games my friend's Alienware can but for half the price! I just finished Bioshock Infinite and the game ran smooth as butter! I'm thoroughly impressed. And it looks good too.

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