Toshiba Satellite L655D-S5164 15.6-Inch LED Laptop (Grey) -

It’s a short story how I landed on buying this laptop at a local retail store. I was looking for something below $1000 and a 15″ size and good performance and this was it. This was the first time I ever used a personal laptop or computer at home with AMD processor and I should say I loved it. First I was at the retail store and picked up another brand with I5 processor. It has more memory and more hard drive space than this laptop. Took it home and playing some high performance pc games and some streaming apps and noticed that the I5 really was bad. The graphics was slow, the performance was bad. So I went back to the store and tried other similar I5 laptops with other manufacturers and same bad result. Finally I thought I’ll pick this one ( as it’s quad core) and ran the same games in the store (thanks to my mobile hotspot ..;-) ) and the performance was simply superior for almost the same $$$. I was really impressed even with 1/2 the memory of other laptops how it handled the same games and programs. Well, I was sold!!! I’ve been using this for couple months now. Great performance, no heat issues, fantastic display, nice looks.
I feel really sad now, as amazon now sells it for less than $600! I paid over $750 + tax for this! Although definitely worth that money. Less than $600 is fantastic price!
Only complain I have is that sometimes when I type my palm accidently hits the touchpad and puts the cursor elsewhere or puts in scrolling mode. I think , then I learnt to position my hands differently. The issue is because the touchpad is fairly large and its possible you’ll touch it accidently when your typing.
Overall great product. Kudos for AMD too!

Help other customers find the most helpful reviews 

Was this review helpful to you? 

|

 Comments (2)

By 

Discover “gthomaspa” (Murrysville, PA, US) –

  

Bought the new Toshiba 655D-S5164 to replace an older Dell that had “issues” not worth spending the $ to repair. The new Toshiba works quite well, is incredibly faster with many more features than my old laptop. I’m still getting used to this new laptop and don’t use it as much as my PC but have been getting acclimated to the newness and available features/functions of my Toshiba. Toshiba came recommended from a computer “person” who tells me that of all the computers that he works on, he has virtually seen no problems with the Toshiba brand. I’m glad I purchased this laptop.

Help other customers find the most helpful reviews 

Was this review helpful to you? 

|

 Comment (1)

I just recieved this laptop and have been so impressed with it over the last few days just had to write a review about it. To put it simply here are the benifits: Very very well priced when i bought it at $549.00. Super fast. It runs at about what you would expect from a $1,200 laptop. LED screen looks vibrant and amazing so far. If this had blu ray it would be the perfect laptop but i guess it can be added down the road and for $550.00 i wont complain.

All in all great purchase and i am very impressed with the whole Toshiba line. Quality, long-lasting excellence. Sick computer!!!

Help other customers find the most helpful reviews 

Was this review helpful to you? 

|

 Comment