Toshiba Satellite C55T-A5247 15.6-Inch Deals

By Kristen W. - (CA)

This review is from: Toshiba Satellite C55T-A5247 15.6-Inch Touchscreen Laptop (Satin Black in Trax Horizon) (Personal Computers)

I love this Toshiba Satellite computer. This is the second Toshiba Satellite I have owned in the past five years. I've had this computer now for over two weeks now and I getting settled in to windows 8 just fine with no issues. If you have use a Amazon Kindle or an iPad you will be able to adjust to Windows 8 with little issues using the computers touchscreen. I highly suggest a touch screen with Windows 8 as it was designed for it and it makes it very easy to use and navigate. I play downloadable games apps with no issues that use the touch screen for the controls. The one issue I have is I'm not used to the smaller keyboard with the number pad as I constantly hit the wrong keys when I type but I will get used to it. Other then that, For a cheap low end computer with a Intel Core i3 2.3 GHz, touch screen and Windows 8 I'm very pleased and I'm very glad I did not go with a cheaper non touchscreen computer as I had, I would have been very disappointed.

 By Nadia -(UK)
This review is from: Toshiba Satellite C55T-A5247 15.6-Inch Touchscreen Laptop (Satin Black in Trax Horizon) (Personal Computers)
I got the laptop as I'm doing my degree online and it's very good so far...After reading the negative reviews about windows 8 i was a bit skeptical but I must say the touch screen has made it very manageable. The only hang up I had was the lack of a start button, which anyone would find weird since start buttons have alwayssssss been present. However, i just downloaded a start button and all is well.

Overall Great Purchase.

By kansaiman - (CA)

This review is from: Toshiba Satellite C55T-A5247 15.6-Inch Touchscreen Laptop (Satin Black in Trax Horizon) (Personal Computers)

For the price, this laptop is more than decent if you are like me who bought this to surf the web, use Office suites and for some other light uses.

Pros:

1. Nice screen size for streaming video

2. Touchscreen is very responsive even with a screen protector

3. Good value

Cons: (more like nitpicking)

1. This came with a 10-key on the right. Because of this, the keyboard is not centered. You need to get used to it.

2. 15.6" (bigger screen size) means more weight. This won't be a good companion for your trip, especially air travel.

3. You may want to buy a screen protector if you don't like seeing finger prints all over the screen. The local retailers (e.g. BestBuy, Walmart, etc) don't carry protectors of this size and only way to buy is through internet.

4. Steep learning curve with Windows 8.

Some reviews are negative on the audio quality of the laptop. Once again, if you are casual video streamer, this laptop offers good enough audio. Maybe I was just lucky?