Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #400 in Personal Computers
- Color: Ice Blue Brushed Aluminum
- Brand: Toshiba
- Model: PSKFUU-001003
- Released on: 2012-10-26
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 1.31" h x
14.96" w x
9.53" l,
5.50 pounds
- CPU: 8032 3.4 GHz
- Memory: 8GB DDR3 SDRAM
- Hard Disk: 750GB
- Processors: 4
- Display size: 15.6
Features
- Intel Core i7 3630QM 2.40 GHz, up to 3.40 GHz
- 8 GB DDR3
- 750 GB 5400 rpm Hard Drive
- 15.6-Inch Screen, Mobile Intel® HD graphics with shared graphics memory
- Windows 8
Toshiba Satellite S855-S5378 15.6-Inch Laptop (Ice Blue Brushed Aluminum)
Product Description
Toshiba Satellite S855-S5378
Customer Reviews
Most helpful customer reviews
23 of 23 people found the following review helpful.
Fantastic system, particularly for the price
By Krystal O'Connor
Usually I go with Asus for PC laptops. I'm replacing my MacBook Pro (I just don't need a Mac) and had two major requirements... an i7 Intel processor and 8G of RAM minimum. This system matched those easily.There is a similar version of this laptop that has a Blue Ray burner instead of the DVD-RW, a much better graphics card (with 2G onboard RAM...), and an SSD boot drive with a 5400RPM regular drive (instead of just the 5400 regular drive). It was a little over $900. None of these were things I absolutely needed so I opted for the savings.I have one qualm which docked it a star. The colors on the monitor are a bit muted. Its brightness, clarity, and so forth are all great, but the contrasts aren't as good. Then again, I am almost always hooked up to a dual monitor (which I haven't tested yet) instead of using the laptop monitor so I don't care quite as much, and movies still look fine, but don't expect the screen to be something fabulous.The one thing that almost kept me from buying the system was its form factor. I was afraid from the pictures that it was going to be bulky and ugly. I have been pleasantly surprised, it is sleek. The weight is very well balanced, the keyboard is very comfy (and full size), the touch pad is well placed (I'm not having any palm problems).In so far as speed, absolutely no problems there at all.I really like this system, and am looking forward to a good long run with it.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful.
Re: Bad info on product details
By Rob P
The other reviewer was upset that the specifications "did not match" the computer. As for speed, the processor runs "normally" at 2.4 GHz with turbo boost of speeds up to 3.4 GHz. I agree that the speed may be misleading, but it's important to note that with mobile processors, the speed difference is employed to help prolong battery life and only deliver the 3.4 GHz performance when absolutely needed.As for the hard drive only being reported as 688 GB when it is supposed to be 750 GB, there are 2 things probably affecting this- First, there is probably a hidden recovery partition and Windows won't report that as part of the drive. Second, Windows reports drives using powers of 1024 whereas drive manufacturers us powers of 1000 to report drive size. As an example, my computer has a 750 GB drive, but Windows only reports it as 654 GB. The recovery partition is using 29 GB and the remainder is accounted for by the "math error" that is manifested by the 2 different methods of calculating drive size. If you do a search for why the difference in reported hard drive sizes, you will find many articles that will explain this more clearly.
9 of 11 people found the following review helpful.Very pleased
By Ineeddadis
This is my first Toshiba computer, and I love it. Fast attractive and fairly priced. I also love Windows 8, it is well designed and practical. The keyboard and mouse are very nice and the picture is beautiful. A great purchase at a very reasonable price. The brushed aluminum finish resists finger prints and cleans up like new.
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