Toshiba Tecra S5

48 reviews

May, 2013

Positive
Battery (7)
Performance (6)
Design (5)
Touchpad (4)
Build quality (3)

Negative
Usability (3)
Resolution (1)
Sound (1)
Connectivity (1)

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alaTest has collected and analyzed 48 reviews from magazines and websites. Comments about the touchpad and design are overall positive. The performance and battery are also appreciated, whereas some have doubts about the resolution and sound. There are some mixed opinions about the portability.

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keyboard, usability, connectivity, sound, resolution

We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other Laptops the Toshiba Tecra S5 is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 92/100 = Excellent quality.

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Expert review by: Allen Ngo (notebookcheck.net)

Review Toshiba Satellite P845T-S4310 Notebook

Affordable Touchscreen. Throwing in a touch-enabled display on an otherwise standard notebook is becoming common due in part to the touch-focused nature of Windows 8. Is this inexpensive 14-inch touchscreen Satellite a blast to use? ...

Attractive aluminium case ; Good CPU performance ; Sensitive touchscreen ; Large touchpad ; Decent speakers ; HDD and RAM easily accessible

Lid sensitive to pressure ; Keyboard with soft touch and short travel ; Rather slow system performance ; Graphics performance reduced while running on battery ; Some ports not ideally placed for right-handers ; Glossy screen should be brighter for...

At $700, the P845T is one of the least expensive touch-enabled Windows 8 notebooks currently available

Mar, 2013

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Expert review by: Dan Ackerman (cnet.com)

Toshiba Satellite U845t

There's a reasonable chance you'll end up hearing about the Toshiba Satellite U845T on a semiregular basis from us. That's because, at $799 for a 14-inch laptop that's ultrabook-thin, with a touch screen, Intel Core i5 processor, and 128GB solid-state...

The Toshiba Satellite U845T is thin, with a decent brushed-aluminum body, a 128GB SSD, and better performance and battery life than the competition.

The keyboard has squeezed-down keys, a small spacebar, and some flex under heavy typing. The low screen resolution feels dated in a midsize laptop.

While it's not going to dazzle anyone, the Toshiba Satellite U845T is a great example of exactly how much laptop $799 should buy in 2013.

Apr, 2013

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Expert review by: (pcmag.com)

Toshiba Satellite C655D-S5130

The keyboard doesn't have the island-style keys of a chiclet keyboard, but creates a similar feel with specially molded keys. The C655D-S5130 also has a numeric pad that is shifted a quarter-inch down so that the numeric pad doesn't line up with the...

Low price. Good design. A 720p screen. DVD SuperMulti drive. Decent battery life

Weak processor. Dinky hard drive. Only two USB ports

The Toshiba Satellite C655D-S5130 laptop has all the limitations of a netbook, like weak processing power and few connectivity ports for peripherals, without the benefits of a netbook's portability and all-day battery life.

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Consumer review by: kwblack55 (cnet.com)

"Big Disappointment"

I was excited to see such positive reviews for this laptop on cnet, as I have been looking for an decently-priced windows ultrabook that anyone had anything nice to say about. Every article or review I had read previously urged that it if you could...

Nothing comes to mind. It seemed light?

Lemon out of the box. Immediate error messages, telling me to contact the manufacturer. Would not boot up.

May, 2013

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Consumer review by: (amazon.com)

Amazon review summary for the Toshiba Tecra S5

alaTest has collected and analyzed 29 user reviews of the Toshiba Tecra S5 from Amazon.com. The average user rating for this product is 3.0/5, compared to an average user rating of 4.0/5 for other products on Amazon.com.

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sound

52% of reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

May, 2013

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Consumer review by: gabeha (newegg.com)

Great Little Computer

I have only had it for a few days, will follow up with more information.

I was nervous about buying this computer because I was not able to find anything like it in the Toshiba line at any local shops so I really didn't have any idea what I was going to get. I knew I wanted a little bit larger ultra book style computer with...

It is a little thick, but at the price range I have not seen any other laptop any thinner

Apr, 2013

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Consumer review by: jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj (jr.com)

great with only only one flaw

lightning fast and great value for the money. I would highly recommend this machine. I hate windows 8 but that\'s not the computer\'s fault, I guess people do love it. The one flaw is the mousepad is off center so you constantly hit it with your right...

Easy To Set Up","Fast","Powerful

Difficult To Use

Apr, 2013

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Consumer review by: CraigK (beachcamera.com)

great laptop with a huge screen

great product! with an amazing screen.

Amazing Big Screen ; I Actually Like Windows 8 ; Very fast

Mar, 2013

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Consumer review by: CraigK (buydig.com)

great laptop with a huge screen

great product! with an amazing screen.

Amazing Big Screen ; I Actually Like Windows 8 ; Very fast

Mar, 2013

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Consumer review by: Optik (newegg.com)

Great Mid-Range Laptop

The Toshiba drivers were probably the biggest pain. After installing a new operating system I had to go through the literal pages of drivers that they had for this device in the Windows 7 x64 section of their site. Some of the drivers are redundant, so...

Does exactly what the description says it will do. Shipped to me in the predicted time frame ; Great design, love the brushed aluminum ; RAM is easy to get to and can be upgraded (I'll be upgrading it to 16GB soon) ; Playing all my games so far on...

Comes with UEFI turned on (BIOS Setting) and will need to be turned off if you want to install something other than Windows 8 on it. I listed this as a con simply because I wasn't expecting it and just added a bit more time to my setup, but I wanted to...

Jan, 2013

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