Toshiba recommends Windows 8.
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POSTED BY:
Unhappy camper
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Indianapolis IN
Overall rating: 
3.0 out of 5
"I bought a Satellite S855-S5369 as an emergency replacement for a 4+ year old Vaio that would not install Turbo-Tax. I was initially impressed with the Satellite's speed, both in loading programs and in booting. After two weeks I began to get low memory warnings (this is allegedly a 6gb memory machine), and then not just warnings, but extremely erratic behavior and unexpected freezing or shutdown. Starting Task Manager and adding up the actual memory being used by each program running, and dividing that by the percentage of memory shown to be in use, showed that only 25% of memory was being accessed. However, after two days of this behavior (during which I was on the road and could not refer to any repair facility), the problem seems to have resolved itself. I have little confidence that it will not return. The keyboard rattles when I type, especially at the right end. This makes me fear that vibration is going to have a deleterious effect on the machine sooner or later. The computer also flexes distressingly when I handle it, such as when picking it up by one end to move it from desk to carrying case. I am not at all pleased with Windows 8. It is a lot harder to navigate in Windows Explorer that Vista was, and some functions available in Vista (such as the ability to move images around in a folder to compose a slide show) cannot be accomplished in W8 - when you try to drag a file to a different place in the folder, it does not budge. The only way to move it is to rename it and let the indexer place it in a new location - VERY cumbersome, not at all convenient. So far I am not impressed by either the hardware nor the software I was forced to move to."
POSTED BY:
Maverick
,
Enterprise, AL.
Overall rating: 
5.0 out of 5
"I am really enjoying this laptop. I did have a HP that had problems after just a few months. Finally got rid of it after it developed " thermal heat" issues. These started after it went out of warrant by 6 months. Think we will stick with Toshiba. My wife's laptop is a Toshiba and is right at 6 years old and still running well."
POSTED BY:
ITuser
,
tampa, fl
Overall rating: 
4.0 out of 5
"Backlit keys would be a major plus and a larger hard drive."
POSTED BY:
B J
,
Mentone CA
Overall rating: 5.0 out of 5
"I enjoying my new laptop. It is easy to use and has a great screen life"
POSTED BY:
wolfelaire
,
Lake Charles, LA
Overall rating: 4.0 out of 5
"This is a great laptop."
POSTED BY:
Elaine
,
Dunedin, FL
Overall rating: 
1.0 out of 5
"I gave my new Toshiba Laptop to my grandson who needed it for college. I hate Windows 8! You need to complain to Microsoft and explain to them they are turning those of us with money to spend into "Apple" consumers!!!"
POSTED BY:
George
,
Wethersfield Connecticut
Overall rating: 4.0 out of 5
"I love this laptop. Just a couple of things are annoying. The keyboard directional keys and delete key could be better positioned or larger. I use them a lot and often miss the key, hitting one adjacent to it, like the "0" key or the "home" key. Also, I use the scroll bars often. They could be wider and there should be some way to turn off the pesky pop-ups that display when moving the cursor to the edge of the screen."
POSTED BY:
arasan
,
Chula Vista
Overall rating: 4.0 out of 5
"I do have some issues with the internet "freezing". I am still trying to see if it is my connection or this laptop. Other in the house do not have this problem."
POSTED BY:
hennymaster
Overall rating: 4.0 out of 5
"Everything is cool except the short battery life...I liked the design and the performance of the laptop. The one thing that is interesting is that the laptop is light weight somehow,I mean like I had another old Toshiba satellite laptop and it's kind heavy but this one is not. Windows 8 is the most boring feature I discovered but I was happy the moment I found out that I was able to bring the start menu back. The Corei5 processor is fast. The other flow is that the sound quality is not premium and the volume is very low(@100volume I can't hear as I thought I would. Generally the laptop is nice and I recommend it to anyone who is interested in budget laptop with premium features."
POSTED BY:
Ray
Overall rating: 3.0 out of 5
"The keyboard isn't the easiest to use primarily because the keys take a lot of pressure to use. Further this computer has a design flaw seen in many laptops, notably that the keyboard and mouse pad do not consistently function at the same time. Windows 8 does not appear to be of any improvement. Lastly, I was anticipating that it would be a substantial improvement, performance wise, on my previous laptop based off of the specs, in reality it is probably just a little bit slower."
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