Toshiba Satellite L855-S5138NR 15.6-Inch Laptop (Fusion Finish in Mercury Silver)

It was bought this to replace my old laptop when it died suddenly. Overall I am pleased with the laptop. It boots extremely quickly and is average weight for a computer of its size. The screen is bright and a nice size. I had to turn the screen brightness down to about 75% before I was comfortable viewing the screen for extended periods. I work with numbers making the full numeric keypad a selling point; however, the entire keyboard has gaps between each key which will take some getting used to. I thought the offset touchpad would be awkward, but you don't really notice because it is centered on the alphanumeric keyboard.

There's no dedicated external volume control. You can use control+F9 or F10 or the on screen volume bar. Windows 8 takes some getting used to, but is not as bad as some reviews that I had read.

Only other complaint is that Toshiba did not include any recovery CDs which they used to do. When you initially set up your computer it asks if you'd like to create DVD or USB recovery materials. You do not have to create them at start up, but it is recommended.

I ordered a Toshiba Satellite laptop, and paid for overnight delivery. It showed up days later -and no one contacted me from Amazon to say it would be late.

Then, when it came, it was damaged. They wouldn't overnight it for Saturday delivery, and said it would show up on Monday. It didn't. You would think that when you already get a damaged item, Amazon would take care to ensure you're a happy customer. But, no such luck. I guess this happens when you get so big. I am not sure I'd trust them with that level of a purchase again.

(The laptop seems to be decent, by the way. Still checking it out.)

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Battery life is not good

Keyboard is difficult and awkward to type on

Windows 8 is NOT user friendly (not the fault of the laptop though)

I would definitely not recommend this laptop

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Toshiba's are cheaper because they manufacture their own hard drives and LCD's and pass the vertically integrated savings to their owners.

Whether by design or consequence, it is harder to find a more OSX and LINUX ready laptop,

If you hate Windows 8 more than blood porno, it is just horny for Windows Servers and other Windows all the way back to Vista.

Jack up the RAM to the max and you'll launch Hypver-V or VMware guests easier than monkey's flinging poop.

I've personally installed 2012 Datacenter edition with every single service and role enabled while launching six simultaneous 64-bit LINUX and Windows VM's without crashing or lag.

The wide high res screen makes it a practical iMax for your porn..... I'm gonna stop on that note because it can only get awkward from here.

Keep shopping and comparing, and you won't find a comparably priced system unless it was carjacked or a refurb. Bet me money on that, I'll win everytime even the day after Thanksgiving, ... you wanker.

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