Toshiba - Satellite 14" Touch-Screen Laptop - Intel Core i5 - 6GB Memory - 750GB Hard Drive - Smart Silver

the free downloads expired before Xmas and it was a Christmas gift so we missed out on the free downloads. That does not seem quite fair don't you think?

Still have this laptop to date very durable and functional for day to day activities

Great value for its price ! This computer has a nice processor, the memory can be upgraded to 16 Gb and it works great !

I own this computer for a month and not had a problem out of it. When I purchase this computer, I also purchase a Samsung 840 EVO 250gb SSD Drive and 8gb to upgrade this computer It had 6gb from the factory, I remove the 2gb stick and install the 8gb for a total of 12gb. Now boot time is 3 seconds. And all the programs opens in a flash. And the HD screen is a real bonus, really excellent picture when streaming Netflix or watching Youtube. For the money you really can't go wrong when you buy this computer.

Toshiba has been my go-to brand for a few years now. This notebook, once again, doesn't disappoint. There is a lot to talk about here so I'll try to limit to the more relevant bits. Pros: -Beautiful screen. This is the first time I've used an HD display on a laptop and I'll never go back. The colors tend to be very vivid and bright. -Backlit keyboard. Another first for me and it's amazing how quickly you begin to rely on it. -Battery. Again, I could just be showing my age because I know all notebooks have shown improvements. But my last notebook only lasted about 2 hours doing simple tasks. This one gets about that much playing games and even more doing web browsing or word processing. -Touchscreen. I got the touchscreen version of this notebook because it was on sale. It wasn't so much of a selling point for me, but it turned out to be super useful. Many times, even with a mouse, it's much easier to just tap the icons/items on the screen. Cons: -Screen brightness/glare. Two problems here. I hope to eliminate the glare by getting an anti-glare screen protector. I just wish it wasn't necessary (and I hope it doesn't wash out the pretty crisp HD-ness...). Couple the glare with the fact that the screen just doesn't get very bright and it can be difficult (sometimes impossible) to do certain activities in bright room. -Screen dimming. This may just be me, but I swear the screen dims and brightens based on what is being displayed. I read this might be an adaptive contrast feature but I can't figure out how to turn it off. It makes it really annoying if, for example, you're playing a game and you go into a cave. Suddenly, the screen dims just a bit. Now I'm fighting a dimming screen on an already dim screen with glare. -Wild Tangent Games. This abomination came with the laptop. Normally I don't mention software since you can just uninstall it if you don't want it. However, WT Games was so deep into the computer, I actually had to edit the registry to get rid of the shortcuts on the Start menu. Simply uninstalling didn't work. A few extra notes: If you are afraid of Windows 8.1, then stay away, obviously. I really liked Win8.1 (I manually installed it on my last laptop) and it's even nicer on a touchscreen. I can play World of Warcraft and a few other games. You won't get Ultra settings out of this laptop, but it will survive quite nicely on low-medium settings (maybe a few settings higher if you like tweaking).

Nice laptop, easy to use except when it came to Windows 8. We generate a lot of documents and use e-mails extensively. It is wonderfully quick on both accounts, lots of storage. Also, easy to haul around because it is so much lighter than our last laptop.

I'd been looking for a reasonably light and modestly priced 14" laptop with HDMI output. Browsing at Best Buy this fit the bill. When it went on sale I snapped one up. The machine is good looking, light and compact. The power supply is tiny, which is great - some light laptops have boat anchor power supplies. The screen is clear and sharp. Keyboard has a nice feel, with a decent keystroke travel. Battery life seems to be up to the advertised 7 1/2 hours. The USB 2.0 port, in addition to the two 3.0 ports, is more useful than I had imagined it would be. Nice big hard drive. Starts up in about 15 seconds, which is by far the fastest I've ever had a Windows computer start. Windows 8 took a little getting used to, but all was well after I installed Classic Shell and got an XP-like interface going. Set up a command prompt to my liking, installed my Fortran compiler, and I'm in business. Best Buy's deal of bundling webroot anti-virus was a big plus. It has good reviews and is very unobtrusive. I was able to nuke the Toshiba-supplied Norton stuff before it had a chance to annoy me. The only negative is the touchpad. The rough surface was making me think I made a mistake. I was able to fix that by cutting a piece of screen protector to size and sticking it on. The pad now has a smooth surface and works really well. I enjoy the gestures, especially the two finger scroll. I took one star off my rating because it did aggravate me until I figured out the fix. Overall, I'm very happy with this laptop.

I reviewed almost every laptop at two best buys and other competing stores. I believe it's important to touch and feel for yourself a laptop. For the price, this is one of the best values, the unit has all of the latest features, above average components and is above average in perceived quality. I immediately went out and replace the hard disk with a Toshiba SSD (for a very reasonable price) and the unit is now comparable to other laptops costing maybe 500-700 more in price. To me a high resolution screen is important for crisp text and graphics (at least Full HD) is very important especially on a screen that is 15plus inches. I would have liked to have seen this same laptop in 15.6 screen size with the Full HD (1920x1080) screen. However, I am quite happy with the 14 inch screen. Battery life and form factor are quite nice (relatively thin and light and runs cool). I was getting tired of purchasing so called business class laptops over the past 8 years (at nearly $2000 average price) only to find that they barely last 3 years of light use - including very well known brands/names. With this unit I could buy 2 or 3 for the price of a single so called business class laptop. Good job Toshiba!