Toshiba Satellite C855 review

"For the most part I am happy with this computer. I play Pogo alot and it uses Java for the games. This computer reported alot of Java errors, so I updated Java. When I did that the games would not display right. (Too big for the game window.) So I restored the computer back to day one and it still does the Java errors. So I just don't know what to think. Maybe I'm just not understanding something. Love the computer anyway."

With the Satellite® C855 you‘ll get our attractive Trax Texture finish in Black Satin. And it does more than just look great; its raised-texture pattern is less prone to ugly fingerprint marks, too. Why feel cramped when typing or crunching numbers? With the Toshiba laptop battery, you don‘t have to thanks to the full-size keyboard and 10-key numeric pad. It offers a huge hard drive, strong graphics capabilities, plus an Intel® processor to help you power through budgeting and school assignments, catch up on work and take advantage of today‘s popular apps to do all the things you want.

• Intel® Pentium® B980 2.4GHz 2MB L3 Cache Processor


• 6GB DDR3 1333MHz Memory, Expandable to 8GB


• 640GB 5400RPM Serial ATA Hard Disk


• 15.6” diagonal HD widescreen TruBrite® TFT LED-backlit display (1366 x 768)


• Windows 8

This Toshiba C855-S5350 15.6" laptop is a great fit when you want the basics from your computer. Toshiba laptop battery comes preinstalled with Windows 8, so you can take advantage of Microsoft's latest operating system. With a 15.6-inch screen, this laptop lets you watch your favorite movies in dazzling HD or play an online game with your friends. 

The programs run fine, and the computer is fairly fast. But I returned the laptop because it was poorly put together. Within one week of purchase, the touchpad stopped working. Even the technical support team at Staples couldn't repair the problem. (Pushing the function keys did nothing). So I exchanged the Toshiba laptop battery for the same model, thinking I had a defective computer. Four days later, the keypad on the new laptop was warped and the keys loose. In addition, the mouse would occasionally freeze. I researched reviews for this laptop on other websites, and several other customers had the same complaint about the mouse and the poor quality of the assemblage. Again, the programming works great accept for the pointer device. It's the assemblage that's poor. I recommend investing in a different brand.

Keyboard and Trackpad

The Toshiba Satellite C855 is a solid-if-unimaginative Toshiba laptop battery in most respects. Reinforced in the right parts and with a grease-resistant design, it's fairly easy to live with. However, the keyboard is disappointing. 

The trackpad is much less problematic. Both the pad and the keys use a high-friction embossed texture that's fairly comfortable to run a finger across, and the two mouse buttons are completely separate, and large. There's a bit of see-saw action to the buttons, but we didn't find it an irritation. They keypad is to the left a little on the handrest to help you avoid brushing past it accidentally, another sign that practicality has been valued over aesthetics.

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Review:Toshiba laptop libretto

The Libretto is a line of subnotebook computers designed and produced by Toshiba laptop battery

. The line was distinguished by its combination of functionality and small size, squeezing a full Windows PC into a device the size of a Paperback book. The first Libretto model, the Libretto 20, was released on April 17, 1996 (in Japan only), with a volume of 821 cmł and weighing just 840 g, making it by far, the worlds smallest commercially available Windows PC at the time, and a trend the Libretto Range continued for many years. The original Libretto line was discontinued in Europe and the U.S. in 1999, but the production continued in Japan with the SS, FF and then the L series until 2002. The first L series Libretto (The L1) was released on the 18th May 2001 (in Japan only) and the last (The L5) just 11 Months later on the 24th April 2002. Production of all Librettos ceased from 2002 until the release of the Libretto U100 in 2005.

There have been many different models. The first Libretto models, the L20 & L30 used 486 processors from Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and were only available in Japan (Although the L30 was also assembled and Marketed in South Korea under the Comos Brand name). Beginning with the Libretto 50, Toshiba laptop battery

used the Intel Pentium and later Pentium MMX processors. With the introduction of the L series in 2001, a move was made to the Transmeta Crusoe processor. The U100 of 2005 saw a return to Intel with the use of the Pentium M processor.

I first saw a Toshiba laptop battery

Libretto 20 in August of 1996, and knew I had to have one to replace my aging Toshiba laptop battery

T4600 laptop. At that time Toshbia did not offer the Libretto in the US market. In the spring of 1997, T-Zone opened a store in Sunnyvale, and offered the Japanese Libretto 50 for sale.

Barely larger than a VHS tape, and weighing less than 2 pounds, the Libretto 50 has:

Pentium 75

16M of EDO DRAM (expandable to 32M)

810M hard disk

6.1 inch active matrix color LCD (640x480, up to 16 million colors)

SoundBlaster Pro compatible 16 bit stereo sound (output only)

one PCMCIA slot

Toshiba laptop battery

Corporation today announced the introduction of the world's first mini-notebook personal computer to combine super-small dimensions and light weight with the power and capabilities of a fully-featured design running Windows 95 and its application software. The new notebook PC, Libretto 20, is available from today, in the Japanese market only.

Libretto 20, is only 210mm x 115mm x 34mm and weighs in as a super- featherweight at approximately 840g, yet it incorporates a 65,536 color 6.1-inch TFT color LCD, an 88-key keyboard, a newly designed pointing device, a high-capacity lithium-ion secondary battery and super-thin hard disk drive. Microsoft Windows 95 is pre-installed, giving users access to the vast MS-DOS and Windows libraries of application software. Key business application software, including Microsoft Works for Windows 95 and Lotus Organizer R2.1J, is also pre-installed.

1. The Libretto 20 was about one-third the size of an A4 page (210 x 115 x 34 mm) and weighed about 840 grams thanks to the inclusion of high-performance LSI chips and an ultra-slim hard drive. This made the Libretto 20 the world’s smallest and lightest computer running Microsoft Windows 95.

2. The Toshiba laptop battery offered the same operating environment as a standard notebook with a new pointing device (the Aqu Point stick) and an 88-key keyboard (with a 13 mm key pitch) that was functionally compatible with the OADG DOS/V 106-key keyboard, the standard on DOS/V computers.

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