Toshiba Satellite C55-A5300 15.6" Laptop PC

Intel® Celeron® processor 1037U - Features a 2MB cache and 1.8GHz processor speed. 4GB DDR3 memory - For multitasking power, expandable to 16GB. Multiformat DVD±RW/CD-RW drive with double-layer support - Records up to 8.5GB of data or 4 hours of video using compatible DVD+R DL and DVD-R DL media; also supports DVD-RAM. 15.6" LED-backlit TFT high-definition widescreen display - With TruBrite technology, 1366 x 768 resolution and native support for 720p content delivers stunningly clear images. 500GB Serial ATA hard drive (5400 rpm) - Offers spacious storage and fast read/write times. Intel® HD graphics - Feature shared video memory for lush visuals with rich detail. An HDMI output enables flexible connectivity.

Built-in high-definition webcam with microphone - Makes it easy to video chat with family and friends. Multiformat media reader - Supports Secure Digital, Secure Digital High Capacity, SDXC, miniSD, microSD and MultiMediaCard formats. 3 high-speed USB 2.0 ports - For fast digital data transfer and easy peripheral connectivity. Built-in high-speed wireless LAN (802.11b/g/n) - Lets you connect to the Internet without wires. Built-in 10/100 Ethernet LAN - With RJ-45 connector for quick and easy wired Web connection. Weighs 5.4 lbs. and measures just 1.4" thin - For easy portability. A standard keyboard with 10-keypad allows comfortable typing and data entry. Trax Horizon finish in satin black. Microsoft Windows 8 64-bit operating system preinstalled - Provides a stable platform for word processing, Web navigation, gaming, media storage and more. Software package included - With Adobe Reader and more. Includes 1-month trial of Microsoft Office 365.

Price: $349.99

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Toshiba Qosmio X 875

As one of the few notebooks 17-inch we've seen since the launch of Windows 8, Toshiba Qosmio X 875 already stands out among all the slim and convertible ultrabooks we have discussed recently on that basis alone. Actually, goes a step more, jumping into truck hot hybrid hard drive, with a new 1 TB disk. $1,879 X 875 tells what Toshiba calls "the industry's first hybrid 1 TB of high capacity 2.5-inch hard drive," with a flash 8GB of cache memory. Toshiba says that the new album, which was developed in the company, reduces read/write times and application startup times. Other configurations range from $1,199 to $2.299.

You have used the 875 X for tasks of games and every day, is without a doubt, extremely fast, as you would expect of a laptop with an Intel Core i7 CPU and Nvidia GeForce high-end 670 M graphics card. This laptop also includes a 3D stereoscopic 3D platform Nvidia compatible display, as well as a pair of 3D glasses. But, after a first rinse of interest a couple of years ago, very little has been said from 3D portable (or TVs, for that matter) and games gaming or 3D Blu-ray video is a completely satisfying experience.

Instead of 3D, a feature that I wish had been included is a touch screen. We have everything to see a portable Windows 8 with high-end, level of player graphics and a touch screen, so far, has been one or the other. For the budget, current players 15-inch IdeaPad Lenovo Y500 offers decent PC for less than $900 (with a single GeForce 950M config), but as a step forward, Toshiba X 875 is one of the last portable some sturdy desktop replacement.

Price as reviewed the / partida price1.0TB 5400 rpm w / 8 GB SSD + 1.0 5 TB, 400rpmSystem weight / weight with AC adapter

Design and features
Qosmio laptops have always been a little on the side of extravagant appearance and this new model continues that tradition. Toshiba called the chassis design of his "style sophisticated black widow", and has an aluminum shell with texture of diamond with a Qosmio logo light-up at the top.

It is large, with 1.7-inch thickness and weighs 7.7 lbs (without AC adapter 2 lbs), but less than the huge portable games of yesteryear. However, as laptops in general have thinned in the era post-ultrabook, even a portable moderately thick like this looks and feels like a bit of a throwback. So many new consumer technology devices are moving towards (or already firmly planted in) a sense of aesthetic minimalism - this red and black box is almost the opposite of that, but at least is a bold statement.

Part of the fun of getting a portable giant is that there is plenty of room for a large keyboard, large touch screen and all kinds of additional control buttons. In this case, we got generous keyboard flattened Toshiba, a style that has not changed markedly in a couple of years, in addition to a full size separate numeric keypad. The experience of writing is excellent in general, but portable Toshiba have always had strangely short bars of space, which can interfere with your personal handwriting style.

They themselves are back-lit - it is red Toshiba, of course, and the function keys are reversed, which means that you don't have to hold down the Fn key to access the volume, brightness and other controls on the F1-F12 keys. The large keyboard is a ClickPad finalidad-estilo, without separate left and right buttons. This gives you more space for finger navigation, and the particular combination of a textured surface pad, along with Synaptics touch pad hardware and software, is one of the most sensitive Windows 8 touch pad experiences I have had to date.

This is especially important, as the 17.3-inch screen, running at 1, 920 x 1 080 pixels, isn't a touch screen. The majority of laptops Windows 8 that we have analyzed so far has had touch screens, even models available for less than $600, but so far, none of the handful of notebooks with discrete graphics gamer level have offered this feature. That is too bad, as Windows 8, especially in its view of tile-based user interface, is much easier to navigate with some strategic finger strokes directly on the screen.

The display full-HD is bright, colors pop, and it looks good even from off-axis views. As a 2D monitor, it is excellent for video and game playback. Using the included 3D glasses from Nvidia, photo, video and game content also looked good, but keep in mind using the glasses tends to darken the overall image and also reduces the resolution you actually see. Portable stereoscopic 3D has not caught, and X 875 offers examples of why.

The application of player Toshiba Blu-ray included, the default value to watch movies on Blu-ray 3D, is just so slow, clumsy and counterintuitive as the last time I tried it, about a year ago. And actually you can use mouse to navigate through the options menu (usually without label), you have to rely on the arrow keys and the Enter button. Compared with many sharp and functional applications that are incorporated or built for Windows 8, it is painful to use.

Games are always hit or miss, unless they are specifically coded with support for Nvidia 3D vision in mind (and even so, your mileage may vary). The new BioShock: Infinite, for example, looked terrible and ran slowly in 3D mode. Four speakers, connectors for headphones and microphone.Stereo speakers with subwoofer, jacks.2 headphone / microphone USB 3.0, 2 USB 2.0, SD card reader2 USB 3.0, 2 USB 2.0, SD reader of cards, eSATAEthernet, 802. 11n Wi-Fi, BluetoothEthernet, 802. 11n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth

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Toshiba Excite is 10 (16 GB)

Buying a tablet, when you realize that the pill already feels dated before never leaves the box, is a difficult proposal. History of Toshiba in tablets Android started at the high end with LE 10 excite, continued in a respectable middle end with the Toshiba Excite 10 and took another step to reduce costs with the Toshiba Excite 10. Unfortunately, the trimmed of features and build quality does not seem to be translating a lot of savings to you, the customer.

IF Excite 10 (or, as the Toshiba also calls, AT305SE) has a plastic body, replacing the aluminum one of Excite-10. It has a 3 Tegra processor, as well as its predecessor ... but we reviewed that Excite the middle of last year. The other internal specifications are largely the same, but the features have been removed: low-resolution cameras, has no HDMI port and a microSD card slot instead of SD

At about US $ 349, is more expensive than the Asus Smart Pad 10 MeMo, another similarly powered 3 Tegra tablet form. The MeMo Pad 10 has HDMI also. Also, as a matter of fact, this tablet is only currently updated to 4.1.1 Android, not for the latest version of Android, version 4.2, also known as jelly bean.

With Google i/o just around the corner and newer processors on the horizon, this 10-inch tablet just doesn't feel as the wisest investment of Android. Is old news and has cut many corners. It works ... just not as well as the competition.

Project
In 1.4 pounds, the Excite 10 feels around the same weight as the Asus Smart Pad 10 MeMo, or the Retina Display iPad 9.7 inches. Toshiba Excite 10 LE was a thin metal, sexy. The 10 of excite once was thicker, but still. The 10 IF is another step down the ladder of budget: it's all-plastic dress. A rosy-Silver "Fusion"-plastic copper finish the edges and back textured point rather than aluminum, and there are shiny plastic on the front instead of Gorilla Glass. Gives a feeling much more budget-tablet laptop.

I did, however, as the smallest footprint of Excite-10, at least compared to the thinner, more Asus Smart Pad 10 MeMo. It is thicker (0.4 inches), but it looks like it will slip a little more easily in a small bag. The slightly reduced frame make the most sense.

It's hard to wax poetic about this project very Excite 10. is functional, but it is decidedly less sexy than the earlier, more high-complete tablet Toshiba deals.

Hardware
IF Excite 10 comes with a 1.6 GHz Nvidia Tegra 3 processor, 1 GB of RAM and 16 GB onboard storage only. Has a Micro USB 2.0 port that acts as the load connector and a microSD card slot. The tablet has Bluetooth 3.0 and WiFi connectivity 802.11 b/g/n, GPS, a gyro, an accelerometer, ambient light sensor and a digital compass.

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Toshiba LX835-D3380 - Core i7 3630QM 2.4 GHz : LED 23"

Toshiba is best known for its laptops, but after entering the U.S. desktop market in 2011, the company has put out straightforward, attractive all-in-one PCs at a steady cadence. The $1,399 LX835-D3380 is no exception, offering a safe, fast, and slightly more expensive entry point to Windows 8.

The difficulty for Toshiba, and for every all-in-one in this price range, is the Dell XPS One 27, the $1,399 version of which has slower components than the Toshiba and no touch capability, but comes with a 27-inch, 2,560x1,440-pixel-resolution display. The Toshiba's 23-inch, 1,920x1,080-pixel screen can't compete. That makes the LX835-D3380 most appropriate for those who value speed and who are interested in the Windows 8 touch-screen experience.

The Toshiba's plastic case won't win any manufacturing awards, but there's something to be said for the way its curvy gunmetal bezel hugs the lower corners of the display and swoops around the bottom edge. Unlike other Windows 8 all-in-ones, the LX835-D3380 doesn't have extended screen-reclining capabilities, but you should find brief touch interactions, while either sitting or standing, comfortable enough.

For the touch screen itself, the LX835 doesn't really stand out. It has reasonably sensitive, 10-point touch input, but as with its competition, you still get some tactile resistance that can make for a jittery experience when you're playing games or engaging with other apps that require extended input. The cost of making a large desktop touch screen as smooth as that found on a good smartphone or tablet might be prohibitive, but until that happens, PC-based touch will always feel a bit subpar.

23-inch, 1,920x1,080-pixel touch screen24-inch, 1,920x1,080-pixel touch screen23-inch, 1,920x1,080-pixel touch screenGigabit Ethernet, 802.11b/g/n wirelessGigabit Ethernet, 802.11b/g/n wirelessGigabit Ethernet, 802.11b/g/n wireless

Pricing for Windows 8 PCs has been higher than for their Windows 7 equivalents, so you're right to feel some sticker shock at the figures for each of these systems, most of which would have landed at around $1,000 or so with the equivalent components last year. The Toshiba comes in higher than the Vizio and Asus systems here, largely due to its Core i7 CPU and its dedicated GeForce GT 630M graphics chip with 2GB of video memory. Toshiba was also more ambitious with its hard-drive capacity and the speed of its system memory. If the Toshiba seems expensive even compared with the rest of the Windows 8 field, its higher-end components help justify its price.

If you're not interested in a touch screen, I'll point you toward HP's configurable Envy 23xt line of all-in-ones. I configured a nontouch version that was otherwise identical to the Toshiba system. Toshiba itself offers a Windows 7 version of this PC, the LX835-D3250, which has a slightly slower Core i7 chip than the D3380, but twice the system memory for the same $1,399 price.

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