Toshiba Satellite S55-B5289 15.6" Laptop Intel Core i7-4710HQ 8GB DDR3L 1TB HDD AC Wireless

Fantastic Laptop! Just change the HDD with SSD drive and upgrade to Windows 10 and download all updates from Microsoft Update and voila!!! Supper fast machine at reasonable price. SSD Drive increased productivity with 400%!!!

Got this and it took a while to boot up and after updating it was still slow. It took a while to charge on original Toshiba charger. Color was off on some of the red shades as well. We ended up going back to dell.

Fast and capable. If you need more you are above my pay grade.

FINAL UPDATE: Ok, I was lucky that I created a restore point before the 80% charging mode problem. So I went back to 100% charging and had to reinstall a few programs. Overall I really am very happy with this laptop. It is fast, you can install a Windows 7 classic look. As it is not a touchscreen, and I hate Windows 8 as well, Google "Classic Shell" and you are all set. Hard drive is 1TB, I guess I will fill it one day.Really do not miss the DVD drive, most programs are downloads, and Netflix is better than DVDs so it is really thin and lightweight.Aside from the 80% charging problem, the battery is held in by two screws, not sure how I feel about that, not sure it matters except for long flights when I used to carry two batteries. Don't think the TSA allows screwdrivers on flights, but the battery does last a long time 3 hours depending what you are doing.-------------------------------------------------------Update - lowered to one star. if you select "eco mode" you caN NO LONGER CHARGE YOUR BATTERY TO 100% - EVERGoogle "80% not charging" it is not just a Toshiba thing !!! This is crazy. How many hours am I wasting on this. Even with Google, and everyone having problems I have not been able to solve the problem. Only have a 15 day return period so this weekend and Monday will tell if I keep it or send it back.As all laptops seam to suffer from this 80% deal I am guessing the stories that modern batteries do not have a memory effect is what I thought all along. I use the Sanyo now Panasonic eneloop AA rechargeables and ALWAYS discharge after they drop to 1.2 volts using a smart charger, discharge then charge. I have my first ones still showing 1800-1900 mAh from 2007. I understand keeping your laptop on AC power 90% of the time will kill a battery. I think the 80% eco option should be EASY to use. Not a once on never off thing. Hope an update comes out soon for those long days with no AC I want to charge to 100% the night before.If anyone from Toshiba reads this how about a way to turn charging off for long days on charger, and back on again when I need it, or I guess I can unscrew the two screws holding the battery. Turning off charging in software makes sense - but I need to charge to 100% once in a while.When Toshiba updates this problem I will change my rating of what I on day four think is a great laptop.Ok, only one day so I will revise this review, so follow it.Pros: great i7-4710 processorgood screen - not touchbattery is held in by two screws - weird but at least I can one day change the battery very easylooks like 4.5 hours or more on battery GREAThas bluetooth and paired easy with my headset (HP did not have bluetooth, really)It boots quickly and shuts down fast.Win 8.1 runs DosBox, so all my DOS programs are running fine.My early windows programs are running, have not tried my American Heritage Dictionary which stopped working with Win 7and who cares if I spell things right or wrong. (Hope it will work, doubt it will install)Bid PLUS, battery life is excellent - if running from 100% - NEVER USE "ECO" MODE you lose 20% of you batteryNo DVD drive - might be a plus or minus - it saves power, and DVD drives are not used as much anymoreI do have a USB DVD drive, was how I found out about the bios changes need to boot from it. The DVD drive is seen without BIOS changes, and does play DVDs and I will test read and write some ore. I rather have longer battery life, so for me it is a PRO.Cons: To boot from USB you have to change BIOS settings, which will not see the hard drive when you reboot, scared meyou CAN see the drive after booting from USB, I did not check if I can write or read to it. Just wanted a clean backup which I think I gotwill post more info as time goes onHARD DRIVE SPEED IS ABOUT THE SAME AS MY DESKTOP WITH SATA 2 CONTROLLER AND HARD DRIVEBased on DiskMarkx64 benchmark software, am starting to look at SSD drive, as my desktop with an SSD is 4 X faster, benchmarkedand you can SEE the difference. I do not know what controller is used in this laptop or which hard drive, but it is almosttwice as fast as the Acer 3.5 yr old laptop that died and it replaced, still I expected better scores as the sata 3 with sata 3 hard 7200 rpmsare a little over twice as fast - wish I knew what laptop drives would be faster..- minor problem most laptops have slow hard driveskeyboard is not backlit, this is not really a problem, except the function keys are horrible. The markings are NOT visible in mostlighting.even direct lighting, really small. I will use a Brother P-touch to put a label just above them, that's how bad they are.The Brother P-touch labels are great, used white print on black - fixes that minor problem.Warning, in the bios you can choose function of function keys. The way it comes hit F5 and you turn off your mouse pad. Just remember the function keys work by hitting FN and then the key, which I forgot and had to Google the non-problem.So, with the pros and cons I still rate it as 5 stars. I paid $599.99 at MicroCenter and at that price it is a five star computer. Maybe one day I will see about an SSD drive, the price is really dropping on them.Should mention I choose this over the HP Envy 55T as this was priced better and had bluetoothStay tuned for updates - I really like this laptop, so remember my one star is only for the crazy battery lock

I would be in love with this laptop if the graphics weren't so slow and it caused the laptop to heat up like crazy when just playing Sims 3. Disappointed in that, also it has problems staying connected to wifi, unlike my husband's Sony Vaio which never has problems. Makes me wish now I'd spent the extra $150.00 and gone with the Vaio.

This is a very thin (at least to me coming from an old Dell D620) and light laptop. It seems stable, but I'm disappointed I cannot downgrade to Windows 7 pro as many of the drivers on this laptop are not available in Windows 7. If you don't mind Windows 8 and a bit of a slow start up on this then it is for you. The AC wireless speed has no benefit unless you are on an AC network. My N wireless is plenty fast at 50 MB/s anyhow.I don't like all the bloatware that came with this as well which takes a half star away. Some of the games cannot be uninstalled which is disappointing.

This my sons first new computer. He loves it. We have 2 others that are similar. Great machine for the money.

very good , I love it