Toshiba Satellite S875-S7140 17.3-Inch Laptop (Ice Blue Brushed Aluminum)

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Product Feature

• Intel Core i7-3630QM Processor (2.4 GHz)
• 8 GB DIMM RAM
• 1 TB 5400 rpm Hard Drive
• 17.3-Inch Screen, Mobile Intel HD graphics
• Windows 8

Product Description

Toshiba Satellite S875-S7140

Toshiba Satellite S875-S7140 17.3-Inch Laptop (Ice Blue Brushed Aluminum) Review

***SEE UPDATE AT BOTTOM***

I do copious amounts of research when buying electronics, but it's reading product reviews that gives me a sense of comfort about the product. Therefore, when I literally couldn't find any descriptive reviews of this laptop, I was terrified. However, the technical specs swayed me. And I'm glad I took the plunge.

What you need to know is that this computer delivers on performance. I've already loaded up about half of the hard drive, and it's still just as fast as when it was clear. It's not lightening fast (maybe around 7-10 seconds for it to come on) but is certainly a lot faster than my older laptop that took around a minute each time to start up. The graphics are very sharp as well.

The two big disappointments from me concerning hardware, are the sub-par speakers and glossy screen. My five year old Lenovo speakers had a much richer, fuller sound with a discernible bass. These speakers are tiny and shrill sounding in comparison. It's not the end of the world for me as I hardly use the built in speakers (use headphones or a speaker set), but it certainly surprised me. The screen is glossy as opposed to matte, which I knew when buying it, but it pisses me off. I hate glossy screens--I do a lot of graphics work and they just annoy me. However, given that everyone is trying to make their hardware look like Apples', I couldn't find any laptops with the same specs with a matte screen.

The metal brushed finish and casing is really nice though. It feels sturdy and expensive as well as looks seriously cool. It is heavy and quite large though. This is not a "carry around in the backpack" laptop. It's not a monster--but is also not portable in my opinion. The keyboard is a bit odd as well. I've always had laptops where the keys are very tightly placed. On this keyboard, there are large gaps between keys. I initially thought this would screw up how fast I type as I thought my fingers would have to relearn distances--but it's been fine actually. It might take a few minutes to get used to though. Also, in my perfect world--this computer would have a trackpoint.

Anyone upgrading from Windows 7 to 8, needs to be aware that there are initially some very big differences. Being a child of the tech era, I was convinced that I would just naturally be able to figure everything out immediately within a few minutes. Not so. It took me a good hour and watching a couple of youtube tutorials to figure out how to run programs, how to navigate between my desktop app and the start screen properly and even how to actually put it to sleep. At first it was just confusing and tedious, but now it's really not so bad. It's simple to use once you get used to the new layout and extra options, and is additionally very fast and very clean. The graphics are sharp and well done. As I'm using 8 on a laptop, I don't think I'm ever really going to have a use for the app start screen, but it's just one click from there to a traditional desktop--and the desktop now has even more functions and capabilities, so overall not too bad. I have to say though, if it was a tablet--I think it would be a pretty killer and simple operating system. I was planning on buying a Google Nexus tablet eventually, but now given the ease, fluidity and high performance of Windows 8--I will be seriously looking at other tablets now.

All in all, I got what I wanted--a high performing laptop with lots of space for a great price. It's not the most portable and isn't perfect, but I'm happy. And that's what counts.

***Update, so today I was horrified that I had a defective laptop. The mouse and touch-pad were completely frozen. I restarted several times figuring that would make it snap out of it, and nothing. With my heart in my stomach, I did what all people should do when they have computer problems---googled it. Come to find out, Toshiba put a key that freezes the mouse close to the volume controls keys. I'm not really sure what the point of this key is, and it's not a problem now that I know that it's there--but I figured if I had a mini panic attack over it, probably other people will eventually have this same problem. So just a heads up on this key.

****UPDATE****10/7/13

Due to my recent experience with the laptop I am taking off two stars. I tried taking it on a trip a few months ago--and even though I was very careful with it and had it padded at all times, my inner screen somehow cracked. Toshiba support said that this was my fault, and I ended up having to pay about $250 to get it fixed. I would concur that it was "user error" on my part as I did not receive a defective laptop; however, I think it is ridiculous that the laptop couldn't survive one measly weekend trip in a thickly padded backpack (had it in my photography backpack which protects my thousands of dollars of camera gear just fine). So unfortunately, when I said above that this laptop is not portable--I was more right then I knew at the time. It's not just a size issue, it's actually a build issue too. Despite feeling sturdy, its just not. I would recommend buying it only if you plan on barely moving it (ie. it staying on top of a desk).

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