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"Great power/price ratio. Unrefined. Antithesis of Apple"
Pros
Desktop power in a 15.6" notebook.
Nice specs for the price (~ $769 early Feb '13)
BlueRay player.
Touchpad works better than other notebooks I've used.
Keyboard is quiet and works nicely.
Cons
Keyboard (w/ numeric pad), Touchpad are offset left - A LOT!
LOUD Touchpad button clicks.
HDD or cooling fan emit vibration - possibly unique to my unit???
Out of the box battery driver problem - seems common to Toshiba's.
HUGE power supply.
Summary
Overall, nice package. Seems like they spent money on some Headline components sometimes just to say "mine's bigger than your's." For example, how useful is 2 GB of video RAM with the AMD Radeon HD 7670M card? Seems to be a waste. Most people will also find that ... Read full review
Overall, nice package. Seems like they spent money on some Headline components sometimes just to say "mine's bigger than your's." For example, how useful is 2 GB of video RAM with the AMD Radeon HD 7670M card? Seems to be a waste. Most people will also find that Windows automatically "parks" much of the CPU power if you were look in the "Resource Monitor" under the "CPU" tab. Money could have been spent more wisely perhaps swapping a 1080p display for some of the graphics card's guts. A more conservative CPU and a bigger battery would make this a better travel companion too. I would have traded the brushed metal for plastic, then spent the difference on touchpad buttons with a more refined feel. Unlike a netbook, this thing is not meant to be slim and lithe, but the huge brick of a power supply makes it even more of a chore to lug around. If you don't plan on using this beast on-the-go too much, it's a pretty nice desktop replacement.
