Toshiba Satellite L555D-S7910 17.3-Inch Laptop – Black/Grey
- 2.2GHz AMD X2 Dual-Core RM-74 Processor
- 4GB RAM (Reminiscence)
- 250GB Serial ATA Hard Drive, DVD SuperMulti Drive
- Microsoft Windows Outlook Home Premium
- 17.3″ LED-Backlit Show
Huge in size but not in price, the Satellite L555 laptop is made for budget-conscious buyers wanting more room to work, study, make and play. A well-equipped alternative to a desktop computer, it gives you a full 17.3 inches of dazzling widescreen “real estate” for movies, photos or designing your dream car online. It also offers a full-size keyboard and 10-Key pad for doing math or balancing the budget, and just the right level of dual-core performance to handle everyday tasks. You’ll have bounty of connectivity options for communicating and entertaining too. Rich in eco-smart Toshiba innovation and style, it’s topped by a glossy Fusion End with a Breeze pattern in Graphite Gray.Well equipped yet very affordable, the Toshiba Satellite L555D-S7910 is a fantastic replacement for your desktop computer thanks to its 17.3-inch high-classification TruBrite screen with LED backlighting–providing a wealth of screen real estate for surveillance movies, editing multiple ID, and more. And thanks to the built-in webcam and Toshiba Face Recognition software on this machine, you’ll delight in a more convenient way to communicate, log on or share your laptop among the family. To top it off, the L555D features a brilliant high-gloss Fusion End design with a Breeze pattern in Graphite Gray that’s sure to turn heads.
The Toshiba Satellite L555D’s 17.3-inch screen makes this laptop a fantastic replacement for your desktop PC. |
A brilliant high-gloss Fusion End design with a Breeze pattern in graphite gray means you’ll be multitasking in style. |
This notebook offers dual-core productivity from its 2.2 GHz AMD Turion X2 RM-74 processor. Other features include a 250 GB hard drive, 4 GB of installed RAM (most capacity), Draft-N Wi-Fi networking (802.11b/g/n), 5-in-1 reminiscence card reader, full-size keyboard and 10-key pad, and 64-bit version of the Microsoft Windows Outlook Home Premium operating system. This Toshiba notebook is Energy Star 5.0 certified and it is RoHS-compliant, effectively reducing the environmental impact by restricting the use of lead, mercury and certain other unsafe substances.
Key Features
- 17.3-inch high-classification, LED-backlit TruBrite show (1600 x 900) for incredible color depth and clarity (Learn more)
- 2.2 GHz AMD Turion X2 RM-74 processor for brilliant multi-tasking (Learn more)
- 250 GB Serial ATA hard drive
- 4 GB of RAM (800 MHz; most capacity)
- ATI Radeon 3100 Graphics with up to 1406 MB of video reminiscence shared with the main system reminiscence
- 8x SuperMulti DVD drive with double layer support and Labelflash printing (See speeds)
- 1.3 megapixel with Face Recognition capabilities for added security (Learn more)
- 104-key keyboard with 10-key pad
- Delight in proactive PC health–without the agonize. For your peace mind, this laptop comes with an innovative PC Health Monitor that constantly keeps tabs on things like your machine’s power treatment, temperature and hard drive–so you won’t have to.
- Draft-N Wi-Fi (802.11b/g/n)
- Quick Ethernet (10/100)
- Built-in stereo speakers
- Microsoft Windows Outlook Home Premium operating system (64-bit version) (Learn more)
- 6-cell (4000 mAh) battery
- Dimensions: 16.4 x 10.7 x 1.58 inches (WxDxH)
- Weight: 7 pounds
- Warranty: One-year limited hardware warranty
Networking, Connectivity & Expansion
With its integrated Draft-N Wi-Fi networking capabilities, this laptop provides up to five times the performance and twice the wireless range by 802.11n-compatible routers as you would with 802.11g networks. It’s also backward compatible with 802.11b/g networks (commonly found at Wi-Fi hotspots and in older home routers). This notebook also provides Quick (10/100) Ethernet networking.
- 3 USB 2.0 ports for connecting a wide range of peripherals–from digital cameras to MP3 players
- Includes 1 eSATA/USB combo port with USB Sleep and Charge
- Analog video productivity: 1 VGA
- 5-in-1 reminiscence card reader compatible with Secure Digital, Secure Digital High Capacity, Reminiscence Stick, Reminiscence Stick PRO, Multi Media Card, xD Picture Card
- 1 headphone jack, 1 microphone jack
- RJ-45 port for 10/100 Quick Ethernet
- RJ-11 port for 56K modem
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What’s in the box
This package contains the Toshiba Satellite L555D-S7910 notebook PC, rechargeable lithium-ion battery, AC adapter, and operating instructions.
It also comes with the following software: Norton Internet Security 2009 (30-day trial), Toshiba PC Health Monitor, Microsoft Works, Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007 Journal (60-day trial), Windows Media Player, Corel DVD Movie Factory, Google Toolbar, Google Picasa, PowerCinema, WildTangent Orb Game Console
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17.3-Inch High-Classification Show
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This notebook has a 17.3-inch LED-backlit show with a resolution of 1600 x 900 pixels (native 720p for high-classification viewing). It also provides TruBrite technology, which makes images brighter and more vivid thanks to its anti-glare feature. Video is powered by the ATI Radeon 3100 graphics chip which uses shared video reminiscence (up to 1406 MB dynamically allocated from the system reminiscence).
Dual-Core Processing Power
The 2.2 GHz AMD Turion X2 RM-74 processor offers a dual-core architecture, which delivers additional computing resources to help expand your PC’s capabilities by providing higher throughput and simultaneous computing–increasing your performance by up to 80 percent. You’ll be able to perform multiple tasks such as digital rendering and gaming all while running virus scan or other background tasks seamlessly thanks to the innovative Direct Connect Architecture. And it’s designed to handle simultaneous 32- and 64-bit computing with no degradation in performance. You’ll delight in long battery life thanks to the AMD PowerNow! power management technology, which delivers performance on demand and can extend system battery life up to 65 percent. And the AMD Digital Media XPress technology delivers stellar multimedia performance and playback on digital entertainment such as games, streaming video and audio, DVDs, and composition.
8x DVD-SuperMulti Drive
This multiformat DVD/CD drive is compatible with writing both DVD+ and DVD- disc formats as well as dual-layer (DL) DVD±R discs, which can store up to 8.5 GB of data. It offers the following read/write speeds:
- Write: 24x CD-R, 24x CD-RW, 8x DVD-R, 8x DVD+R, 6x DVD-R DL (double-layer), 6x DVD+R DL (double-layer), 6x DVD-RW, 8x DVD+RW, 5x DVD-RAM
With the Labelflash functionality, you can burn high-resolution, high-contrast pictures on the categorize side of DVD discs by the same laser used for data recording. Delight in transparency and high-quality not found in traditional printable media. All you need is a Labelflash DVD disc to start labeling without a printer.
Integrated Webcam with Face Recognition Capabilities
A 1.3 megapixel digital web camera built into the LCD’s bezel lets you quickly snap photos and participate in live video chats. The integrated webcam does more than just video chats. It includes Toshiba Face Recognition capabilities–the ultimate hands-free, hassle-free way to log onto your laptop. Just show your face to the webcam–no keeping track of hard-to-remember passwords and no unnecessary typing. And if you’re by one laptop for several users–say for the whole family or for a small business–Toshiba Face Recognition lets you switch profiles with one simple look.
Windows Outlook Home Premium Operating System
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Windows Outlook Home Premium (64-bit version) is the operating system for users with advanced computer needs, and it includes all of the Windows Media Center capabilities for rotary your PC into an all-in-one home entertainment center for surveillance DVD movies and accessing your digital audio library. You can also use Windows Media Center to record and watch your favorite TV shows (even HDTV) and to access new kinds of online entertainment make pleased. Computers that include Windows Outlook Home Premium and an auxiliary Windows SideShow show will also allow you to access key data even when your computer is off. It is also simpler than ever to share files between other PCs in your household and to manage your laptop computer settings to more securely connect via Wi-Fi.
Every journal of Windows Outlook provides the elemental tools and technologies to help protect you whether you are browsing the Internet, connecting to a wireless network, or just reading e-mail. All editions of Windows Outlook include new tools that can warn you of impending hardware failures long before you have lost any vital personal data. And, all Windows Outlook editions include parental control features that allow you to manage and monitor your family’s use of games, the Internet, instant messaging, and other activities.
Rating: 
(out of 6 reviews)
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This model is very excellent for the price, First off the screen size is gorgeous and is fantastic for surveillance movies has enough RAM and processing power to do picture and home video editing. Stays cool for the size I thought it would be a very hot running laptop but im glad it stays so cool while surveillance a movie and other high processing programs.
Full keyboard is fantastic for typing up a blog or a review in this case.
The battery life is nearly 2 hours on balanced power settings
The Cons – On this system is on the speakers they are not excellent at all I am a disappointed but I guess you can’t get everything you want. I do not like the volume control they should have place a button on the media panel they got Power/Play/Skip/Mute but no volume.
Toshiba loads a lot of Junkware It took me an hour to clean it out before I may possibly use it.
Toshiba offers an upgrade to Windows 7 but wants $12 dollars shipping and handling.
Very excellent value for it’s price.
What I like in this laptop:
- huge show and “half-FullHD” resolution
- fullsize keybord
- LabelFlash in DVDROM-drive
- porcessor speed
- reminiscence size
- hi-speed WiFi
- possibility to play Fallout3!
What I don’t like:
- not enough video system perfomance
- web-cam perfomance and resolution
- a waste of time face-recognition system
- MSFT Outlook Premium Home (not user frendly OS, requires a lot of time to setup and customizae it)
Still have a problems with this OS.
(I’m a software developer with 15 years expirience of computer’s programming)
My Toshiba Satellite blue screened on me and I was told by Toshiba that I may possibly drop it off at a local authorized repair center. I did this and was told it would take about three days. Two days later the repair center called me and told me that Toshiba will not allow them to work on Satellite Computers and that they had to send the computer to Toshiba, I said okay. Two days after that the repair center called again and told me that now Toshiba will not even allow them to send it back. I will have to drive to the repair center pick up my defective computer call consumer service and order a box. It takes two, to three business days for the box to arrive, you then have to place the computer into the box and send it to Toshiba, where it will arrive in another two to three days, then you have to map it will take another two or possibly more days for them to repair the computer and then another two to three business days for the computer to arrive at your doorstep. So if you can go without your laptop for over a week then you will have no problem with Toshiba’s new repair policy for its Satellite computers.
This notebook was for my wife, whose previous one completely died. We tested a similar Toshiba at a major retail store, and she liked the screen size, high resolution, and full-size keyboard. This particular system shares those characteristics. The hardware, while not the absolute latest and greatest, is more than enough for her needs and is still bounty prospect-proof.
Once out of the box, I powered up the machine to make sure it was functional then immediately proceeded to install Windows 7 on it, mostly to get rid of the balloon/shovelware that’s so prevalent on OEM systems. Toshiba has a nearly complete set of Windows 7-compatible drivers on its support web site. The only thing it lacks is some sort of software to control a few of the keyboard functions. For example, the wireless on/off switch, which uses a amalgamation of the fn key + one of the function keys, is not working. I would have preferred a hardware switch, but that’s a very insignificant complaint.
Overall, this is a solid notebook for the money.
I am editing this review. I rated it 4 star, instead of 5, because of an error in the description. Amazon quickly corrected the error (the Hard Drive is 250 gb, not 320 gb), but I can’t exchange the stars to 5. No matter. 4 stars is enough because, recently, I’ve had several problems with several Toshibas. Having said that, I’ve owned a couple dozen notebooks of all kinds, and still reflect Toshiba is, overall, the most reliable and dependable. A Toshiba rep (who is not in their computer section) told me, “I share the same sentiment with you about our laptops; as a small aside I worked for a while as a computer technician before I joined the Toshiba team, and one of the reasons I was excited to be a part of the team was because in my two years of working on various computers and laptops Toshiba’s I found were by far the most resilient and simple to work on as well.”
So back to the original review:
I own several Toshibas but not this one…. I like my Toshibas. I’ve had problems but overall they beat the others I’ve had (Sony, Sharp–in the ancient days, IBM, Lenovo, Dell, HP).
One VERY frustrating thing about new Toshibas is the volume control. Two of the last ones I bought, a year apart, had the exact same problem when new, so it must be a common problem that Toshiba chooses to ignore. The small thumb dial just spins and spins any direction but does not affect volume at all–or logically. I can spin it and volume may do nothing, or it may go up or down at random, even if on occasion, just to keep me on my toes, it will work normally (even if rarely). Also, my Toshibas tend to get very hot, and the fans have burned out on a couple. Frustrating, and it has happened enough that I know that Toshiba must be aware of these problems, and austerely does not bother with them. And another issue that Toshiba had on one model (just one, even if) was that I may possibly not get it back out of sleep mode. But, recent Windows updates seem to have resolved that.
But having said all that, I’ve had at least two dozen laptops/notebooks (is there a difference?), including an early sewing machine gas plasma screen model that weighed 15 pounds (folks at UCLA said, “Wow! So small!”), and an early Toshiba that had no hard drive, just two 3.25 inch drives, and a screen with no backlight that had to be directly under a tropical sun to view (that really dates me, eh?). And overall, the Toshibas have been more reliable than any other brand I’ve bought. No brand is on 100% of the time, so I’m not surprised at a few of the upset reviewers. But I’ve not had any of the huge problems other reviewers have written about, and I have never expected a Toshiba that did not work find right out of the box–except for that flaming volume control. And even if I did, I’m confident in Toshiba consumer service (it has always been very prompt and professional, helping me even with computers out of warranty).