Toshiba Satellite P50-C

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 4 expert reviews

Excellent:

0
Good:

2
Average:

0
Bad:

2

Pros:

Bright, contrastrich IPS display, Full HD resolution, good system performance, easy maintenance, gaming capable
Elegant design with brushed aluminum, Thin (22.5 mm) and light design (2.07 kg). Also, thinner and lighter than its predecessor, The keyboard provides comfortable typing experience and the touchpad is good too, Relatively good performance/price ratio, Goo...
Sleek and robust aluminum design, Nice keyboard and touchpad performance, Quality IPS panel, Powerful hardware for the asking price (particularly the GPU)

Cons:

Glossy display, no keyboard light
Ineffective cooling system, Short battery life, The screen uses PWM across all brightness levels except 100%, No additional storage options like M.2 or even mSATA

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Last revision on March 16, 2017

Reviewers Liked

Bright, contrastrich IPS display, Full HD resolution, good system performance, easy maintenance, gaming capable
Elegant design with brushed aluminum, Thin (22.5 mm) and light design (2.07 kg). Also, thinner and lighter than its predecessor, The keyboard provides comfortable typing experience and the touchpad is good too, Relatively good performance/price ratio, Goo
Sleek and robust aluminum design, Nice keyboard and touchpad performance, Quality IPS panel, Powerful hardware for the asking price (particularly the GPU)

Reviewers Didn't Like

Glossy display, no keyboard light
Ineffective cooling system, Short battery life, The screen uses PWM across all brightness levels except 100%, No additional storage options like M.2 or even mSATA
Impractical port placement along with the main exhaust vent, PWM across all brightness levels (but the emitted light is much less harmful than the majority of panels on the market), Lacks LED keyboard backlight
Brightness dimmed in battery mode, Throttling under high load, Manufacturing flaws

Expert reviews and ratings

With the Satellite P50-C-188, Toshiba delivers a multimedia all-rounder in 15.6-inch format. The computer delivers sufficient performance for all usual application scenarios and runs current games smoothly. During everyday tasks, the computer works...

By NotebookCheck on February 18, 2016

Last time the Toshiba Satellite P50-C had problems with the bottlenecking processor, but, this time around, the laptop features high-performance, quad-core, high-voltage Core i7-6700HQ that's running the show pretty smoothly. Again paired with GeForce...

By laptopmedia.com on February 08, 2016

The Toshiba P50-C can easily challenge most of the notebooks at this price range with its robust construction and sleek aluminum design. It's also light and thin so travelers – note that. We also liked the keyboard and touchpad, but we are baffled by...

By laptopmedia.com on October 27, 2015

Toshiba Satellite P50Toshiba's Satellite P50 exhibits quite a lot of potential for the multimedia category. For 1250 Euros (~$1386), the manufacturer packs its all-rounder in an elegant-looking casing that, however, has some material shortcomings....

By NotebookCheck on August 17, 2015

Impossible pour nous d'attribuer à ce Satellite P50 de Toshiba une note différente de celle obtenue par la précédente version. Le prix de ce PC portable est trop élevé pour son équipement. Pour quelques euros de plus (sans dépasser la barre des 1000...

By 01Net on January 22, 2016

Craquer pour le Toshiba Satellite P50-C ? Malheureusement, non. Considérant le rapport prix/équipement de la machine, nous ne saurions le recommander. D'autant plus que l'écran est de piètre qualité et l'image affichée manque de pixels ! Pour 900...

By 01Net on September 29, 2015

15 Zoll, Full HD, Broadwell, Aluminium: In diesen vier Punkten stimmen Toshibas neues Satellite P50-C und Satellite Radius 15 P50W überein. Beide Geräte zeigen aber auch, wie unterschiedlich Notebooks trotz gleichen Preises sein können und am Ende...

By Hardwareluxx on August 28, 2015