Toshiba Satellite S955

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Pros:

Attractive, slim exterior, Plenty of RAM and hard drive capacity
Fairly slim, nice looking machine with a builtin optical drive.

Cons:

Chassis flex, Poor keyboard and touchpad, Fan is audible at idle and loud at load, Poor value
Despite its size, the S955 runs on Ultrabook ULV CPUs that are less powerful than full mobile CPUs generally found in 15" laptops

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Last revision on August 4, 2014

Reviewers Liked

Attractive, slim exterior, Plenty of RAM and hard drive capacity
Fairly slim, nice looking machine with a builtin optical drive

Reviewers Didn't Like

Chassis flex, Poor keyboard and touchpad, Fan is audible at idle and loud at load, Poor value
Despite its size, the S955 runs on Ultrabook ULV CPUs that are less powerful than full mobile CPUs generally found in 15" laptops

Expert reviews and ratings

The Toshiba S955, like most inexpensive Windows laptops, has its fair share of weaknesses. The display is adequate at best, the keyboard is lacking, and the build quality is mixed. All of these downsides are common of laptops in the segment, but some...

By Digital Trends on October 30, 2012

Built-in stereo speakers with SRS Premium Sound HD, mic and 3.5mm standard stereo headphone jack and 3.5mm mono mic jack.Networking: Integrated single band 2.4GHz Atheros WiFi 802.11b/g/n and 10/100 Ethernet.Software: Windows 8.Expansion and Ports: 1 SD...

By MobileTechReview on October 01, 2012

Lisa Gade reviews the Toshiba Satellite S955 15.6″ Windows 8 laptop. This is a relatively thin and light notebook that weighs 5 pounds. It has a 1366 x 768 display, Intel HD 4000 integrated graphics and a 1.7GHz Intel Core i5-3317U ULV CPU. Our config...

By thunderbaylive.com on October 19, 2012