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    Toshiba Satellite L745D-S4220 Review Discussion

    Discussion in 'Notebook News and Reviews' started by Jerry Jackson, Aug 9, 2011.

  1. Jerry Jackson

    Jerry Jackson Administrator NBR Reviewer

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    The Toshiba Satellite L745D-S4220 is a simplified and affordable 14-inch laptop designed for limited back-to-school budgets. Packed with a battery-friendly AMD dual-core processor and graphics, Toshiba promises this laptop will make the grade. We took a closer look to see if this $500 notebook can deliver more than its price tag suggests.



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    Charles P. Jefferies Lead Moderator Super Moderator

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    Nice review as always, Jerry ...

    5+ hours of life is excellent for a $500 14" notebook; a couple of years ago that would have been unheard of. Cheap consumer notebooks are notorious for low-capacity batteries.

    That Seagate hard drive is inexcusable. Seagate is almost always behind the competition in performance save for their Momentus XT. I have a 250GB 7200RPM Momentus in my work notebook, it's also painfully slow (IT department will not let me upgrade it :mad:).
    Naturally, notebook manufacturers choose whatever they have on-hand, it was luck of the draw.

    Best notebook drives out there performance-wise are the 7200RPM WD Scorpio Blacks, the 500GB (WD5000BEKT) and the 750GB (WD7500BPKT).
     
    Charles P. Jefferies, Aug 10, 2011
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