The dark red finish isnt quite to our taste, wed have to admit, but the Toshiba Satellite L755D-12L is certainly distinctive. And no matter whether its pink, orange, purple or turquoise theres no disguising the fact that the Satellite is a very respectable laptop indeed.
The Toshiba Satellite L755D-12Ls WorldBench 6 performance score of 79 is slightly underwhelming, admittedly, though the quad-core AMD A6-3400 APU chips do seem to be somewhat behind the Intel Core i3s and i5s in the performance stakes so it is not an unsurprising score. Theres a generous 6GB of RAM and a slightly less generous 320GB hard disk on offer, too, but the Toshiba really comes into its own as a gaming machine. Notching up frame rates of 17fps in FEAR at maximum settings is a pretty decent achievement and is thanks to the integrated AMD Radeon HD 6520G chip working in tandem with the quad-core processor, using up to 3GB of the systems RAM.
Battery life is perfectly respectable, with 334 minutes of juice at your disposal on a full charge, and at 2.5kg the Toshiba Satellite L755D-12L isnt too much of a problem to carry around with you, even for long periods. If you need to work while youre on the move the keyboard is decent without being outstanding – the keys touch each other and there isnt quite as much travel as wed like. The touchpad is very discrete – youll only really know where it is because of the change in texture as it is at the same level as the rest of the chassis, meaning there are no little crevices for crumbs to get stuck in.
Battery life is perfectly respectable, with 334 minutes of juice at your disposal on a full charge, and at 2.5kg the Toshiba Satellite L755D-12L isnt too much of a problem to carry around with you, even for long periods. If you need to work while youre on the move the keyboard is decent without being outstanding – the keys touch each other and there isnt quite as much travel as wed like. The touchpad is very discrete – youll only really know where it is because of the change in texture as it is at the same level as the rest of the chassis, meaning there are no little crevices for crumbs to get stuck in.
The screen is impressive, with deep, rich colours and sharp definition. Like just about all of the other laptops in the group test it is glossy, but an anti-glare coating takes the edge off the reflections.
One slightly disconcerting thing we noticed about the Toshiba Satellite L755D-12L is that when you press the power button to turn it on, there is an eerie silence – no fans spring in to life, no light comes on under the power button, theres no beeping noise and the screen stays dark for several seconds. This means you can think that youve not pressed hard enough, and press again, switching the unit off. This is a minor quibble though.
