Price Toshiba Satellite R845-S85 14.0-Inch LED Laptop - Graphite Blue Metallic with Line Pattern Review

Price Toshiba Satellite R845-S85 14.0-Inch LED Laptop - Graphite Blue Metallic with Line Pattern Review

Product Description

Let Toshiba "firsts" help you make a lasting impression wherever you go with our lightest full-performance ultraportable ever: the Satellite R845 laptop, offering a showcase of brilliant design and premium craftsmanship for uncompromising mobility. Leagues ahead of others like it, this ultralight, ultrathin laptop helps you face your day head on, thanks to the visibly smart performance of the 2nd-generation Intel Core i5 processor, a long battery life rating of up to ten hours, plus a built-in DVD drive. Featuring an ultradurable casing on the outside, spill-resistant keyboard, plus an advanced AirFlow cooling system under the hood, this laptop does more-while running longer and cooler-than most other PCs in its class. So feel free to launch your favorite productivity apps or entertainment whenever and wherever you'd like. Yes, all the world's a stage. And it's time to make yourself a serious player with the evolutionary, innovation-packed Satellite R835 ultraportable laptop. Too see the price

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #63 in Personal Computers
• Color: Graphite
• Brand: Toshiba
• Model: PT42NU-004004
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 1.08" h x 13.40" w x 9.40" l, 4.19 pounds
• CPU: Intel Core i5 2.4 GHz
• Memory: 6GB DDR3 SDRAM
• Hard Disk: 640GB
• Graphics: HD Graphics
• Processors: 1
• Native resolution: 1336 x 768
• Display size: 14

Features

• Intel Core i5-2430M Processor 2.4 GHz (3.0 GHz with Turbo Boost Technology), 3MB L3 Cache
• Configured with 6GB DDR3 1333MHz (max 8GB)
• 640GB (5400 RPM) Serial ATA hard disk drive with TOSHIBA Hard Drive Impact Sensor (3D sensor)
• 14.0" diagonal widescreen TruBrite TFT display at 1366 x 768 native resolution (HD) with 16:9 Aspect Ratio and LED Backlit, Webcam and microphone built into LCD bezel
• Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit with a 6 cell/66Wh Lithium Ion battery pack; Battery Life (measured by MobileMark 2007): 10 hours; 6 minutes

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Editorial Reviews

From the Manufacturer

Enjoy full-performance mobility at an affordable price with the Toshiba Satellite R845-S85 laptop, which provides a high-definition 14-inch LED-backlit display and a weight of just over 4 pounds. You'll also get up to 10 hours of battery life when on the go, while staying productive with the fast Intel Core i5 processor. And you'll be sure to turn heads with the graphite blue metallic finish with stylish line pattern.

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It's powered by a second-generation Intel Core i5 dual-core processor, which provides breakthrough digital media management, content creation, and 3D gaming capabilities. With updated Intel Turbo Boost Technology 2.0, the latest Core i5 increases speed automatically for whatever you're doing.
Additionally, this Satellite laptop includes award-winning Intel Wireless Display functionality, which enables you to enjoying great image clarity and sound on your HDTV without plugging in any cables.
Other features include an ultra-fast USB 3.0 port, SuperMulti drive that can burn a plethora of disc formats, built-in webcam with Face Recognition, and HDMI video output for connecting to a compatible monitor or HDTV.
This Satellite comes pre-installed with the 64-bit version of Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium (learn more below).

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Key Specifications

Display
14-inch widescreen HD TruBrite LED-backlit display with native HD 720p resolution (1366 x 768, 16:9 aspect ratio)

Processor
2.4 GHz Intel Core i5-2430M dual-core processor (3.0 GHz with Turbo Boost Technology; 3 MB L3 cache)

Storage
640 GB Serial ATA hard disk drive (5400 RPM) with Toshiba 3D hard drive impact sensor

Memory
6 GB of installed DDR3 RAM (1333 MHz; 8 GB maximum capacity)

Graphics
Intel HD Graphics with 64 MB - 1696 MB dynamically allocated shared memory

Optical Drive
8x SuperMulti DVD drive

Wireless
Wireless-N Wi-Fi networking (802.11b/g/n)

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Audio
Built-in stereo speakers

Battery
Up to 10 hours of battery life (6-cell battery)

Touch Pad and Keyboard
Premium keyboard and touch pad with multi-touch control

Weight and Dimensions
4.19 pounds; 13.4 x 9.4 x 1.08 inches (WxDxH)

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Connectivity & Expansion 1 USB 3.0 port for ultra-fast data transfer (with USB Sleep and Charge) offering up to 10x the speed of USB 2.0 (and is backward compatible with your USB 2.0 peripherals). Download a 25 GB HD movie in just 70 seconds. 2 USB 2.0 ports HDMI high-definition audio/video output allows a single cable to transmit uncompressed high-definition video to your compatible digital TV or external monitor. VGA video output (analog, RGB) Microphone and headphone jacks Multi-format memory card reader compatible with Secure Digital, Secure Digital High Capacity, Mini SD Card, Multi Media Card (shared slot; may require adapter for use) Gigabit Ethernet (10/100/1000) See a larger image of the R845's ports.

Toshiba Software Toshiba Media Controller Toshiba Bulletin Board Toshiba ReelTime

Toshiba Utilities Toshiba eco Utility Hard Drive Impact Sensor Sleep and Charge

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What's in the Box This package contains the Toshiba Satellite R845-S85 notebook PC, rechargeable lithium-ion battery, AC adapter, and operating instructions. It also comes with the following software: Norton Internet Security 2011 (30-day trial); Microsoft Office Starter 2010; Google Toolbar and Google Chrome; Microsoft Windows Media Player 12; Microsoft Silverlight; Microsoft Live Essentials; WildTangent Games Console; Toshiba Online Backup (30-day trial) This laptop is backed by a 1-year limited hardware warranty.

Environmental Specifications Energy Star 5.0 certified Gold EPEAT designation for meeting standards to help reduce its environmental impact. RoHS compliant effectively reducing the environmental impact by restricting the use of lead, mercury and certain other hazardous substances Learn more about Toshiba's environmental commitment.

To learn more about Toshiba products, visit the Amazon.com Toshiba Store.

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Toshiba Accessories

	Toshiba Dynadock V Universal USB Connect Docking Station Toshiba's Dynadock V universal USB connect docking station links all your desk space accessories, external monitor, and sound system with one single USB cable into your computer. It includes four USB 2.0 ports (with one Sleep-and-Charge port), Fast Ethernet port, mic and headphone jacks, and a DVI video output--enabling you to view up to three displays simultaneously.
	Toshiba Canvio Plus USB 3.0 Portable External Hard Drives Available in a number of capacities, Toshiba's Canvio USB 3.0 portable external hard drives are designed to be the most hassle-free back-up solution. With everything you need right in the box, they are the ultimate combination of storage, convenience, and style.
	Toshiba Wireless Mouse The Toshiba Nano Wireless Laser Mouse gives you precise cursor movement and accuracy without the wires. It features a Nano receiver, convenient scroll wheel, programmable buttons, and Tilt-Wheel technology. The Nano receiver is small enough to be left in the USB port or stored inside the mouse when not in use.
	Toshiba AC Adapter A second AC adapter at home and/or at work makes power access convenient and tailored to your needs. Also keep one in your carrying case at all times and never be without an AC adapter when you travel.
	Toshiba High Capacity 12-Cell Laptop Battery Designed to work with a variety of Toshiba series portable computers, this high capacity battery pack has twice the number of cells (12 vs. 6) compared to the original battery that came with your notebook, giving you extended battery life for more computing time, watch more movies, play more games or listen to more music
	Toshiba Extreme Backpack The Toshiba Extreme Backpack is available in a array of sizes and features five separate sections and compartments keeps your laptop protected and holds everything you need in an easily manageable way. For up to 14-inch laptops For up to 16-inch laptops For up to 18 inch laptops See larger image.

See all Toshiba laptop accessories.

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Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium

The Best Entertainment Experience On Your PC

Windows 7 Home Premium makes it easy to create a home network and share all of your favorite photos, videos, and music. You can even watch, pause, and rewind TV or record it to watch whenever and wherever you want. For the best entertainment experience, choose a PC with Windows 7.

Peek behind open windows to get a quick look at your desktop (see larger image).

Windows 7: Your PC Simplified

Simplifies everyday tasks, works the way you want, and makes new things possible.

• Improved desktop navigation features like Snap, Peek, and Shake, make it easier to manage all of your open windows.
• Creating a home network has never been easier. You can even share files and printers with all the PCs with Windows 7 on the network.
• Find virtually anything on your PC--from documents to songs to email--just by typing a word or two with Windows Search.
• Designed to make your PC sleep and resume quicker.
• Watch, pause, rewind and record TV with Windows Media Center to watch whenever and where ever you want*.

Create, Connect and Share with Windows Live

Windows 7 and Windows Live bring it all together for free. Get the free set of programs that make it simple to create and share amazing photos and movies, organize mail, and stay connected with your closest friends.

• Get 25 GB of free online storage with Windows Live SkyDrive.
• Sync files on your PCs automatically with Windows Live Mesh.
• Share photos during video chats with Windows Live**
• Easily edit photos and combine the best parts of multiple photos into one perfect photo with Photo Fuse.

Windows Live is available for free at download.live.com.

Complete your PC Experience with Microsoft Office 2010

• Microsoft Office Starter 2010 includes reduced functionality versions of Microsoft Word and Excel with advertising. (Note that PowerPoint or Outlook are not included.)
• Purchase Office 2010 today and get the most out of your new PC.

* Additional hardware may be required. Not available in all countries. (See windows.microsoft.com/products/windows-7/system-requirements/ for more information.)
** Requires a compatible microphone, speakers or headset, webcam, and broadband connection.

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Customer Reviews

Most helpful customer reviews
120 of 137 people found the following review helpful.
Worth considering.
By AdamSmythe
UPDATE on November 24, 2011. This is a relatively new laptop from Toshiba, without any reviews posted before mine, so I wrote what follows to try to supply some information to people who were trying to decide whether to take advantage of a one-day Amazon special. That special is now over, and this computer is currently listed for its regular Amazon price, which is about $150 more than it was on November 23rd. With the large number of sales of this model recorded yesterday, hopefully reviewers with hands-on experiences to share should show up in a while.

[Original review follows:] I am writing this review on a day [November 23, 2011] that this laptop is an Amazon featured special, and at its special price I think it is definitely worth considering. Since there are no hands-on reviews to consider and you only have today to decide on the special price, I suggest that you compare this model with the very popular Toshiba R835-P56x, which is also available on Amazon and has lots of reviews. I will summarize the comparability of these two laptops in a moment, but suffice it to say that they are in the same ballpark regarding features and performance. For today, at least, the R845-S85 is being offered at a significantly lower price.

The R845-S85 has a slightly larger screen (14 inch versus 13.3 inch), a similar Intel Core i5 processor (Core i5-2430M versus Core i5-2410M), has 6GB of RAM (versus 4GB), similar integrated graphics, same hard drive (640GB), similar ports, same optical drive, the same Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit operating system, and features a claimed 10 hour battery life (versus 8 hours). One potentially important disadvantage compared to the R835-P56x is that the R845-S85 weighs 4.2 pounds, versus 3.2 pounds. The more you carry around your laptop, perhaps the more this difference will be meaningful to you.

Simply put, there is no such thing as a laptop with the longest battery life, most powerful processor and graphics capabilities, strongest construction and lowest price. You need to decide which features are most important to you and then narrow your selection accordingly. If what you want is a model with good processing capability, relatively light weight, good battery performance and an optical drive--all at a very good price--then this R845-S85 model is well worth your consideration.

Full disclosure: I own the Toshiba R835-P70, which is the R835-P56x (that I used as the comparison above) with Wi-Max capability added. I have had no problems with it, and for my use (mostly business) its combination of features make it the best laptop I have owned.

One more thing: There is an interesting suggestion for an external laptop speaker buried in the comments section (I think it's about the 16th comment). Since laptops, especially smaller ones like this, are not known for having high quality speakers, you may find this speaker worth a look.
29 of 30 people found the following review helpful.
Value Packed, Fully Loaded 14 inch laptop
By George P. Burdell
I bought this Laptop when it was the Amazon Deal of the Day for $599. I couldn't be happier with this purchase, especially at that ridiculously low price point. Instead of going over all the specs, I'll highlight some pros and cons of this laptop for potential buyers.

Pros:
- Construction/Look: The chassis and chiclet keyboard (spill-resistant) feel real sturdy and of high-quality. The construction of this laptop doesn't have a cheap "plastic" feeling like some laptops out on the market.
- Battery Life: The battery life on this 6-cell battery is unbelievable, especially for a 14' laptop. For the first few charge cycles, I've been able to consistently get over 7 hours of battery life surfing the web and playing music with headphones. The ecoUtility app really helps with prolonging battery life.
- Intel WiDi capable: I really wanted a laptop with this capability so that I can wirelessly stream to my TV while working on my laptop. Note that you need to buy a WiDi adapter to connect to your TV/display (~$100).
- Performance: The i5 processor coupled with 6GB of memory gives this laptop plenty of juice for 99% of computing activities.
- SIZE of hard drive: 640GB of space is more than you'll probably even use.
- Weight: 4.2 pounds and just about 1 inch thick makes this laptop pretty portable.
- Optical Drive: This may not factor much for some people, but as more and more companies opt to remove optical drives from their laptops, it was nice to see Toshiba put in a full DVD burner/drive on this machine.
- Connectivity: 1 USB 3.0 port AND capability for USB Sleep-and-Charge (charge stuff while laptop is off) AND an e-SATA/USB combo port AND an HDMI input is awesome!
- Value: For the 600-800 price range for a 14 inch laptop, you'd struggle to find a laptop with this much under the hood.

Cons:
- No Bluetooth: a tiny external USB dongle runs for about 10 bucks, but I wish Toshiba would have built-in a bluetooth receiver.
- Screen: 1366 x 768 resolution (720p). Not bad by any means, but for a 14', It would have been nice to see a higher resolution offered.
- Speakers: Sound can be a bit tinny at loud volumes. Noticably better than Portege R835 speakers though.
- SPEED of hard drive: the 640GB hard drive only runs at 5400 rpm. I would have liked to see that be at 7200rpm or even a SSD drive, but all things considered, I can't complain much...just a nagging annoyance.
- Bloatware/Volume of Apps: Toshiba seemed to have cut down on the total amount of bloatware they put on this machine but they have too many apps pre-installed on this machine for my liking so I ended up manually uninstalling some that I knew I would never use.

I would DEFINITELY recommend this laptop to anyone considering it at the $600-800 price point, as you'd be hard pressed to find significantly better deals. As another reviewer said, this is basically the 14 inch version of the Portege R835-P81 laptop (also sold on Amazon). That's just a smaller version (13.3' 3.2 lbs), but overall there are a LOT of similarities, even with the look. If you're in the market for a laptop with comparable specs but want something smaller, check that out. I hope this helps potential buyers out!
25 of 26 people found the following review helpful.
A quality and powerful laptop
By victor
First let me tell you that this laptop not only looks good but it's also powerful, Thin and light weight.
I watched a bluray file and a 1080 mkv file at the same time with no stutter and with only 18% CPU load. My Quad core Desktop would start stuttering when I do this and cpu load goes to 100% (it's a Q6600 intel quad core cpu)
Had to instal java 64bit edition and directx runtime environment. Just make sure that whatever software you're instaling is 64bit compatible. had to increase color saturation to add more color but led display looks great. Tweaked touchpad settings a little bit to make it the way I like it. Theres an eco button that doubles your battery consumption to 10 hours with light use but dims the display brightness but you'll get used to it. Also it seems that pushing the eco button disables one core of the cpu. The computer wakes up instanly when you open the lid and resumes whatever it was doing. the wifi is very strong and picks up a lot of networks. Hard drive is easily accessible, only two screws. It runs very cool. I ran two 1080p bluray files at the same time through wifi N streaming from another computer with ease and no stutter. This laptop looks thiner in person and looks good. you can carry it with one hand from the corner and it doesn't bend like some do. you have esata, usb 3.0-2.0 combo. The speakers are loud, just make sure you enable loudness in audio properties and also select equalizer and increase the treble a little bit. No inputs in the back. when you rest your hands on the laptop wihile typing feels solid. Keyboard is very nice and I'm pretty picky when it comes to keyboards. After adjusting the color settings in the onboard video properties I watched the planet earth bluray streaming from my media server the display was crisp and clear with vivid colors like I was watching my 1080p led tv. Here's the color adjustments that I'm using, Saturation 10, contrast 1, brightness -2 for better contrast and see the difference. You get what you pay for applies with this laptop.