Toshiba Satellite L355D Reviews

Jun.13, 2008 in Toshiba

Toshiba Satellite L350 series notebook is a new addition to the 17″ desktop replacement lineup from Toshiba. For a starting price of $749, Toshiba gives customers a TruBrite screen, webcam, integrated ATI Radeon graphics, a dual core AMD processor, and a DVD SuperMulti drive. This notebook is aimed at consumers who want a bit more notebook out of a budget price range, and seems to hit the mark perfectly. Read on to see how well the Toshiba L350 holds up in our testing, and if it is a notebook worth checking out.

The Toshiba L350 series notebook offers consumers an excellent budget desktop replacement notebook with a great deal of features for a low starting price of $749. As a mild refresh from the previous P200 series notebook the L350 gives you a slimmer and lighter body, as well as a smudge and scuff resistant matte paint finish.

Toshiba Satellite L355D Reviews From notebookcheck

The Toshiba Satellite L355D is a tough laptop to critique. One the one hand, its feature set is merely adequate, its battery life below average, and (thanks to the inclusion of an AMD processor) its performance–while sufficient for such basic computing tasks as Web surfing, watching movies, and word processing–can’t match that of laptops based on Intel processors. The 17.1-inch Toshiba Satellite L355D is average in every way, except for its below-average price.

Toshiba Satellite L355D Reviews From notebookreview

Pros
* Very quiet with great thermal management
* Nice keyboard with excellent support
* New matte paint finish doesn’t scratch as easily as older gloss finish
* No fingerprints visible anywhere on the finish when my review was completed

Cons
* Only three USB ports and no firewire

Toshiba Satellite L355D Reviews From cnet

The good:
Low price; lightweight for a 17-inch laptop; attractive display; broad, comfortable keyboard.

The bad:
Pokey performance compared with Intel-based systems; loaded with bloatware; lousy speakers; brief battery life.

The bottom line:
The 17.1-inch Toshiba Satellite L355D is average in every way, except for its below-average price.