2011年9月20日星期二

Toshiba Satellite P745D-S4240 review: AMD A6 processor well worth the savings?

Beneath the apparently foreseeable veneer from the 14-inch Toshiba Satellite P745D-S4240 are two new tales, although ones that may not interest an average joe much. The Satellite P series is really a new laptop line for Toshiba, although you would be hard-pressed to differentiate between it and also the M, A, and L number of Satellite laptops (the P replaces the M along with a). Underneath the hood is really a quad-core AMD A6 processor, a part of a brand new type of budget-specific AMD Vision A-series APUs including better-than-Apple-integrated graphics to accompany mainstream processing energy.

Indeed, for $629, the Toshiba Satellite P745D-S4240 signifies an extremely fair value for any midrange laptop with Harman Kardon loudspeakers, 640GB of hard-drive space, and 6GB of RAM. You will find caveats, however: battery existence around the thick P745 is decidedly substandard. And also the AMD A6 processor as examined was considerably reduced than an Apple Core i5-2410M, although Core i5 laptops often cost a minimum of $100 more--some budget Core i5 laptops such as the Lenovo Essential G570 have the ability to be less costly. The Satellite P745D-S4240 is of course well-filled with features for example Bluetooth and USB 3., but apart from that it is simply a lot of same inside a similar package. Affordable, yes, although not absolutely memorable. Budget consumers could be best thinking about a laptop such as the Dell Inspiron 14z, a level thinner laptop with USB 3. which has much better battery existence along with a comparable cost.

Toshiba laptop battery
Toshiba Satellite Pro L40-17F battery
Toshiba Equium L40-14I battery

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