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Toshiba Satellite P750-115 review

Our Rating :
Price when reviewed : £1000
inc VAT

Plenty of power and a Blu-ray player, but the screen is average and the keyboard disappointing

Specifications

15.6 in 1,366×768 display, 2.6kg, 2GHz Intel Core i7-2630QM, 8.00GB RAM, 640GB disk, Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit

http://www.currys.co.uk

With its black plastic chassis and monotone colour scheme, Toshiba’s Satellite P750-115 doesn’t look particularly exciting. However, beneath the plain exterior lies an incredibly competent multimedia machine, powered by one of Intel’s fastest mobile processors.

The Core i7-2630QM runs at 2GHz, which might seem like a sedate clock speed, but it can jump up to 2.9GHz using Turbo boost – and that’s on all four cores. Combined with 8GB of RAM, it breezed through our multimedia benchmarks with an overall score of 78, proving it can cope with almost any task. Despite having so much power, Intel’s latest processors are also frugal with power so the P750 lasted a respectable four and a half hours in our light-use battery test.

Although Intel’s dedicated graphics chip has enough power to play Blu-ray films, thankfully Toshiba has also installed an Nvidia GeForce GT 540M with 2GB of dedicated video memory. This managed a smooth 41.7fps in our Dirt 3 benchmark, showing that even modern games will be playable at reasonable detail settings.

Toshiba Satellite P750 right ports

It’s unfortunate that Toshiba hasn’t paired the Blu-ray drive with a screen that can do Full HD films justice, as the 1,366×768 screen is only big enough to show all the detail in 720p video. Even so, the backlight was even, colours looked natural and images were very sharp, but the overall image quality is let down by very poor viewing angles. There’s a reasonable amount of screen tilt, but not enough to correct the loss of contrast at anything other than squarely facing the screen.

Toshiba Satellite P750

Audio quality is slightly better than the sub-par screen, but not beyond our expectations for a laptop. The speakers might be Harmon/Kardon branded, but the lack of bass came as no surprise. Volume was reasonable and the mid-range was clear, if slightly tinny.

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Basic Specifications

Rating ***
Processor Intel Core i7-2630QM
Processor clock speed 2GHz
Memory 8.00GB
Memory slots 2
Memory slots free 0
Maximum memory 8GB
Size 36x381x254mm
Weight 2.6kg
Sound Realtek HD Audio
Pointing device touchpad

Display

Viewable size 15.6 in
Native resolution 1,366×768
Graphics Processor Nvidia GeForce GT 540M
Graphics/video ports VGA, HDMI
Graphics Memory 2,048MB

Storage

Total storage capacity 640GB
Optical drive type DVD+/-RW +/-DL BD-ROM

Ports and Expansion

USB ports 4
Bluetooth yes
Wired network ports 1x 10/100/1000
Wireless networking support 802.11b/g/n
PC Card slots none
Supported memory cards SDHC, Memory Stick Pro, xD
Other ports minijack audio output, minijack microphone input, 1x USB3

Miscellaneous

Carrying case No
Operating system Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
Operating system restore option restore partition
Software included Microsoft Office 2010 Starter, Nero 10, Corel WinDVD BD
Optional extras £86

Buying Information

Warranty one year collect and return
Price £1,000
Details www.toshiba-europe.com
Supplier http://www.currys.co.uk

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