The keys feature a clear, crisp and short drop, so there are no quality deficiencies. They allow fast typing, and that is also well possible in this case. The level, angular keys with a gap of a few millimeters have become popular in most laptops and are likely the most commonly found keyboard units. The keyboard in the multimedia laptop is a chiclet style model. However, they cannot be purchased via Toshiba's website where only a retailer search box is provided. Beyond that, the manufacturer also offers various warranty extensions to three or four years. According to Toshiba's website, the claim has to be registered via the laptop hotline in advance.
Toshiba's Satellite L50-B-182 is shipped with a two-year manufacturer warranty including pick-up service in Germany and Austria. Nowadays, users apparently have to accept non-removable batteries - not only in the Satellite.
Removing the battery manually via a spring mechanism in a laptop of this size was still customary a few years ago. It is not possible to remove the battery without tools because it is fastened to the casing with two screws. Though an expert will not be needed, there are more user-friendly systems, for example, those that have an extra and easy to remove cover for frequently used components, such as the working memory or hard drive. A bit of caution is needed to release the cover's fixtures. Users who want to access the innards will first have to remove several screws before lifting off the entire base plate. The manufacturer does not offer any model-specific accessories either. It is nevertheless sufficient for occasional videoconferencing via Skype.Īpart from the compulsory power supply, Toshiba does not include any additional accessories for the Satellite L50-B-182 in the standard configuration. The webcam incorporated into the display bezel has a resolution of 1280x720 pixels, which is rather common. The connection was still unbroken even over one story away. We did not observe any weaknesses in the Wi-Fi range in the tester's personal settings.
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In addition to the mentioned Gigabit LAN, Intel's Wireless-AC 7260 module supports wireless communication with current Wi-Fi standards and Bluetooth 4.0 LE. Its price is identical, but it has a stronger CPU/GPU combination. We also compared Toshiba's Satellite with the IdeaPad Z50-70 from Lenovo. We will attempt to make a direct comparison between devices with an identical configuration and price point anyway.įor example, Acer's Aspire E5-571G-536E only has a weaker i5 CPU, but it has a stronger and thus gaming suitable Nvidia GeForce 840M graphics card. The not as tech-savvy private user can easily lose the overview among the details in the multimedia category. There are quite a few contenders in this sector. Since digital video discs are not yet extinct, the DVD burner still makes a lot of sense. The hard drive's capacity of 1 TB is also absolutely suitable for using the laptop as a data tomb for music or video collections. Nevertheless, the computing performance supplied by Intel's Core i7-4500U, AMD's Radeon R7 M260 graphics card and 8 GB of RAM sounds decent, and it gives hope that applications will always run smoothly. At first glance, Toshiba's Satellite appears to be an unseemly laptop without any special bells and whistles that lets it stand out from the mass of 15-inch laptops, and which allows browsing on the couch after work, excessively consuming YouTube videos or watching a DVD. Multimedia laptops are usually all-rounders that are not inevitably focused on computing power - a sufficiently sized screen of 15-inches or more, a generous hard drive, and ideally a DVD drive are enough to make the desktop computer superfluous for private users. For the original German review, see here.