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Toshiba Satellite C655 (model C655-S5047) Review

Toshiba Satellite C655 (model C655-S5047) gives families, students or little and home-based businesses the essential power and workspace to study, tackle budgets with a ten key pad handy , keep up on Facebook and Twitter, or simply do more at their desk.

Toshiba Satellite C655 (model C655-S5047) is very agree for students, families and small-office workers who want a full-size portable PC to tackle life’s basics. The bright 15.6-inch LCD (1366 x 768) that offers a true 16:9 aspect ratio and 720p native high-definition resolution. Thanks to the built-in webcam and Toshiba Face Recognition software on this machine, you will enjoy a more convenient way to communicate, log on or share your laptop among the family. It also features an eco-conscious design with a distinctive textured finish.

The Satellite comes pre-installed with the Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium operating system (64-bit version).

Key Features Of Toshiba C655

• 15.6-inch TruBrite display for excellent color depth and clarity (1366 x 768 resolution, 16:9 aspect ratio)

• 2.2 GHz Intel Celeron 900 processor (1 MB L2 Cache, 800MHz FSB) offering good power for computing basics.

• 250 GB SATA Toshiba C655 hard drive (5400 RPM)

• 2 GB of installed DDR3 RAM (800 MHz; expandable to 4 GB)

• Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500M with 128 MB – 829 MB of dynamically allocated shared graphics memory

• 8x SuperMulti DVD drive with double layer support

Wireless Connectivity

• With its integrated Wireless-N Wi-Fi networking capabilities, this laptop Toshiba C655 provides up to five times the performance and twice the wireless range using 802.11n-compatible routers as you would with 802.11g networks. It’s also backward compatible with 802.11b/g networks (commonly found at Wi-Fi hotspots and in older home routers.

Included The Excellent Toshiba Software:

• Toshiba Media Controller. This Software offers simplified media sharing. Using an intuitive drag-and-drop interface, it lets you share your files from the media library on your laptop with compatible devices in your home entertainment network, or with other compatible laptops and devices.

 

• Toshiba Bulletin Board. This software is an easy to use organizational and productivity app that lets you build your own personalized space on your desktop. With this software you can fastly and easily manage your to-do lists and calendars, plus create your own custom work area by pinning your special documents, pictures, links and more.

• Toshiba ReelTime. This software can helps you save time to search for files. The easy-to-use app takes traditional text-based file structures one step further to help you find what you’re looking for more quickly. This software shows you a visual timeline of your recently accessed files–using graphical thumbnails–so you can easily identify and get to your files faster.

Included Toshiba Utilities:

• Toshiba eco Utility. Toshiba eco Utility makes it easy to go green as you go mobile. Hit the Eco Button and you’ll launch the Toshiba Eco Utility, which puts all sorts of easy-to-read information on your screen, and gives you the ability to adjust the power settings on your laptop. This Toshiba Eco Utility lets you pick the optimal power plan for your situation. Choose High-Performance when you need every watt you can get, Power Saver for the least energy consumption, or Balanced as a perfect blend of the two.

• Up to 4.5 hours of battery life (6-cell battery; 48 Wh)

• Dimensions & Weight: 15.1 x 11. x 1.5 inch (WxDxH); 6 pounds

Networking, Connectivity & Expansion

• 2 total USB ports for connecting with a wide range of peripherals–from cell phones to external hard drives and more.

• VGA video output (analog, RGB)

• Headphone and microphone jacks

• Multi-format memory card reader that compatible with Secure Digital, Secure Digital High Capacity, Multi Media Card

• Fast Ethernet (10/100) .

New Faster Sandy Bridge MacBook Pros Next Week? (Macrumors)

9to5Mac believes that the new MacBook Pros will be launching next week.

> With supplies only becoming more constrained, and with shipments already
touching down in select countries, we think a launch next week is likely
(between Tuesday and Thursday). That is, of course, if there are no unforeseen
circumstances.

The new machines are said to stay at the exact same prices as current MacBook
Pro models. Word of possible new MacBook Pros in late 2011 was first reported
back in September. At the time, it was believed that the new MacBook Pros
would take advantage of new Sandy Bridge processors released by Intel late
this year. Based on the part numbers, the new machines are expected to be only
a minor update.

The newly released processors from Intel include Quad Core i7 processors with
speeds of 2.4GHz, 2.5GHz and 2.7GHz, as well as a Dual Core i7 at 2.8GHz
models. Here's the list of new mobile CPUs adapted from CPU World:

Given the heat constraints of the MacBook Pro design, Apple will be unable to
use the 2.7GHz Quad Core (Core i7-2960XM) in their notebooks. Apple also won't
use the mobile Celeron listed at the ...

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