Toshiba Satellite C660D-155 - Any good?

Secret_Lady

Could anyone tell me if this is as good as it sounds and if so is it worth getting the larger capacity for the extra £50?

It's on offer at Curry's for £379 instead of £499.

I'm looking for a laptop with a good battery life, and not too heavy. General use, email, facebook, surfing, excel, word, photo's and listening to music (Spotify). No games. Needs to be wifi which I think both of these are.

Powered by the Dual-core AMD Athlon™ II X2 P360 Processor, the stylishly designed, blue Toshiba Satellite C660D-155 laptop comes equipped with Microsoft's Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium operating system. It also boasts a useful 640GB hard drive to take care of your foreseeable storage needs and 4GB of RAM helps with smooth multitasking.

The Toshiba Satellite C660D-155 has a webcam to keep you connected with friends and family wherever you go. It also sports a 15.6" High Definition LCD screen, with LED backlighting providing energy-efficient and instantaneous brightness. An ATI Radeon HD 4250 GPU drives superior graphics performance and a built-in DVD Rewriter provides a convenient hub for much of your entertainment.

There are connectivity options aplenty in the Toshiba Satellite C660D-155 too, with two USB ports, an Ethernet port, VGA external display output, a 2-in-1 media card reader, and ultra-fast 802.11b/g/n WLAN technology so you can hook up to the internet at your favourite WiFi hotspots.

For reliable, everyday computing at home or on the move, the Toshiba Satellite C660D-155 has everything you'll need!

General Information
Processor Dual-core AMD Athlon™ II X2 P360 Processor
- 2.3GHz
- 1MB L2 Cache
- 1.8 GHZ HT
Operating System Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium
RAM 4GB DDR3
Graphics card ATI Radeon HD 4250
- up to 1405MB memory
Screen type Widescreen LCD
Screen resolution - WXGA
- 1366 x 768
Screen size 15.6"
Screen features Toshiba TruBrite® HD TFT High Brightness
LED backlighting
Hard drive 640GB 5400rpm
Optical disk drive DVD Super Multi drive (Double Layer)
Memory card reader 1 × Multi-Card Reader (supports SD™ Card up to 2 GB, miniSD™/microSD™ Card with adapter up to 2 GB, SDHC™ Card up to 32 GB, SDXC™ Card up to 64 GB and MultiMedia Card™ up to 2 GB)
USB 2 x USB 2.0
FireWire No
Modem/Ethernet 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX
Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n
Bluetooth No
Video interface 1 x VGA
Audio interface 1 × external microphone
1 × headphone (stereo)
TV output VGA analogue video output
Extension card slot 2 × memory slots
Sound Supported audio format : 24-bit stereo
Speakers : built-in stereo speaker
Manufacturer : Toshiba Bass Enhanced Sound System
Webcam Integrated VGA Web Camera with built-in microphone
Battery Technology : lithium-ion
Maximum life : up to 4h10min (Mobile Mark™ 2007)
Accessories included AC adaptor
Software included Toshiba Disc Creator
Toshiba User Manual
Supervisor Password Utility
Toshiba Assist
Chicony Camera Assistant Software
Toshiba Face Recognition
Toshiba Value Added Package (Toshiba Power Saver, Toshiba Zooming Utility, Toshiba PC Diagnostic Tool, Toshiba Flash Cards, Toshiba Components Common Driver, Toshiba Accessibility, Toshiba Button Support)
McAfee® Internet Security (includes free Internet updates for 30 days)
WildTangent Games Console
Toshiba Photo Service
Toshiba Recovery Media Creator
Nero 9 Essentials
Nero BackItUp & Burn Autobackup Essentials
Skype
Bing Toolbar and Bing Search
Windows Live Essentials
eBay
Amazon
Microsoft® Office Starter 2010
Connectivity Doctor
ConfigFree™
Toshiba utilities and drivers
Size W x D x H : 380.5 x 254.0 x 28.0 (front) / 35.6 (rear) mm
Weight 2.3 kg

They also have for £329 instead of £449 the:

The stylish, blue Toshiba Satellite C660D-14W laptop is powered by the Dual-core AMD Athlon™ II X2 P360 Processor and comes equipped with Microsoft's Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium operating system. A useful 320GB hard drive takes care of your foreseeable storage needs, while 3GB of RAM helps with smooth multitasking.

There are connectivity options aplenty in the Toshiba Satellite C660D-14W too, with two USB ports, an Ethernet port, VGA external display output, a 2-in-1 media card reader, and ultra-fast 802.11b/g/n WLAN technology so you can hook up to the internet at your favourite WiFi hotspots.

The Toshiba Satellite C660D-14W also sports a 15.6" High Definition LCD screen with LED backlighting providing energy-efficient and instantaneous brightness. An ATI Radeon HD 4250 GPU drives superior graphics performance.

A webcam keep your friends and family arcross the world and the Toshiba Satellite C660D-14W also includes a built-in DVD Rewriter, making it a convenient entertainment hub.

The Toshiba Satellite C660D-14W has everything you need for reliable, smooth, everyday computing on the go.

General Information
Processor Dual-core AMD Athlon™ II X2 P360 Processor
- 2.3GHz
- 1MB L2 Cache
- 1.8 GHZ HT
Operating System Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium
RAM 3GB DDR3
Graphics card ATI Radeon HD 4250
- up to 1405MB memory
Screen type Widescreen LCD
Screen resolution - WXGA
- 1366 x 768
Screen size 15.6"
Screen features Toshiba TruBrite® HD TFT High Brightness
LED backlighting
Hard drive 320GB 5400rpm
Optical disk drive DVD Super Multi drive (Double Layer)
Memory card reader 1 × Multi-Card Reader (supports SD™ Card up to 2 GB, miniSD™/microSD™ Card with adapter up to 2 GB, SDHC™ Card up to 32 GB, SDXC™ Card up to 64 GB and MultiMedia Card™ up to 2 GB)
USB 2 x USB 2.0
FireWire No
Modem/Ethernet 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX
Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n
Bluetooth No
Video interface 1 x VGA
Audio interface 1 × external microphone
1 × headphone (stereo)
TV output VGA analogue video output
Extension card slot 2 × memory slots
Sound Supported audio format : 24-bit stereo
Speakers : built-in stereo speaker
Manufacturer : Toshiba Bass Enhanced Sound System
Webcam Integrated VGA Web Camera with built-in microphone
Battery Technology : lithium-ion
Maximum life : up to 4h10min (Mobile Mark™ 2007)
Accessories included AC adaptor
Software included Toshiba Disc Creator
Toshiba User Manual
Supervisor Password Utility
Toshiba Assist
Chicony Camera Assistant Software
Toshiba Face Recognition
Toshiba Value Added Package (Toshiba Power Saver, Toshiba Zooming Utility, Toshiba PC Diagnostic Tool, Toshiba Flash Cards, Toshiba Components Common Driver, Toshiba Accessibility, Toshiba Button Support)
McAfee® Internet Security (includes free Internet updates for 30 days)
WildTangent Games Console
Toshiba Photo Service
Toshiba Recovery Media Creator
Nero 9 Essentials
Nero BackItUp & Burn Autobackup Essentials
Skype
Bing Toolbar and Bing Search
Windows Live Essentials
eBay
Amazon
Microsoft® Office Starter 2010
Connectivity Doctor
ConfigFree™
Toshiba utilities and drivers
Size W x D x H : 380.5 x 254.0 x 28.0 (front) / 35.6 (rear) mm
Weight 2.3 kg

Any advice much appreciated,

Thank you.

debitcardmayhem

Either seem ok for your use, but be prepared to delete all the bloatware that they come with, then create a backup disk without the bloat. They will both come with lots of stuff which are not necessary, so start as you mean to go on, slim down then enjoy. Remove McAfee get AVAST/AVIRA/MSE remove all the bing/amazon/toshiba/connectivity doctor/...etc and then enjoy. Yes they are both wireless.

grumpycrab

The processors in these are fairly slow and, despite dedicated graphics, these are slow too. I'd say the cheaper one is better value but depends on your budget. And you can get cheap warranty extensions at the Toshiba website.
Compare it with this Toshiba from argos http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/5084760/c_1/1|category_root|Office%2C+PCs+and+phones|14418968/c_2/2|14418968|Laptops+and+netbooks|14419039/Trail/searchtext%3EGREAT+DEALS+ON+LAPTOPS+AND+NETBOOKS.htm

This has a much better processor and, provided you don't mind the integrated graphics, also has a 2 year warranty in the box.

Esqui

I'd say the £329 one would be fine enough for what you want.

asila4

I think a nice laptop

Chubacca

The processor isn't that much different in real speed terms, and the "intel" is NOT "much better" or superior than the Athlon processor as stated, both processors can hold their own.

The i3 is the lowest of relatively new Intel " i " processors, but the Athlon dual core is a match for it, you will not notice any speed difference at all.

While you say you don't want to play games, the Graphics are much better (ATI Radeon) than the Argos Intel graphics - the £329 model at PC World/Dixons/Currys is a steal....was considering saving up to get my son this also for university.

bendonagasaki

Dont know if it will happen but Ive been looking at the same laptop from argos and at the bottom it says the price only valid until today,so be quick.I was looking at this one from tesco http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.207-7201.aspx and after much decision decided to go for the tesco one .

pjomara

For me a laptop should come with a HDMI port so that would prevent me from purchasing it.
That's because I connect my laptop to my TV. If that's not an important consideration or if you can get the VGA output to connect to the TV and don't mind the extra hassle of having to have separate audio and video cables then press ahead.