Toshiba Satellite C655D-S5515 - AMD E-300, 15.6 Inch, AMD Radeon HD 6310

Another laptop that is equipped with APU is now made available by Toshiba which is called as Satellite C655D-S5515. This affordable laptop highlights VISION Technology by AMD, facial recognition, long battery life and big screen size.

This Toshiba Satellite C655D-S5515 laptop is powered by Accelerated Processor which is more powerful than older Intel Atom processors. This APU is the AMD Dual-Core E-300 Accelerated Processor with an integrated GPU capable of playing HD movies with ease called AMD Radeon HD 6310 graphics.

The Toshiba Satellite C655D-S5515 laptop comes with 15.6" LED-backlit TFT-LCD high-definition widescreen display with TruBrite technology and 1366 x 768 resolution and native support for 720p content; 2GB DDR3 RAM which is expandable to 8GB; Multiformat DVD±RW/CD-RW drive with double-layer support; just 320GB Serial ATA hard drive with 5400 RPM – it could be better if this is tated at least 7200 RPM; Facial recognition; Built-in webcam and microphone; and Multiformat media reader for Secure Digital, Secure Digital High Capacity, miniSD and MultiMediaCard formats.

This Toshiba Satellite C655D-S5515 is not that special compared to other laptops in terms of connectivity. This laptop offers 2 high-speed USB 2.0 ports; Built-in high-speed wireless LAN (802.11b/g/n); Built-in 10/100 Ethernet LAN; and RGB port. It offers 6-cell lithium-ion battery pack that is packed with energy that can be consumed up to 5 hours. The Toshiba Satellite C655D-S5515 has a dimension of 1.5” x 15” x 9.8” and weighs about 5.5 pounds.

This laptop, Toshiba Satellite C655D-S5515, runs with Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium Edition 64-bit operating system and costs around $300. Remember, this laptop is good only for doing light tasks such as internet surfing, doing light spreadsheets and word processing. It is not intended for tasks that requires more processing power such as photo and video editing.