Toshiba Satellite C850-P5010 Laptop (2nd Gen PDC/ 2GB/ 320GB/ No OS)

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To start with, the C850-P5010 laptop has been updated, and the photograph you see is no longer reflective of what you'll actually find in the package. So check out the latest product shots from the Toshiba website.

Secondly, this is a value-for-money ("VFM") machine. Most of us for all of the time, and all of us for most of the time would not require a laptop with a faster processor than this. You could do better with another 2GB of RAM just to ease out any minor speed-traps.

Thirdly, the drivers (to Windows 7 32-Bit) are all available on the Toshiba website. Or you may also try DriverMax to identify missing or outdated drivers and install the same. No problems faced there. Sadly, Ubuntu 12.04 did not recognise the Realtech Wifi card (but otherwise ran blazing fast otherwise from a USB Drive).

Fourth, this laptop comes with a dedicated numeric keypad to the right, and the touchpad is aligned to the left. This will take time to get used to.

Fifth, the Windows experience index (Windows 7 Professional 32-Bit) for this laptop is a 4.4 (Processor 5.9, Memory 5.5, Graphics 4.4, Gaming Graphics 5.5 and Primary Hard Drive 5.9)

The laptop is incredibly light, and at times may feel a bit flimsy. The speakers are pathetic if compared to a Compaq F700/ C700 which had Altec Lansing speakers. But the Realtech Audio driver coupled with the Toshiba sound enhancement driver gives better performance on headphones than the Compaq.

Conclusion: I put my money on it. My 5/5 is based on the bang-for-buck scale. Considering that I've had the laptop for about 4-odd days now, it is too early to provide a comprehensive report. With all electronic products these days, it's a gamble you're taking. Some might pay off in the long run, others might not. You choose.

The laptop was received well before promised schedule time.
Installed Window 7 (32 Bit) OS along with other utility software.
The salient features of Laptop is: -
1. Look is good at this price.
2. Keypad is average (Plastic look and creates sound when pressed).
3. Keyboard is bigger than the standard one.
4. No direct key/ switch for WiFi or Bluetooth (However, the WiFi can be accessed by pressing Fn+F12 but, Bluetooth with installed software)
5. The mouse sensitivity is excellent (Very light touch is sufficient)
6. The biggest problem is that of installing driver. In Toshiba India website (http://drivers.toshiba-india.com/DriversDetails.aspx?product=Notebook Computer&series=Satellite&model=C850&cat=0&os=Windows 7 32 Bit), the list of all driver (Including laptop user manual/ guide in software form) is given. The same can be found for Window 7 (64 bit) OS. The main issue I found in installing driver for WLAN, LAN and Bluetooth. (For WLAN, I installed Realtek Wireless LAN Driver (V2.00.0020) uploaded on 22th Oct,2012, For LAN -Atheros LAN Driver 2.0.12.13 and for Bluetooth -Bluetooth Stack for Windows by Toshiba v9.00.00T both uploaded on 9th May, 2012.
Note: - Kindly download only those drivers which are needed for your lappy.
Best of luck. even if you find problem, kindly raise the query through this website.

The product first- it is undoubtedly a value for money,but no drivers from the manufacturer means trouble.

This product works clean with a Windows 7 and above only.For every other OS( older versions of Windows and Linux) ,you may encounter issues with sound and wired internet connection.

I struggled for 2 full days mining the web trying to fix the wired connection problem and also finding out a compatible linux distro.The story did have a happy ending and I am sharing my experience here solely for those who want to install Linux OS on this.

1.Best OS in my view -Linux mint 13 (aka Maya)
You will have no issues with the sound ,the settings are more user friendly than Ubuntu.In fact,Mint is built on top of Ubuntu .

2.Step wise solution to establish wired connection-
a. Download compat-wireless-2012-09-25-pc.tar.bz2 from linuxwireless. Save this file.
b. Copy the file into any folder after you have installed Maya.
c. Open a Terminal
d. Cd into the folder containing the file .
e. tar -xvf compat-wireless-2012-09-25-pc.tar.bz2
f. cd compat-wireless-2012-09-25-pc
g. scripts/driver-select alx
h. sudo make
i. sudo make install
j. sudo modprobe alx

That's it.Your wired connection will be established.Reboot if it doesn't happen automatically.

No other complaints otherwise with the product.The look and feel couldn't be more in this price range

I'm using this laptop from the past 3 months, i have installed windows 7 32 bit. Windows 8 can also be used but the drivers for win 8 are not available for this model.

Pros:
-Light weight 2.3kgs
-Good display
-Good processor speed for normal work like browsing webpages,etc; The Laptop doesn't slow down or hang even while opening multiple tabs on chrome which was a problem i had on my compaq c505.
-Battery backup is average (3 and 1/2 hrs watching movies, browsing etc ) the best you can get at this range.
-Webcam is ok.
-USB 3.0 and HDMI ports are an added advantage!

Cons:
-Speakers are of very cheap quality, you can hardly listen to the character's voice when you play movies, so i always have to use headphones while watching movies.
-Build quality is bad with cheap plastic, you drop it once on the floor and it will definitely break, so you have to handle it carefully!
-The laptop hinges are very weak so you have to handle with care.
-As there's no driver CD, Downloading & Installing all the drivers take a lot of time!

All in all this is the Cheapest and Best notebook pc at this price range.

I wanted a laptop immediately as my hp pavillion dv 2519tu was out of order and i really had no time to get it repaired soon. Regarding my hp pavillion, it was a top level laptop including remote control. All of a sudden i can't afford such a costly laptop but also needed a best performing laptop too. So, i tried to order it from flipkart.com but flipkart does not deliver laptop to my address. So, i bought it from ebay.in. I have installed windows 7 ultimate and downloaded drivers from toshiba website.
Now let me talk about the product.

What i felt good -
(1) Reasonable price at this configuration type
(2) Very strong product (felt from my hand on staircase but 100% OK)
(3) Speakers & sound is good
(3) Excellent touch pad
(4) Very good battery backup for me (2.5 hours)
(5) USB 3 is amazing
(6) Disc drive plays almost anything
(7) Display is good enough

What i want to complain -
(1) Position of touch pad (too much to left)
(2) Web cam is a bit poor quality (must be because i am used to hp pavillion)
(3) Keyboard doesn't feel good

Note : 2GB RAM is not at all enough for win7, I have upgraded to total 6 GB
Overall : Thanks Toshiba for offering such a great laptop at such a Justified price.

GO FOR IT if you want a laptop for rough use/ heavy use and Bindaas entertainment