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We have collected 2 reviews of the Toshiba Satellite C670D. Experts rate Toshiba Satellite C670D 6.5/10. Reviewsor.com helps you find reviews, best prices, user reviews of the Toshiba Satellite C670D and Toshiba Laptops.
Laptop prices have fallen considerably over the last few years, and even models with large screens can now be picked up for under £500. Toshiba's latest budget model, the Satellite C670D, is a good example. Despite packing a huge, 17.3-inch display, you can buy our configuration, the C670D-108, for just £400 or so.It's pretty obvious that some corners have been cut to keep this machine's price down. For starters, the chassis lacks the elegant touches and shiny sparkles of Toshiba's higher-end models. Instead, you get a fairly dull chassis that's made entirely of matte black plastic, with just a dimpled pattern on the lid and elongated speaker grilles for pizzazz purposes. Still, the matte finish is likely to prove more scratch-resistant than the glossy finishes on many more expensive machines. This laptop also feels pretty robust, although some of that is down to its weight of around 2.8kg.The keyboard isn't half bad. The keys are packed together but they're wide and flat. The keys feel solid too. They don't sag into the chassis when you apply pressure to them and, although we'd like more travel, they have enough spring to feel snappy under your fingers. The line-up of ports is rather limited. There are two USB 2.0 ports, plus a VGA output and an SD card reader.
While the popularity of slim and portable tablets such as the Apple iPad 2 and Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 indicate a swing towards smaller computers, Toshiba is looking to buck the trend with the release of its Satellite C670D. This laptop, as with its stable mate the Toshiba Satellite C670, offers a relatively huge 17.3-inch screen, capable of resolutions up to 1600 x 900. This isn't a laptop that's concerned with being light – either in terms of weight or power. The Toshiba Satellite C670D has been built to offer the power of a desktop PC in the shape of a laptop. Heavy-duty laptops such as the Dell Adamo XPS can cost up to £800, and you can easily spend up to £2,000 on a laptop if you want the fastest performance possible.The Toshiba Satellite C670D offers fast, but not cutting edge, components to keep the price towards the lower end of the market range. This is a powerful laptop more along the lines of the Packard Bell EasyNote TS13 and Toshiba's own Satellite C660-1G3. The trick with these lower-end desktop replacement laptops is to offer excellent performance while making careful design decisions. This ensures that the price is kept down, without making compromises that negatively impact the overall quality of the laptop.