Toshiba Radius P55W-B5220 15.6″ Convertible Laptop
There’s a new wave of full-size 15.6-inch touchscreen laptops on the market. These with a fully rotatable hinge, allowing use of the notebook as a tablet or presentation screen. That’s a system first implemented on the Lenovo Yoga series. The 15.6-inch Toshiba Radius P55W-B5220 is one of them.
Besides the convertible design and 1080p display with IPS wide viewing angle technology, highlights of the P55W-B5220 are the 4th Gen Intel Core i5-4210U dual-core processor with Intel HD 4400 integrated graphics, 8GB of RAM memory, and a 750GB hard drive. The components are packed in a 0.8″ thin chassis. The laptop weighs 4.9 pounds which is quite light for a 15.6-incher, but keep in mind that you’ll have hard time holding it as an ordinary tablet. The chassis is covered with brushed aluminum in silver color, giving the laptop a hint of luxury. The keyboard consists of chicle-style backlight keys and it has a dedicated numeric pad. The trackpad has integrated click buttons.
Back to the core components, the processor inside Toshiba’s P55W-B5220 is a mid-range solution. It’s perfect for all daily productivity tasks the average Windows PC user might throw at it. However, for video production and professional-class photo editing, the i7 chips are a better solution especially the quad-core models. The HD graphics built into the processor enables play of the latest demanding games, but only on lower settings and resolutions.
Alongside ubiquitous stereo speakers, web camera, Wi-Fi wireless, and HDMI video port, the notebook features three USB jacks, media card reader, Bluetooth, Intel Wireless Display technology as an additional perk. As you’ve maybe noticed, Ethernet LAN network jack and VGA video output are missing.
According to Toshiba, the battery life on the Radius P55W-B5220 is up to 8 hours and 25 minutes. That’s an exceptionally long run time away from the power socket, but the result is probably with the lightest possible system load involved and all power settings turned on. Anyway, if you get more than six-hour battery life on a 15.6-inch laptop with an Intel Core CPU, it’s a quite admirable autonomy.
Regarding other similar laptops, direct competitors to this model are the Asus Q502LA-BBI5T12 and HP 15-U011DX. The Toshiba has the lowest price among them. True, the Asus and HP have larger 1-Terabyte hard drives and the HP has a faster processor, but it lacks IPS technology and keyboard backlight. All factors combined, the P55W-B5220 appears to be the best choice among them.
Specifications of the Toshiba Radius P55W-B5220
Here are the specs of the Toshiba Radius P55W-B5220 with descriptions of its features. For comparison against other laptops, you can use the "Compare Specs" button.
Brand | Toshiba |
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Screen Size | 15.6-inch This is by far the most popular laptop screen size. It provides a lot of screen real estate, while avoiding bulkiness of the 17.3" laptops. |
Screen Resolution | 1920x1080 pixels Full HD Full HD is the most common laptop screen resolution today. It provides a good image sharpness and a decent amount of space on the display for the user interface and programs. However, it isn't as good as the top-tier 4K Ultra HD. |
Touchscreen | Finger multi-touch input The screen supports finger touch input, including multi-touch gestures. |
Other Display Specs | IPS type Displays based on IPS technology provide much wider viewing angles than the budget-class TN screens. |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i5-4210U 4th Gen dual-core 1.7-2.7GHz 3MB cache (User Benchmark CPU score: 35) |
Graphics (GPU) | Intel HD 4400 integrated graphics |
System Memory (RAM) Size | 8GB RAM The 8GB RAM size is the standard one in 2023. It provides comfortable multi-tasking for the most home and office users. |
Data Storage | 750GB HDD This is an excellent capacity, but HDD is a slow type of storage. |
DVD Optical Drive | None |
Keyboard & Input | Backlit keyboard with dedicated number pad The keyboard has backlit keys and a separate numeric pad on the right side of the keyboard. Touchpad with click buttons built into the surface The left and right click buttons are built into the surface of the touchpad, as opposed to separate physical buttons. Touchscreen |
Speakers & Audio | Stereo speakers As usual, the device features a pair of built-in stereo speakers. |
Camera | Front-facing web camera Laptops usually feature a frontal webcam located on the display bezel. This laptop is no exception. |
Wi-Fi Wireless | 802.11AC The 802.11AC is the previous-generation wireless networking standard. It's also known as Wi-Fi 5. 802.11AC is succeeded by 802.11AX Wi-Fi 6 with data transfer speed and multi-device connectivity improvements. |
Bluetooth | Yes This laptop has a built-in Bluetooth module. It enables you to connect the computer to Bluetooth mice and other Bluetooth peripherals, smartphones, and other Bluetooth-equipped devices. |
Ethernet Network Port | No This laptop has no Ethernet LAN port for wired internet and networking connectivity. |
USB Ports | 3 x USB 3.0 Three full-size USB Type A ports. |
Video Output Ports | 1 x HDMI HDMI is a widely used digital video output port. You can find HDMI-in ports on most computer monitors and TVs. |
Media Card Reader | SD card reader The laptop has a slot for full-size SD memory cards, used in many digital cameras. You can also use microSD cards with a card adapter. |
Other Features | Intel Wireless Display (Wi-Di) |
Battery | 60Wh 4-Cell, "up to 8 hours and 25 minutes" battery life |
Weight | 4.9 pounds |
Height | 0.8" |
Width | 15" |
Depth | 9.7" |
Windows Version | Windows 8.1 Windows 8.1 is eligible for free upgrade to Windows 10 Home. Check Windows.com for more info. |
Warranty | 1-year A typical laptop warranty. |
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2 out of 5
Ezequiel Mella –
Great laptop but awful display, it starts with some bubbles under the touch display, and then those bubbles grow to reach the %20 of the front. And after like 2 years, the ips display had show grey to dark areas, so now i can’t work very well
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1 out of 5
robert studyvin –
No real complaint at 1st with this 2 in 1. But just after 6 months the keyboard started acting up. the 2, w, s and x keys no longer work at all. I thought to myself, no big deal, it’s under warranty. Well after about an hour on the phone with the tech support, they realized that it was not a software issue (Duh) and that it was a hardware problem. The nice lady from India then explained that this particular problem was not covered under the warranty and that I would have to call the “out of warranty” center. Shane from the repair site quoted me over $250. I asked to speak to the manager and he told my “Why, he is going to tell you the same thing”and refused to let me speak to him/her.
POOR Quality and even worse support. I will not be buying from Toshiba again.
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steven.b –
Same problem with the same keys my god this must be rip off I’m going to try to return it to store, haven’t called yet but from what I’ve read I’m very concerned
1 out of 5
John Doe –
This computer is AWFUL! I wish I could rate it in the negatives. I bought one last month and the track pad kept getting stuck and not working right. On top of that the speakers stopped working EVERY TIME I unplugged the headphones. Sometimes they’d come back on and sometimes not. This happened about A WEEK after I bought it. I Brought it back to the store and exchanged it for another copy. AND GUESS WHAT HAPPENED A WEEK LATER?!?!?! THE SAME STUPID PROBLEM WITH THE SPEAKERS?!?!?!?! DO NOT BUY THIS AWFUL PIECE OF GARBAGE UNLESS YOU ENJOY GETTING SCREWED?!?!?!?!?! @#$% THIS COMPUTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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