Toshiba Satellite C55-B5299 Ultra-Cheap Laptop with 15.6″ Screen and Intel Celeron Processor
The Toshiba Satellite C55-B5299 is one of the cheapest Black Friday laptop offers. It will be on sale at Office Depot for only $159.99.
The C55-B5299 is outfitted with the Intel Celeron N2830 “Bay Trail” dual-core processor we reviewed recently here. Overall, it’s an acceptable CPU for the basic tasks like text and spreadsheet document editing, surfing the web, music and video playback, and even some gaming on low settings. Unfortunately, only 2GB of RAM is provided in this model, so it has weaker multitasking muscle than the laptops with standardly-sized 4GB RAM. In addition, RAM isn’t user-upgradeable, according to the official specs. The hard drive is 500GB large, which is an average capacity on today’s market. Another downside is absence of a built-in optical drive, so you won’t be able to read and write DVDs and CDs. If you don’t purchase a separately sold external drive that is.
As same as the vast majority of available 15.6-inch laptops, Toshiba’s C55-B5299 has 1366-by-768 screen resolution, a full-size keyboard with a dedicate numeric pad on the right side and a trackpad below, stereo speakers, a front camera for vide chats, one USB 3.0 and two USB 2.0 ports, HDMI vide jack, Wi-Fi and Ethernet LAN network connections, and a multiformat card reader.
There’s no official estimation on the battery life, but systems with similar specs usually last around 5 hours on a single charge, with light operation involved.
The laptop is covered with matte black plastics. It weighs 4.8 pounds and is 1″ thick, so it is a fairly portable 15.6-incher.
All in all, the C55-B5299 definitely provides enough value for your Black Friday dollar. But it isn’t necessarily the best deal for the money, since Walmart’s HP 15-f004wm at the same price has 4GB RAM, a DVD burner, and similar other specs.
Here are the specs of the Toshiba Satellite C55-B5299 with descriptions of its features. For comparison against other laptops, you can use the "Compare Specs" button.
| Brand | Toshiba |
|---|---|
| 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 | 1366x768 pixels HD This is an entry-level screen resolution, oftentimes found on budget laptops. It doesn't deliver picture sharpness and space on the screen like the Full HD or higher resolution laptop displays do. |
| Touchscreen | No This laptop doesn't support touchscreen input. |
| Other Display Specs | TN type Displays based on the old TN technology lack wide viewing angles you can find on IPS screens. The colors may look washed out or inverted at certain viewing angles. |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Celeron N2830 dual-core 2.16-2.41GHz 1MB cache (User Benchmark CPU score: 12) |
| Graphics (GPU) | Intel HD integrated graphics of low-end CPUs (only for the lightest gaming) |
| System Memory (RAM) Size | 2GB RAM 2GB RAM size is rare nowadays and makes laptops with it almost unusable due to the low capacity. The recommended size is at least 8GB. |
| Data Storage | 500GB HDD This is a very good capacity, but HDD is a slow type of storage. |
| DVD Optical Drive | None |
| Keyboard & Input | Non-backlit keyboard with dedicated number pad The keyboard has a separate numeric pad on the right side of the keyboard, but it has no keyboard backlight. Touchpad with separate physical click buttons The touchpad features physical left and right click buttons, as opposed to click buttons integrated into the touchpad surface. |
| 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 | 802.11N 802.11N is an old Wi-Fi standard, precursor of the 802.11AC and the latest 802.11AX with improved data transfer speeds and connectivity. 802.11N is rarely used in modern laptops. |
| Ethernet Network Port | Yes This laptop has an Ethernet LAN port for wired internet and networking connectivity. |
| Bluetooth | No This laptop has no built-in Bluetooth module. |
| Mobile broadband (4G LTE) | No |
| USB Ports | 2 x USB 2.0 + 1 x USB 3.0 A total of three full-size Type A USB 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. |
| Battery | 4-cell lithium-ion |
| Weight | 4.8 pounds |
| Height | 1" |
| Width | 15" |
| Depth | 10.2" |
| 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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4 out of 5 My Experience with this laptop
Aki –
Overall, the above description is accurate-this is your average standard use laptop. However, I would like to make one correction. The item is user upgradeable if you need to increase your RAM. I ordered a Timetec Hynix IC 8GB DDR3L/DDR3 1600 MHz PC3L-12800 Non-ECC Unbuffered etc, etc from Amazon and after watching a RAM upgrade video on YouTube for this model, I am now enjoying increased speed and performance! Wish I had done this years ago (I bought this when it first came out in 2014, so that shows how hardy it is! So yes, if you have a decent anti-statci environment, a screw driver, and a tablet/phone to watch the video for guidance, you can upgrade this model’s RAM to its max (8 GB) with no difficulty at all!
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