[Marinausa]

I got a Christmas present in the form of a C655D-s5080 Toshiba laptop this morning.

Now, I know that this is an entry-level laptop. But, even with it's mid-tier subscore, this thing is leagues better than the original Dell Pentium IV I'm typing on right now (aka my ten-year-old antique).

But, does anyone have an experience with the C650 series of Toshibas? I'm wondering if I should trade up or anything. I'm mainly worried about warranty or technical issues, but from past research I've come to accept that every company out there puts out lemons or has horrible issues with some PCs at one time or another. Just trying to get some feedback. Since my PC I've had for the past ten years is the ONLY computer I've ever owned, I am poorly versed in computers. But, here are the specs:

2gb DDR3 mem
250gb HDD @ 5400
AMD V Series V140
GWindows 7 Home Premium (64bit)
~16" screen

any help, advice, feedback, or opinions are appreciated.

[Joesred]

trade up for a macbook

[GoblinGaga]

...okay, how about:

what would be a good possible trade-up in the 400-600ish range, or what would be upgrades if this particular laptop is seemingly unacceptable?

[lrUyiva1]

You're not going to get a good Macbook for $400-$600.

[Hftqdxpm]

Really most laptops are fine unless you need to do some hardcore gaming or something work related. For casual and normal use a Toshiba is fine and you shouldn't have any dumb problems.

[Hokimjers]

Really most laptops are fine unless you need to do some hardcore gaming or something work related. For casual and normal use a Toshiba is fine and you shouldn't have any dumb problems.

Pretty much this. If you want to get a warranty plan for your laptop, try going on Toshiba's website.

[VINPELA]

Alright, sounds good. Thanks.

[arerrurrY]

its a decent machine technically, you wont be able to game well on it, but that goes for anything in the upgrade price range as well so ndb

[yWleIJm4]

It's not all that bad. Upgrade your ram to 4GB if you're running 64-bit Windows and pickup an external HDD for extra storage. Aside from that the processor is pretty bad.

If you wanna exchange it while you still can, consider going with a mid-line Acer or HP. You can usually pick one up with decent specs for about 500-600. Aim for an Intel I3 processor and maybe an ATI4650 graphics card if you wanna do some light gaming. Everything else is upgradable easily.