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First, let’s talk about the good features.
- This laptop is relatively light weight for it’s size. I’ve read other reviews of folks saying it’s heavy, I disagree. The un-boxed weight of this product is advertised at 6.3lbs. I don’t find it heavy in the slightest.
- The screen is very bright, crisp and easy to see. I’ve played a few games on it (Fallout New Vegas and Fallout 3) and the resolution was quite good.
- The games (mentioned above) were played on max video settings with no visible lag. The computer also ran cool during the gaming. I was very impressed with the quality of the experience for the money I paid ($499 at another retailer).
- The windows 7 home premium operating system comes loaded from the factory on this machine. I got a 5.8 windows experience rating on this product right out of the box.
- the AMD Quad Core (A6-3400) seems pretty robust. Even with the built in ATI graphics, this machine is handling everything I toss at it with relative ease. For what I paid, this is a pretty powerful unit.

Now, for some less than desirable experiences on this laptop.
- The internal clock runs fast. Toshiba has yet to release a bios update for this product, so if you choose to go forward with your purchase, you will want to keep this in mind. It’s not a major deal breaker mind you, but if you’re working on something and glance down at the clock, don’t expect it to be accurate. There are many threads on this problem as of this writing, so do your diligence and review the experiences of others.
- The keyboard is completely lack luster. Specifically, the keys are completely smooth and lack any sort of feel. Again, not a deal breaker since I’m writing this review on it, but they may not be completely to your liking.
- Some reviews have said the case on this product is brushed aluminum. It’s not. It’s plastic. Not that this is an issue, but don’t expect it to be aluminum when it arrives. One poster correctly pointed out that there are versions of this laptop that do have an aluminum case, but it’s just not the L775D-S7228 model that I’ve reviewed here. (Thanks P.V. Carey for the note).
- The built in speakers are horrible. Not just bad, but horrible. You will find yourself messing with the built in equalizer for a while before you come to the realization that they’re simply going to sound flat, tinny and empty. I’ve also found that the volume control simply doesn’t go loud enough. This is a relatively easy fix if you don’t mind adding external speakers for your typical home use of this product, but expect a poor sound experience while traveling. If you use headphones, the sound is fine. Most laptop speakers are nothing to write home about anyway, so keep that in mind.
- There were 64 programs loaded on this laptop when I purchased it. It was new and fresh out of the box, so expect to spend some time removing the “bloatware”. Again, my windows experience was 5.8 with the bloatware, so it didn’t really impact the overall operation of the system, but if you’re like me and you want a clean install, you’re going to spend a few hours uninstalling software.
- This machine does not come with a restore disc. Like most newer laptops, it has a protected portion of the hard drive that is set aside for restoring the operating system. I tried it out just to see what would happen, and it worked flawlessly. The operation is pretty simple to restore factory defaults. You simply turn the machine completely off, then hold down the “zero” key at the top of the keyboard while restarting the machine. Hold the key down until the screen comes back on and then release. You should see a message that windows is loading files within a few seconds.
- Executing the above recovery will reload all of the factory installed bloatware. Enjoy
- If you wish to backup the operating system, you may do so through the “my toshiba” directory that is factory configured. You will need a usb stick that has more that 12.5 gig of space, or 5 blank dvds to create your own system recovery discs.

Other thoughts:
- you will want to go to the Toshiba website immediately and get the latest drivers for your sound card and for your graphics adapter. The site is relatively easy to surf, just put in your model specifics and you’ll see a page full of the latest releases of drivers. I purchased my product on August 1st, 2011, and the majority of my drivers were out of date.
- Again, there is not updated bios release for this product yet, so the clock will likely run fast on you.

Overall:
- I’m pleased with this machine as a whole. While it does have a few minor short comings, I feel the performance, usability and experience for both gaming and working outweighs the minor creature comforts of the keyboard and sound. I would recommend this to my friends and family, with the qualifications that I…

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I purchase the L775-S7222 a in July and it has the fast clock problem. I would have returned it but I didn’t become aware of the problem until after Staples) 14 day policy. I have a lower end model Toshiba which I have had in operation for three years and it has performed flawlesly. This fast clock situation has effected quite a few computers, perhaps the ones with this AMD processor. After a few ” my name Peggy” calls to tech srevice and several attempts to fix the problem the latest word is the computer is to be shipped back to Toshiba for a repair.
I am waiting for the shipping box to arrive at this time. In all fairness Toshiba’s tech service has been very good and their response line was with a minimum of waiting. The computer in general performs well and when this problem is resolved I am sure it will be worth the investment..

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Love this laptop! got it right when they said i would, opened it up and turned it on, connects to wifi immediately… perfect laptop for college students or high school students for papers and such… not alot of memory, but i have an external hard drive for that…. highly recommended!

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