Toshiba Satellite L55Dt-A5253

15.6-inch touchscreen display ; 750GB hard drive ; Rigid construction

Poor off-axis viewing ; Weak networking features ; Uses 1333MHz memory

This mainstream notebook won’t launch you into orbit, but it is a solid value.

Editor's note: This notebook was reviewed as part of a roundup for back-to-school season. You can read that story, along with reviews of the five notebooks we compared it to, here