Toshiba Satellite Radius 14 Series

Processor: Intel Core i3 5015U, Intel Core i5 6200U
Graphics Adapter: Intel HD Graphics 520, Intel HD Graphics 5500
Display: 14.00 inch
Weight: 1.9kg, 2kg
Price: 600, 699, 900 euro

Average Score: 69.76% - average
Average of 5 scores (from 6 reviews)

performance: 56%, features: 56%, display: 74%, mobility: 77%, workmanship: 75%, ergonomy: 81%, emissions: 91%

Toshiba Satellite Radius 14 E45W-C4200

The Toshiba Satellite Radius 14 E45W-C4200 is a budget friendly laptop. One of its key features is its ability to vary screen positions right up to being a tablet. The brush metal grey finish, black chiclet style keyboard and clean cut lines lends to a classy looking setup. The chassis is solid enough to handle the inherent portability of the Windows 8 system. Its 14 inch HD TruBrite panel features a 16:9 aspect ratio and features good colors and clarity. The audio quality perfectly complements the display with the Harman/Kardon stereo speakers tuned by DTS sound. On-board the Toshiba Satellite Radius 14 E45W-C4200 is an Intel Core i3-5015U dual-core processor clocked at 2.1 GHz, 6 GB of DDR3L SDRAM, an Intel HD Graphics GPU and a 500 GB HDD as internal storage. The laptop just weighs 2.04 kg (4.5 pounds) and comes with a card reader, two USB 3.0 ports, a USB 2.0 port, an HDMI port and a webcam. Battery life on the laptop is supplied by 3-cell pack rated at 45 Wh.

Specifications

Notebook: Toshiba Satellite Radius 14 E45W-C4200
Processor: Intel Core i3 5015U
Graphics Adapter: Intel HD Graphics 5500
Display: 14.00 inch, 16:9, 1366 x 768 pixels
Weight: 2kg
Price: 600 euro
Links: Toshiba homepage
Toshiba notebook section
Satellite Radius 14 E45W-C4200 (Model)

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Average Score: 67.5% - average

Average of 4 scores (from 4 reviews)

Reviews

70% An affordable, fully reversible laptop
Source: PC World English

Archive.org version
A Toshiba laptop served as my travel workhorse for several years back in the day. I liked it, but haven’t since used another of the company’s machines. That wasn’t for any particular reason—it was just the way things worked out. However, if the E45W-C4200X is any indication of what the company is up to these days, I may have been missing out.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 03/29/2016
Rating: Total score: 70%

70% Toshiba Satellite Radius 14
Source: Digital Trends English

Archive.org version
The Toshiba Radius 14 doesn’t have many competitors. While there are 2-in-1 devices sold at or below $500, almost all of them have a 10-inch or 11-inch display, and most use Intel Atom processors (or similar) rather than Intel Core. Dell’s Inspiron 13 7000 2-in-1 stands out as the nearest alternative.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 09/24/2015
Rating: Total score: 70%

70% Toshiba Satellite Radius 14
Source: Laptop Mag English

Archive.org version
At a manufacturer's suggested price of $585, the Satellite Radius 14 has a hard time competing with its less expensive 2-in-1 competition. But at $500 from Best Buy, things get a lot more interesting. At that price you're getting a lot of laptop for the money, including a big 14-inch screen, decent battery life and good CPU performance.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 09/21/2015
Rating: Total score: 70%

60% Toshiba Satellite Radius 14
Source: Computer Shopper English

Archive.org version
If Toshiba's Satellite Radius 14 had an IPS screen at its low price, this would be nearly a rave review. As is, its best features are its comfortable keyboard, easy-to-use touch pad with quiet clicks, good overall strength, and high-quality Harman/Kardon speakers. It's also a solid everyday performer thanks to its Core i3 processor and 6GB of RAM, although the 500GB hard drive was slow enough to make us feel impatient.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 09/13/2015
Rating: Total score: 60%

Toshiba Satellite Radius 14 L40W-C-10Z

Specifications

Notebook: Toshiba Satellite Radius 14 L40W-C-10Z
Processor: Intel Core i3 5015U
Graphics Adapter: Intel HD Graphics 5500
Display: 14.00 inch, 16:9, 1366 x 768 pixels
Weight: 2kg
Price: 699 euro
Links: Toshiba homepage
Toshiba notebook section

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Reviews

78.8% Toshiba Satellite Radius 14 Convertible Review | Notebookcheck
Retro-Radius. Toshiba sees a market for affordable 14-inch convertibles and positions its new Radius 14 lineup in the gap. We quite liked the flexible device for its casing and input devices, despite restrictions such as the TN screen or conventional hard drive in the test.

Toshiba Satellite Radius 14 L40W-C-10X

Specifications

Notebook: Toshiba Satellite Radius 14 L40W-C-10X
Processor: Intel Core i5 6200U
Graphics Adapter: Intel HD Graphics 520
Display: 14.00 inch, 16:9, 1366 x 768 pixels
Weight: 1.9kg
Price: 900 euro
Links: Toshiba homepage
Toshiba notebook section
Satellite Radius 14 L40W-C-10X (Model)

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Foreign Reviews

Schicker 2-in-1-Laptop
Source: Turn On German

DE→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 12/14/2015

Comment

Toshiba: Toshiba Corporation is a Japanese conglomerate or technology group. The company was established in 1939 and in 1978 Toshiba became the official company name. The company's products and services include power, industrial and social infrastructure systems, elevators and escalators, electronic components, semiconductors, hard drives, printers, batteries, lighting, logistics and information technology. Toshiba was one of the largest manufacturers of personal computers, consumer electronics, home appliances and medical equipment.

Non demanding games should be playable with these graphics cards.

Intel HD Graphics 5500: Integrated graphics card (GT2) in the Core processors of the Broadwell U-series (15 W TDP).

Modern games should be playable with these graphics cards at low settings and resolutions. Casual gamers may be happy with these cards.

Intel HD Graphics 520: Integrated GPU (GT2) with 24 EUs found on some Skylake CPU models (15 W ULV series).

» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.

Intel Core i3:

5015U: Broadwell-based ULV (ultra low voltage) dual-core processor for notebooks and ultrabooks. Offers an integrated HD Graphics 5500 GPU and is manufactured in 14 nm.

Intel Core i5:

6200U: Skylake-based ULV dual-core processor for thin notebooks and ultrabooks. Offers an integrated HD Graphics 520 GPU and is manufactured in 14 nm.

» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.

14.00:

14 inch display size represents a middle ground between the small subnotebook formats and the screens of the standard 15 inch laptops.

The reason for the popularity of mid-sized displays is that this size is reasonably easy on the eyes, provides good resolutions with usable detail sizes, yet does not consume too much power and the devices can still be reasonably compact.

In the past, 14-inch devices were very rare, but now they are the standard for laptops after the 15-inchers.

» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.

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69.76%: This rating is poor. More than three quarters of the models are rated better. That is rather not a purchase recommendation. Even if verbal ratings in this area do not sound that bad ("sufficient" or "satisfactory"), they are usually euphemisms that disguise a classification as a below-average laptop.

» Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.