I really wanted to like the Toshiba Satellite Click. I did. But reality set in.
Toshiba Satellite Click
The Good
The Bad
The Bottom Line
I understand that Windows 8, right now, is a sea of confusion. Tablet hybrids aren't necessarily what everyone wants. Laptops are understandable. Can you make a laptop that also turns into a tablet, and do it affordably, at the $500 price range that entry-level midrange Windows laptops actually were just a few years ago?
I wanted to credit the Toshiba Satellite Click for trying. At $599 ($699 according to Toshiba's Web site, but it sells for $599 at Best Buy, where it's a retail exclusive) the Click has a 13-inch screen, a 500GB hard drive, and yes, a display that detaches and becomes its own tablet. It runs Windows 8.1, on an AMD processor. Maybe this was a hidden gem. But no, it's not.
Yes, there's a keyboard, but it's shallow and cramped. Yes, there's 4GB of RAM and a 500GB hard drive, but there's also a very slow AMD processor. Yes, the top half of this 13.3-inch computer detaches to become its own standalone touch-screen tablet, but the battery life is so bad it won't ever find its way very far from your wall outlet.
I'd love to like the Click more...but while it's a low price for a laptop/tablet hybrid, you're far better off just buying a laptop, or a tablet.
Design: feels like a budget product
I've seen a lot of Toshiba Satellite laptops, but none that looks or feels exactly like the Click. It's plastic, but it's also top-heavy in every sense: the tablet upper half, which houses the display, weighs more and is thicker than the keyboard base underneath. It doesn't topple over on a desk or your lap, but sometimes it feels like it'll threaten to.