Toshiba Satellite LX835-D3380 Pro Reviews

If you're shopping for an all-in-one primarily as an entertainment device for your home, you'll likely make some different choices—a more striking design, perhaps a larger and more flexible display, maybe a Blu-ray drive. But if you want the most bang for your buck in terms of performance, the Toshiba LX835-D3380 offers impressive quad-core computing power for the money, along with some accompanying graphics muscle. Indeed, the LX835-D3380 has more than enough clout to act as your everyday workhorse computer. If Windows 8 has you rethinking how you will interact with your next desktop, the system provides an engaging and comfortable touch experience without forgetting that a PC in this price range had better deliver the goods in terms of productivity as well. With this all-in-one, you can enjoy creating and editing multimedia as well as consuming it.

The Toshiba LX835-D3380 all-in-one desktop is a solid, if utilitarian entry for people looking to buy their first touch-screen Windows 8 PC. Its middle of the road looks, very good performance, and decent feature set means that it's a good buy, even if it won't necessarily start your heart racing.

Aside from making you learn Windows 8, the Toshiba LX835-D3380 should feel familiar to anyone who has purchased a new PC in the last few years. Its fast Core i7 chip provides some distinguishing speed, and you'll have to adjust to a recalibrated PC price scale, but this system has commodity desktop written all over it. That doesn't have to be a bad thing, particularly if it means a comfortable experience. For those who pick this system up, that's exactly what you'll get.

Unfortunately, the biggest issue with this system is its screen. And, well, because the screen—the big, bright, 23-inch touchscreen—is still the main draw of an all-in-one system, this is a pretty big deal. Plus, it doesn’t help that the Satellite LX835’s performance is below par, even when compared with other 23-inch all-in-one computers. Let’s just say that the HP Envy 23 TouchSmart costs about $350 more than the Satellite LX835, and this is definitely a case in which “you get what you pay for.”