Product Description The Toshiba Satellite C660 features a sophisticated black textured finish. With its subtle yet elegant design the Satellite C660 looks the part at home, school, university, in the office, and out and about. Packed full with smart design and technology such as Toshiba's multi-touch touchpad, facial recognition software, media controller, and LifeSpace suite, the Satellite C660 is an ideal laptop for work and play.Multi-touch FunctionalityThe Satellite C660's touchpad features multi-touch gesture support, providing an innovative alternative to conventional scrolling and buttons. The touchpad features an advanced, touch-sensitive interface solution that senses the position of a finger or fingers on its surface and recognises pinching, swiping, and rotating motions performed by simply moving your fingers.The multi-touch touchpad recognises four different finger gestures. Pinch Gesture--two-finger pinch delivers zooming functionality in many Windows applications. The two-finger pinch zoom can be used to zoom in or out of photos, maps, or documents. Scrolling--two-finger and two-finger reverse scrolling delivers functionality in Windows applications by using two separate fingers in a horizontal or vertical motion anywhere on the touchpad, with the scrolling rate controlled by your finger speed. Momentum Motion--delivers smooth, fast, trackball-like cursor motion. A quick flick of one finger across the touchpad surface can move the cursor across the entire screen and is ideal for use with computer gaming applications. Rotation--rotate photos and other items in 90-degree increments by placing two separated fingers on the touchpad and moving them around in a continuous clockwise or counter-clockwise circular motion.Technical HighlightsToshiba LifeSpace Lifespace combines the Bulletin Board and ReelTime apps to help you take control of your work (View larger) Maximise your experience of Windows 7 and see the Satellite C660 come alive with LifeSpace. A free productivity application suite, LifeSpace gives you a personalised approach to accessing your files, organising daily activities, projects and more. LifeSpace is a unique collection of apps designed by Toshiba to make computing simple, intuitive and fun and is great for work and home across all age groups. Complimenting the Windows 7 operating system, LifeSpace helps you simplify your PC experience through personalisation and quicker access to the things that matter the most to you, thanks to Bulletin Board and ReelTime.Bulletin Board is an easy-to-use visual organisation tool that allows you to create a personalised space for managing projects, viewing tasks, photos and more. Organise your day, your events, and your life with a virtual pin board. Stick reminders, photos or tasks onto the board to help you organise or to ensure you don't forget an important appointment. Bulletin Board is a simple, intuitive and pleasant experience to handle your daily digital life.Remember that file you looked at a while back but have no idea where you kept it on your PC? Well with Toshiba’s ReelTime, a visual timeline of your file history up to 3 months old is kept so that you can cut through the clutter to find what you are looking for quickly and easily. It sits above the Windows taskbar and the timeline can be easily scrolled through until you find the file you're looking for.Integrated Web CameraThe Satellite C660 features an integrated web camera with Toshiba Face Recognition. The camera and microphone let you see and hear your contacts online, and can take still pictures, video clips and audio notes. With Toshiba's integrated WebCam communication is made easy--network with friends and family from the comfort of your own home.Toshiba Face RecognitionTwo USB slots ensure you can connect your peripherals to the laptop ( view larger) Using numerous passwords can complicate things so instead of worrying about remembering all of these or using a single password that can be compromised the Satellite C660 features Toshiba Face Recognition--the fun and easy way to log on to your laptop. Toshiba Face Recognition is a biometric-based identification method and uses the WebCam to automatically detect 14 separate facial feature points to verify your identity and grant you fast and simple access to your data. Once your facial profile has been saved it can be used to access the system with no need to enter additional passwords. Additional users can store their own unique facial recognition profile, allowing your whole family to use the computer securely, and with peace of mind.Toshiba Media Controller Media Controller lets you easily share media to TVs, laptops, smartphones and media players. A new interface to make content streaming easy, Toshiba Media Controller software facilitates media sharing between connected multimedia devices. Media Controller allows you to stream videos, music and pictures from a media library to TVs, laptops, smartphones or media players through a simple drag-and-drop interface. The system allows media sharing on networks under one single unified user interface through Windows 7's "play to" functionality and DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance) which ensures interoperability of connected devices in a home multimedia network. Toshiba Media Controller makes multimedia file sharing a breeze. Easily display videos captured with a mobile phone via a network connection directly on a laptop and stream movies stored on a laptop to a large HD TV (requires DLNA-certified device) without knowledge about network configuration and with only a few clicks.Toshiba ConfigFree ConfigFree's Wireless Radar feature makes connecting to nearby Wi-Fi networks a breeze Connect to the Internet easily thanks to Toshiba's ConfigFree suite. ConfigFree features Wireless Radar which displays nearby active Wi-Fi access points in a radar-like graphical interface. Draw a line from your computer to easily connect to Wi-Fi access points. Connectivity Doctor analyses your network connection and assists in fixing problems, features easy diagnosis and repair of communication problems, and shows detailed network. Profile Settings allows you to easily switch between network configurations and profiles can be created to capture the settings in different locations and switched automatically or semi-automatically. Finally, Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) features a push button config setting to easily setup a secured connection between an access point/router and your laptop.DVD SuperMulti DriveView all your movies, use your laptop as a multi-purpose entertainment system and create your own CDs and DVDs with the built-in DVD SuperMulti drive. Not only does it provide great viewing, but the integrated speakers also offer optimum sound quality-perfect for when watching all your favourite movies. Box Contains LaptopUser manualQuick start guideAC AdaptorPower leadSafety manual
C**E
Good for the money
I got this about a month ago when is was 405 quid, and it even arrived a day earlier than anticipated. A good start.The spec is meaty enough to handle everything I do. It's pretty cool to have i3 chip, 4Gb RAM at this price point. The only very slight downer for me (occasionally) is the lack of a third USB port like the satellite it replaces. No big deal really though. If it becomes a regular issue, I just get a hub. End of.I stripped out the lame software. I found the facial recognition thingy a rather a naff novelty, only working half the time. Now it dual boots with Ubuntu Linux (no Wubi, created a new partition). ***If you do this you will need the linux drivers from Realtek for the wireless adapter to work***This was the only headache for me at first when configuring this machine. It took me a couple days of head scratching (OK, swearing, & cursing), to figure out the (Linux) wireless internet connection, but it's all good now, and it worked right out the box without issue when booting into Win 7, thank goodness.The above tip will be a massive timesaver for those wishing to set up a similar dual boot machine! Forget all the the iwconfig, ifup, wpa_supplicant tinkering and faffing about etc, go straight to the Realtek site and get the drivers (I used ver 0003 RTL8192CE Linux driver), run the makefile and bingo, it will work. Super easy, once you know!In general, I rate this machine highly for the money I paid. Oh, and the only other slight. downer for me is the speakers.Weak! I know you can't expect much from laptop speakers, but seriously, they are night & day different from the speakers in the machine they replace. Not in a good way either. It's been quite a while since I heard speakers so tinny & quiet. I even checked the drivers and audio config, I thought something was wrong! If you want to listen to tunes, get headphones, or speakers.For the times I want to listen to tunes I got me some cheap Logitech X-140 2.0 speakers. Sorted. No more tinny sound. I'm not a gamer, and not running Reason or Vegas on this rig, so it's really no big deal. At the end of the day, I knew the specs before buying, and there are no surprises. Maybe I underestimated slightly what I wanted/needed, hence the minor gripes.In all, this little beauty does exactly what I bought it to do. Very happy to have caught it while it was going for less than current market price.
S**B
Good Spec and value for money, shame about the wifi
This laptop was bought for my young daughter as a first laptop. I did look around for a long time as I wanted to avoid the lower spec, i.e. Celerons, poor integrated gtaphics etc. This one ticked all the boxes, Intel Core i3-370M, Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator HD (integrated but good spec) large memory of 4gb. I wanted it to be as future proof as possible, its ok running todays software but will it run tomorrows, I feel paying that little more now will make it last that bit longer.Delivered one day late but with the weather as it was, I'm not complaining, as usual Amazons check out system was as it always is, effortless.Unpacked, thought I'd do all the updates before the big day, install the printer and the software we had already bought, on like a dream. I initially checked the wifi, saw it was working and then went on wired which is so much quicker for file transfer. All setup, photos, videos, links, content advisor and desktop all set up for a 10 year old. Wrapped up and awaited xmas day.Christmas Day arrives, unpacked and setup in the bedroom, on xmas day, didn't use the internet much, she was so impressed with the Aldi drawing tablet and the digital camera, never really got round to the internet.Boxing day, she wanted to do a bit of surfing, it kept dropping out, the home network was working but the internet was so erratic it was unusable. Got the Google page up then a white screen, refreshed got a bit further and dropped out again. I linked it up to the wired LAN and it was ok, searched for updates, all fully uptodate. I compared it to the settings on the 2 other laptops in the house, no different. A bit of research on the net led me to discover that other people had the same problem with the Realtek RTL8188CE wireless Lan though there did not seem to be much on the Toshiba support page. Anyway to cut a long evening short, I found some updated drivers that although weren't specific to the C660 they were compatible with the Satellite range. All fully working now.I would certainly have given 5 stars if it wasn't for the WiFi issue. What is it about the PC industry, any other item you buy, washing machines, TV's etc are sold fit for purpose and we'd very quickly return, if there was an evening spent trying to fix it. PC's for some reason, its ok if it doesn't work, there will be a fix on line. OK I was able to do it, but how many other customers could. Out of date drivers or issues like this should be flagged and customer made aware. The WiFi on delivery was worse than useless.All fixed now and would recommend providing you're confident in updating the drivers.
C**K
Good but there is no Firewire port
On the whole I have been pleased with the laptop. It arrived very quickly and was easy to set up. Wifi connected automatically and Skype worked fine. I like the keyboard and numeric keypad. I don't like mousepads but I've bought a wireless mouse and that has made all the difference. The battery seems fine so far but I don't use it away from home much so haven't really tested it. I agree with other users that the speakers are very poor.I don't like all the preinstalled stuff from Toshiba and it's taking me a while to find my way around Windows 7. I was happy with XP and I don't know why Microsoft have to change the software so much instead of making improvements. Searching for files, in particular is very difficult in Windows 7. The worst thing is that I find I can't copy files from a video camera because there isn't a firewire port. I did quite a lot of research but I didn't know this was something I needed. This is very disappointing as I was intending to copy all my daughter's videos and put them on disc. I still mainly use my PC but the laptop is good for using the internet and is easy enough to carry around the house.
I**K
Good
I was great
Trustpilot
1 day ago
4 days ago
