![]() ![]() The Radius P55W 15 starts at $650 for an Intel Core i5 5015U CPU, 8GB of RAM and a 1TB HDD, which makes the base model just $150 more and a very attractive alternative to the Radius 14. That's worse than the already low mainstream laptop average of 5:37, and considerably shorter than other 15-inch 2-in-1s such as the Dell Inspi(6:14) and the Lenovo ThinkPad Yoga 15 (8:12). Instead, the 1080p Radius 15's longevity increased by just 21 minutes, to 5:14 on Laptop Mag's Battery Test (continuous Web surfing over Wi-Fi at 100 nits of brightness). With fewer pixels to push than the 4K-equipped Radius 15, I was expecting a significant improvement from that system's terrible runtime of 4 hours and 52 minutes. The most disappointing aspect of the 1080p Radius 15 P55W is its battery life. That's better than the 623 put up by the Inspiron 15 7000, but half that of the ThinkPad Yoga 15's 1,477 and its Nvidia GeForce 840M discrete graphics. ![]() On 3DMark's Fire Strike graphics test, the Radius 15 scored an even 700. ![]() The Radius 15 P55W's integrated Intel HD graphics performed well when tasked with casual gaming or video editing, but it isn't meant to handle anything much more demanding. However, this was much slower than both the Inspi2-in-1 (130.5 MBps) and the ThinkPad Yoga 15 (103.7 MBps), due to their much speedier solid-state drives. We measured the speed of the Radius 15's 750GB hard drive at 39.15 MBps, which we determined by duplicating 4.97GB of mixed media files. That's about the same as the Dell Inspi2-in-1 (5:47), but a bit slower than the ThinkPad Yoga 15 (5:08). In OpenOffice, the Radius 15 matched 20,000 names and addresses in 5 minutes and 42 seconds. MORE: Best 2-in-1s (Laptop/Tablet Hybrids) That's a bit higher than the $899 Dell Inspi2-in-1 (5,321) and the $999 Lenovo ThinkPad Yoga 15 (5,136), even though they both sport the same i5-5200U CPU. When we used Geekbench 3 to measure overall system performance, the Radius 15 scored 5,489. Even when stacked up with 20 tabs open in Chrome, the Toshiba had no trouble smoothly streaming a 1080p movie from YouTube. In a sample shot where I got photobombed by a fellow Laptop Mag writer, the Radius 15's picture was very grainy and looked like it had been run through a mosaic filter in Photoshop.įeaturing a 2.2-GHz Intel Core i5 5200U CPU, 8GB of RAM and a 750GB HDD, our review configuration of the Radius 15 P55W had plenty of power for everyday computing. The USB 3.0 port closest to the SD card reader also features Toshiba's Sleep and Charge tech, which allows you to power devices such as a smartphone or tablet, even when the computer is asleep or turned off.Ībove the display there's a camera that takes photos and videos at 1280 x 720, but even in our well-lit office, it struggled to take a sharp picture. ![]() On the left, there's a lone USB 2.0 port and a combo headphone/mic jack, while the right features an HDMI port, two USB 3.0 ports and a SD card reader. Thankfully, the touchpad and space between the G and H keys were more pleasant, registering 81 and 84.5 degrees, respectively. After streaming HD video from Hulu for 15 minutes, the underside near the vents measured 93 degrees Fahrenheit. While the Radius 15 P55W managed to stay under our 95-degree comfort threshold on the Laptop Mag Heat Test, it wasn't by much. In Kool and the Gang's "Summertime Madness", the deep bass warble was weak and indistinct, which sounded especially poor in contrast to the whine of the rising synth. The Radius 15's Harmon Kardon speakers put out an impressive amount of volume for a laptop, but it struggled recreating some mids and many lows. The ThinkPad Yoga 15 offered much closer competition with a gamut of 100.7 percent and a Delta-E of 1.6. The Dell Inspiwas significantly less colorful, covering just 68.6 percent of the spectrum and was much less accurate, with a Delta-E score of 8.7. Color range was both broad and accurate, as the Radius 15 covered 109 percent of the sRGB spectrum while also earning a Delta-E rating of 0.81 (closer to zero is better). ![]()
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