Hardware documentation consists of a startup card and an online guide buried in a Toshiba subdirectory. I know we're all about electronic documentation and preventing trees from being cut down just to explain the system, but at least the company could have put an icon to the online guide on the toolbar, or on the otherwise bare Windows 7 desktop. You get no software documentation at all.

At 5.4 pounds, the P755D is no ultralight, but it's not too heavy for its size; some weight savings may be due to the all-plastic casing. Fortunately, the plastic is solid and doesn't bend.

The Toshiba Satellite P755D is a decent , not too thick and, though plastic, pretty solid. Performance in our tests was quite modest, though it has some nice multimedia features. Faster performance, accessible documentation, less-annoying backup and virus utilities, and a plain touchpad without the quirky multitouch would generate more enthusiasm and higher scores, but this model is fine as a middle-of-the-road laptop with a modest price.