Hello there,I'm a mac user but know Microsoft Windows since the "MS-DOS Executive" and do know Macs since the first ones with bluish displays and that wonderful thing (at that time) called mouse. Know about CP/M, Unix System V and good old clicks from a metal made IBM PC/XT keyboard and the CGA color display flickering, I also remember the very first touch screen I've ever touched... The HP 150 (circa 1983).And there's more, I remember when my dad gave me my very first computer: Sinclair ZX-81. I couldn't believe it!!! I was dreaming about writing a software that could take me inside the computer like the Tron movie did while wondering if 1k of memory should be enough!!!. That was a dreaming 8 years old little boy who has always loved technology. That was (and is) me!The reason I bring all the above memories to this review is... Technology now is lacking passion... and now you can have toys that you can use, you can enjoy but you won't love. Yes, you can find a very small bunch of tech giants that sparkles with innovation, experience or design but... for the rest... they just don't listen!!!I do like the Windows 8.1 experience. It is pretty fast, pretty stable and looks modern...the Toshiba P55T-B5262 which is named after a fax machine is good. It is a pretty good laptop with impressive capabilities but an even more impressive list of possibilities. This laptop falls short on design. It is not that it has been badly made... not by any means but it could be a lot better with a little bit more imagination.I reckon it is very hard to fight in the computer business today with the commoditization of the PC but who's fault is that? How much money does the best industrial designer could cost?... Is that much for a corporation? That very question brings me to what I don't like from this laptop:While Toshiba made a good effort in the materials choice for a good priced high end laptop, they felt short in ergonomics, for some reason I can't really point my finger to, I feel a little bit uncomfortable while writing this review (I'm using my brand new Toshi here) and it is not a keyboard fault because I have to say, the keyboard is pretty good, it is like if the track pad was in the wrong position or has the wrong size. I beg you pardon for my imprecision but there's something wrong here and it is not the keyboard. Another minor critic is the fonts used on the keyboard, I think those fonts makes the keyboard to look unfairly cheap,that's the problem when you get too used to a Mac obsessive attention to the details.On the other hand, there's the screen. Impressive I really have to say the screen is. I have to congratulate Toshiba on this one. It looks so good I can only tell a little bit more brightness could be great but... I can't disqualify this display. If you're in a not so bright room, it beats the retina display I have on my Mac Book hands down.The audio... hoooray... Those Harman guys sure know how to make things sound pretty good and maybe the size of the laptop, gives room for a little bit more audio than thinner ones but, the fact is... this thing really sounds good. I do like the sound experience and while it could use a little bit more volume, I also have to say that might be just me because I'm a little bit deaf myself. Too much Walkman/Diskman/Minidisk rock in the 90's and iPod in the 2000's I guess :)The trackpad... just rubbish...beggars belief... I seem to find this kind of rubbish quality track pads everywhere. I had an Acer S7 Ultrabook and that one was even worst. Do they think just because they give you touch screen it can have very bad pads? Toshiba please, I think it has the wrong size or is in the wrong place but that could be only me... but really... get some firmware upgrade from your Synaptics supplier... Or at least ask for more control on the track pad panel... I'd love to be able to disable it.. it is that bad.Now what I like the most apart from the lovely, mesmerizingly good screen and the surfaces touch feeling and the sound is the ability to have not two but four 3.0 USBs (or at least I hope they are 3.0 because they are blue :)), and Ethernet port and an HDMI port on board.As mentioned before, I still prefer my Retina MacBook Pro because of the way it makes you feel but by that said, I'm being a little bit unfair because I've paid twice as much (plus $300 for applecare) for my Retina so it is easier to have better everything (except the display) at twice the price... don't you think?My verdict, this is a rather impressive little fella (well not THAT little anyway) featuring on the positive side:- Impressive display. I mean it... it is very good. The best I've seen since the Retina display and even more impressive for it to be touch.- Good performance and playing with photos is a breeze.- Keyboard besides the look, is very good.- I like the idea of having that numerical keypad.- 4 USBs, 2 on each side.- Blu-Ray Reader, DVD Writer. Which is very good indeed but, having those 2 USBs on each side is very convenient to connect my Samsung SE-506BB/TSBD 6X USB2.0 External Slim Blu-ray Writer Drive (Black) when I have to write a Blu-Ray disk.- Good surface feeling. We are talking about some aluminum surfaces here, not only cheap looking plastics and that feels good at the touch and makes the laptop to look better.- The 12 GB of RAM and the 1TB Hard drive.- Did I mentioned the screen?? ohhh... lovely and it's touch!!!- Another thing I'm noticing while typing this review, the screen seems to repel finger prints pretty cool. I have to try it a little bit more but.. somehow I've been playing with the touch and it does not looks like painted with grease crayons... cool right?- I do have to congratulate Toshiba on including almost no bloatware at all... Good for you Tosh... you deserve a High Five!!!The bad:- The Track Pad... ooohhh boy is bad... not the worst I've ever encountered... that title goes by far to the Acer S7 I had last year.- I find it falls a little bit short on ergonomics and I don't know why but... I think is the size and/or position of the useless track pad. don't know for sure.I like this laptop very much, it is a wonderful value for money and you won't be disappointed if you look at it as a tool... but I wanted to love it, I wanted it to bring back the boy in me... and it didn't. That is why it has only 4 stars and not 5.Hope this helps!JP