Laptop PC have recently reviewed the Toshiba Equium A200-26D, and you’d be hard pressed to find a more positive review. They’re of the opinion that in this day and age, a laptop is essential and the A200 “will help you enjoy the work you do” whether it’s business or pleasure.
One of the many points picked out by LPC is the “excellent storage capacity”, as well as the “high quality display” which is a “characteristic feature of Toshiba Equium A200-26D Laptop PC”. The TruBrite WXGA TFT display of 16.7 million colours ensures “life-like images”, meaning “your charts, graphics and images will be as clear as the original.” As well as reporting on more tech specs than you can shake a stick at, LPC reckon the lithium ion battery gives “good” battery life.
Concluding that “apart from all the advantages and outstanding performance, [the] Equium A200-26D is the best in its stylish but executive look”, you can head over to Laptop PC for the full review.
A new review of the Toshiba Portege M700 has popped up on Computer and Laptop’s Weblog in which the author concentrates on the essentials such as battery life, speakers, wireless connectivity and the operating system and finds it to be a generally positive experience.
He states that the overall battery life is “good”, but “I wouldn’t brag about it, unless I had the optional slice battery to go with it”. Though he got around 3 and a half hours in high performance mode, the M700 gave up to 5 hours in balanced mode which is “respectable”. He thought the speakers were not as loud as his iPod, but this is “typical for a business tablet” and the volume wheel is a “convenient feature.” As well as finding that the connectivity “worked fine”, the author had “no problems” running Microsoft Vista Business; indeed her prefers Vista on tablets “thanks to the improvements in handwriting recognition and the pen flicks.”
Concluding that the M700 is “a solid tablet”, the author thinks that although it’s not fancy, it has “all necessities” and “doesn’t lack in performance or features”. Head on over to Computer and Laptop’s Weblog for the full review.
“I love it” is the resounding conclusion of the Toshiba Equium delivered on YouTube by 1234BlueBoy, albeit just a small clip of his 19 minute long, 2 part comparison of the Equium and his pal’s MacBook Air.
Focussing heavily on what he sees as a very reasonable pricepoint of the device, and all the features packed in to his Equium, it’s fair to say that he rates this notebook very highly. Take a look at the video below, and then follow this link for part 2 of his comparative review.
Don’t you just love it when someone takes a request, listens to it - and acts upon it immediately. And look, that’s just what our pal ‘1213982′ has done on YouTube who, after receiving a few viewer requests, has created this video to reiterate some of the location information on the Toshiba Satellite A305. USB 2.0 slots, FireWire slots, card reader port - you name them and he’s found, and mapped them. Check out the video below, and if you have a second take a look at the happy comment alongside it from MrsomebodyPL… “I tested the Toshiba laptop a few days ago, when I was in one of the shops which offer them. The truth is that I liked it very much.” Very kind of him to say so!
Marking the product a rather impressive 4/5, and making note of the high quality and high resolution screen that “more than met my needs” – he also extolled the virtues when it came down to heat and noise, which “didn’t appear to be an issue at all for the M9.” Indeed, “I kept the laptop running almost constantly for one day and found it quite comfortable to touch. The fan kept up quietly even when I took the laptop into a hot, noisy neighborhood pub to test it out on a public wireless network.”
Of course, there were issues – and unsurprisingly from someone so au fait with producing perfect creative design, he suggested “a bit more graphics horsepower would provide a better all around experience with what is basically a very good laptop.” However, as concurred later on in the paragraph, “It’s a business machine not a game platform” – for the latter one might be better off looking at the meaty Qosmio.
ZDNet Australia have got the lowdown on the Toshiba Satellite Pro M300, with author Michael Palamountain awarding it a solid 7 out of 10, calling it “A modest, yet high quality desktop replacement at a reasonable price”.
Michael praises the M300 for being “classy”, mentioning that its silver and black finish makes it “a fine looking machine”. He’s also impressed by the speakers, mentioning that although they are tiny, they have “very good sound quality”. Though Michael is impressed with the weight of the M300, he does have some reservations about the “shiny screen” which sometimes gets affected by sunlight, though this is obviously not limited to Toshiba laptops.
After a rundown of the software and specs that come with the M300, Michael concludes that “the test results all indicate great performance in terms of office productivity”, but the graphics may not be quite up to standard for dedicated gamers, though it’s just fine for watching a DVD on. Hard drive and general processor performance come in for praise, and the idea of exchanging the 6-cell battery for a longer lasting 9-cell gets the thumbs up. For the whole picture, head over to ZDNet Australia.
PC Magazine have reviewed the Toshiba Satellite P305-S8825 and it’s gone down pretty well with reviewer Cisco Cheng, receiving a 4/5 rating. Cisco reports that the P305 is “classified as a desktop replacement, because it blends together a roomy 17-inch widescreen with a 7.5-pound chassis”, occupying a smaller area than a regular desktop. He compares its weight to a few other laptops and mentions that if it’s a little too heavy, the Toshiba Satellite A305-S6845 is a little lighter at 5.8 pounds, compared the S8825 at 7.5 pounds.
Cisco also mentions the re-design that the Satellite range has recently undergone, writing of the Fusion finish and how it combines with the “stylized speakers”, the Satellite logo and the touch-sensitive multimedia buttons to create “the P305’s design appeal.” The P305’s features “won’t disappoint”, especially when compared to “other laptops at this price point”; Cisco appreciates the HDMI port, the four USB ports, the FireWire and the S-Video-out ports. Though disappointed by the battery life, he’s impressed with the 17” screen, the numeric keyboard and the full list of features, concluding “you needn’t think twice about choosing it over a conventional desktop”
If you can’t trust Trusted Reviews, who can you trust? Ardjuna Seghers has written up a meaty 8 page review on the Toshiba Satellite A300-177 Notebook and he’s given it a tentative thumbs up. Though he’s not sure about the “striking new design”, he appreciates the user interface; especially the nowadays-rare appearance of a manual volume dial “which is a pleasure to use.”
Ardjuna bigs up the A300- 177’s specs, reporting they “don’t leave you wanting… with 2GB of RAM and a generous 200GB hard drive providing ample storage, while the T5550 Intel Core 2 Duo zips along at 1.83GHz” and also makes note of the DVD writer which can handle “most media on the market”. Most impressive to Ardjuna, however, are the speakers as he thinks the sound they produce is “stunning”, especially for their size. Though he doesn’t think the A300 is suitable for serious gamers, it turns movies and music “into an aural joy”.
Head on over to Trusted Reviews for the full picture on the A300.
“Long gone are the days when the primary differentiating factors between competing laptops models were just battery life and weight” begins Daniel in his hugely comprehensive write up of the Toshiba Satellite A305-S6845 Notebook – and how right he is.
Going on to talk about the refreshing of Toshiba’s Satellite line of laptops, and the fact that “laptop manufacturers have stepped up their efforts on the very look of their notebook designs, as well as piling on enough features to make you never miss a desktop PC” – he proceeds to cover all of the spec.
Rating the model in all sorts of categories, he also runs a number of performance tests, suggesting the “the A305-S6845 puts in a surprisingly strong performance”, while it boasted a strong battery performance “putting in a time just shy of three and a half hours. This is one of the better battery life times we’ve seen lately”.
Toshiba have always prided themselves on producing laptops that can be utilised in plenty of different ways, and tomorrow could see one of the toughest tests yet. You see, deep in the bowels of the CosmoCaixa in Spain, a pitched chess battle will be taking place – man versus machine, but with a twist!
For not only will ICC’s infamous Deep Junior 11 (running on a home-desktop Dell Vostro 200) be displaying its legendary electronic wit, lets not forget that this is a version of the programme that deposed World Champion Gary Kasparov in 1997, but it will be pitted against a combined challenge from Grand Master Miguel Illescas and Junior 10, running on a Toshiba laptop A-100, with 2GHz T7200 processor, 1GB RAM.
Miguel Illescas is a seven-time Spanish champion and second to former world champion Vladimir Kramnik, and his relationship with computers is a crucial one, having been consulted in the original programming of Deep Blue. Can he and the Toshiba A-100 triumph? The chess world waits… Trusted reviews would probably back them, based on their 9/10 review here…
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Laptop PC have recently reviewed the Toshiba Equium A200-26D, and you’d be hard pressed to find a more positive review. They’re of the opinion that in this day and age, a laptop is essential and the A200 “will help you enjoy the work you do” whether it’s business or pleasure.
