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Toshiba NB200-11M review

Verdict

This netbook holds three aces: superb battery life, a great keyboard and a nice screen. If you can get it for under £300, with or without the current cashback offer, it's a superb buy

Review Date: 20 Oct 2009

Reviewed By: Tim Danton

Price when reviewed: £233 (£268 inc VAT)

Overall Rating

Features & Design
5 stars out of 6

Value for Money
6 stars out of 6

Performance
3 stars out of 6

Details
Part Code	PLL20E-00S00JEN
Review Date	20 Oct 2009
Price ex VAT	£233
Price inc VAT	£268
Overall rating
Features & Design
Value for Money
Performance

Warranty
Warranty	1 yr return to base

Physical specifications
Dimensions	264 x 211 x 31mm (WDH)
Weight	1.310kg
Travelling weight	1.7kg
Weight with extended battery	N/A
Travelling weight with extended battery	N/A

Processor and memory
Processor	Intel Atom N280
Motherboard chipset	Intel GM45 Express
RAM capacity	1.00GB
Memory type	DDR2
SODIMM sockets free	0
SODIMM sockets total	1

Screen and video
Screen size	10.1in
Resolution screen horizontal	1,024
Resolution screen vertical	600
Resolution	1024 x 600
Graphics chipset	Intel GMA 950
Graphics card RAM	128MB
VGA (D-SUB) outputs	1
HDMI outputs	0
S-Video outputs	0
DVI-I outputs	0
DVI-D outputs	0
DisplayPort outputs	0

Drives
Capacity	160GB
Hard disk usable capacity	149GB
Spindle speed	5,400RPM
Internal disk interface	SATA
Hard disk	Toshiba MK1655GSX
Optical disc technology	None
Optical drive	N/A
Battery capacity	5,800mAh
Replacement battery price ex VAT	£61
Replacement battery price inc VAT	£70

Networking
Wired adapter speed	100Mbits/sec
802.11a support
802.11b support
802.11g support
802.11 draft-n support
Integrated 3G adapter
Bluetooth support

Other Features
Wireless hardware on/off switch
Wireless key-combination switch
Modem
ExpressCard34 slots	0
ExpressCard54 slots	0
PC Card slots	0
USB ports (downstream)	3
PS/2 mouse port
9-pin serial ports	0
Parallel ports	0
Optical S/PDIF audio output ports	0
Electrical S/PDIF audio ports	0
3.5mm audio jacks	2
SD card reader
Memory Stick reader
MMC (multimedia card) reader
Smart Media reader
Compact Flash reader
xD-card reader
Pointing device type	Touchpad
Audio chipset	Realtek HD Audio
Speaker location	Bottom
Hardware volume control?
Integrated microphone?
Integrated webcam?
Camera megapixel rating	1.3mp
TPM
Fingerprint reader
Smartcard reader
Carry case

Operating system and software
Operating system	Window XP Home SP3
OS family	Windows XP
Software supplied	Microsoft Works 9

Battery and performance tests
Battery life, light use	9hr 42min
Overall application benchmark score	0.39
Office application benchmark score	0.48
2D graphics application benchmark score	0.32
Encoding application benchmark score	0.38
Multitasking application benchmark score	0.40
3D performance (crysis) low settings	Fail
3D performance setting	Low

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From around the web

I was looking at this, or one like it (the toshiba site has a confusing matrix of variations and I was looking at a brown one) and I do like the keyboard - the dedicated pgup/pgdn keys are nice to see although the backslash has oddly moved to the right of the spacebar and been replaced with the backtick key.
I thought I found a SIM slot in the battery compartment but there was no modem - according to the Toshi site only the NB200-123 has HSDPA built-in and that has a flat keyboard and cost more. I'm beginning to think I should give up looking for the perfect netbook with 3G and get 3's new mifi unit.

By simbr on 4 Nov 2009

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