Toshiba AC Series
Processor: NVIDIA Tegra 250Graphics Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce ULP (Tegra 2)
Display: 10.1 inch
Weight: 0.86kg, 0.87kg
Price: 290, 300, 390, 400, 430 euro
Average of 12 scores (from 26 reviews)
mobility: 86%, workmanship: 77%, ergonomy: 68%, emissions: 79%
Toshiba AC100
Specifications
Notebook: Toshiba AC100Processor: NVIDIA Tegra 250
Graphics Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce ULP (Tegra 2)
Display: 10.1 inch, 10:6, 1024x600 pixels
Weight: 0.87kg
Links: Toshiba homepage Toshiba notebook section
Average Score:
Average of 7 scores (from 16 reviews)
Source: Reg Hardware

Ultra-skinny 10in netbook with Nvidia Tegra technology and Google's Android.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 11/03/2010
Rating: Total score: 10%
Source: It Pro

We have very mixed feelings about the Toshiba AC100. We love the long battery life, the slim and lightweight build and the comfortable keyboard. The smooth 1080p video playback is impressive for such an affordable netbook. Unfortunately, the Android interface is currently ill-suited for use with a touchpad and keyboard instead of a touchscreen. The omission of Android 2.2 and its business features, well as the lack of the Android Market, limits the AC100's usefulness even further. If you have basic, undemanding computing needs, or want a cheap portable HD playback device, the AC100 is a bargain. Discerning professional users will find the operating system wanting and should hold off until Toshiba improves it further.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 10/14/2010
Rating: Total score: 67%
Source: T3

Nevertheless, Nvidia’s 1GHz Tegra 250 chipset provides decent processing power, and runs the operating system smoothly. Its low power also means there’s no need for a fan system and the AC100 remained impressively cool to use. The graphics card is part of the main chipset, and produces smooth video playback.
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 10/08/2010
Rating: performance: 80% emissions: 80%
Source: Techradar

If you want a device for carrying the web around with you, and you don't want a tablet and can't be bothered with a Windows 7 powered netbok, then the AC100 may be for you. There's no denying it works and that you can browse the internet on it, but it's how it goes about doing this that most disappoints. Especially as the AC100 could have been great, it still has lots going for it the most crucial being excellent portability. For us, however, the poor implementation of Android 2.1 remains a deal breaker.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 10/06/2010
Rating: Total score: 50%
Source: Trusted Reviews

On paper the AC100 is a tempting alternative to a netbook, mainly due to its incredible slimness, portability and battery life. However, while 1080p video playback is a great headline grabbing feature, the AC100 isn't as accomplished a computing machine as a netbook. In time, and with the right OS, it could be a winner, but not at present.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 09/21/2010
Rating: Total score: 60% price: 60% performance: 60% features: 50% mobility: 100%
Source: PC Pro

Has so much to offer tech junkies that it feels like a bargain, but the limited software makes it clear this is a first-generation device.
Single Review, online available, Length Unknown, Date: 09/20/2010
Rating: Total score: 67% price: 67% performance: 67% features: 67%
Source: Electricpig

The Toshiba AC100 Android smart-book is a rare and welcome attempt by the Tosh to go against the tide of popular technology trends. While we sweep towards a world of tablets, tablets and yet more bleeding tablets, Toshiba’s standing by all the citizens who still like an honest to goodness QWERTY keyboard, and giving them all the other benefits of smartphone and tablet gear, like tiny form and power sipping, super quiet innards.This could sort a select few down to the ground - but we can’t wait for a Chrome OS version.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 09/15/2010
Rating: Total score: 80%
Source: Gadgetmix

Couple of days back, Toshiba rolled-out a new mini-laptop running the Google Android operating system – AC100. Toshiba has adopted Nvidia Tegra 2 (250) processor in its latest netbook. While the processor should not have any problems running the high-definition video content, you would not be able to run any x86 Windows OS. Sadly, the netbook will not be available in the US for some more months.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 06/28/2010
Rating: mobility: 90%
Source: It Pro

The AC100 looks good, weighs little and outlasts Windows netbooks and notebooks. This is a supremely portable machine. But Android isn’t a mature operating system for a notebook and although Toshiba’s interface makes it far more usable than any other Android netbook we’ve seen yet, you’re not getting the same power and choice as with Windows. Making 3G an optional extra may also be limiting for a device that only comes into its own when you're online. If any Android netbook is going to succeed, it will be the AC100 but there’s still a question of whether Android is ready for the netbook form factor or whether Windows 7 will hold its own the way Windows XP did against the original Linux netbooks.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 06/22/2010
Rating: mobility: 90%
Source: Tech Depot Blog
DE→ENSingle Review, online available, Medium, Date: 09/23/2010
Rating: mobility: 80% emissions: 40%
Source: PC World Italia
IT→ENSingle Review, online available, Medium, Date: 07/16/2010
Rating: Total score: 90%
Source: 3DNews.ru
RU→ENSingle Review, online available, Medium, Date: 09/15/2010
Rating: price: 40% mobility: 60%
Source: Hi-Tech Mail
RU→ENSingle Review, online available, Medium, Date: 07/22/2010
Rating: mobility: 80%
Source: Notebook.cz
CZ→ENSingle Review, online available, Medium, Date: 09/21/2010
Rating: performance: 80% mobility: 80% emissions: 80%
Source: IT.com.cn
zh-CN→ENSingle Review, online available, Medium, Date: 01/25/2011
Toshiba AC100-10Z
Specifications
Notebook: Toshiba AC100-10ZProcessor: NVIDIA Tegra 250
Graphics Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce ULP (Tegra 2)
Display: 10.1 inch, 16:9, 1024x600 pixels
Weight: 0.87kg
Price: 290 euro
Links: Toshiba homepage Toshiba notebook section
Source: PC Authority

Far more important than this, though, is that the 10.1in screen looks great – in terms of quality it rivals the best netbooks. The keyboard is mediocre, with bouncy keys that don’t provide much resistance, but the keys are well sized so we had no difficulty typing at speed. The trackpad and mouse keys are big and responsive too.
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 12/06/2010
Source: IT Reviews

The Toshiba AC100 looks great and usability scores are high thanks to a super keyboard. But Android just doesn't work in this format. Without the capacity for document editing it doesn't function well as a portable computer, and without the Market it doesn't work well as an Android device.
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 10/26/2010
Rating: ergonomy: 80%
Source: Slashgear

If Toshiba can manage to squeeze Ubuntu into the AC100 and preserve its battery life, it could be onto a winner. The company estimates up to 8hrs of runtime from a full charge, or 180hrs – over a week – of standby. In practice, we managed around six hours of solid web browsing over WiFi, and even longer if we were just watching video. The Tegra 2's 1080p abilities also live up to NVIDIA’s promises, as long as you have a file format which Android can play; that means yes to H.264, MP4, AVI and XviD, but no MKV. Still, given the mere 8GB of internal storage, you won’t be able to keep many files on the AC100 itself; thankfully it’ll recognize up to 32GB SDHC cards.
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 10/21/2010
Rating: mobility: 80%
Toshiba AC100-10K
Specifications
Notebook: Toshiba AC100-10KProcessor: NVIDIA Tegra 250
Graphics Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce ULP (Tegra 2)
Display: 10.1 inch, 16:10, 1024x600 pixels
Weight: 0.86kg
Price: 300 euro
Links: Toshiba homepage Toshiba notebook section
Average Score:
Average of 2 scores (from 2 reviews)
Mobile phone in netbook size. ...or is it a netbook with mobile phone technology? Toshiba calls its AC100 a "mobile internet device" and equips it with Nvidia's ARM processor, Tegra 250, and Google's Android 2.1 operating system. We checked where this combination will place itself among netbooks and smartphones.
Source: Onlinekosten.de
DE→ENSingle Review, online available, Long, Date: 12/01/2010
Rating: Total score: 74% performance: 50% features: 40% display: 80% mobility: 95% workmanship: 70% ergonomy: 30%
Source: Notebookcheck
DE→ENSingle Review, online available, Long, Date: 11/17/2010
Rating: Total score: 81% performance: 19% display: 70% mobility: 98% workmanship: 81% ergonomy: 81% emissions: 95%
Toshiba AC100-10U
Specifications
Notebook: Toshiba AC100-10UProcessor: NVIDIA Tegra 250
Graphics Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce ULP (Tegra 2)
Display: 10.1 inch, 16:9, 1024x600 pixels
Weight: 0.87kg
Price: 390 euro
Links: Toshiba homepage Toshiba notebook section AC100-10U (Model)
Average Score:
Average of 1 scores (from 2 reviews)
Source: Techradar

There are some decent apps available, but their quality is questionable. Nevertheless, Nvidia's 1GHz Tegra 250 chipset provides decent processing power, and runs the operating system smoothly. Its low power means there's no need for a fan system.
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 12/02/2010
Rating: Total score: 60%
Source: Media IT
KO→ENSingle Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 02/28/2011
Toshiba AC100-10V
Specifications
Notebook: Toshiba AC100-10VProcessor: NVIDIA Tegra 250
Graphics Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce ULP (Tegra 2)
Display: 10.1 inch, 16:9, 1024x600 pixels
Weight: 0.87kg
Price: 400 euro
Links: Toshiba homepage Toshiba notebook section
Average Score:
Average of 1 scores (from 2 reviews)
Source: Cyberbloc
DE→ENSingle Review, online available, Medium, Date: 01/31/2011
Source: PC Welt
DE→ENSingle Review, online available, Medium, Date: 12/07/2010
Rating: Total score: 80%
Toshiba AC100-10W
Specifications
Notebook: Toshiba AC100-10WProcessor: NVIDIA Tegra 250
Graphics Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce ULP (Tegra 2)
Display: 10.1 inch, 16:9, 1024x600 pixels
Weight: 0.87kg
Price: 430 euro
Links: Toshiba homepage Toshiba notebook section
Source: CDR-Hard
CZ→ENSingle Review, online available, Long, Date: 12/13/2010
Comment
Toshiba: Toshiba Corporation is a multinational conglomerate manufacturing company, headquartered in Japan. The company's main business is in Infrastructure, Consumer Products, and Electronic devices and components. Toshiba-made Semiconductors are among the Worldwide Top 20 Semiconductor Sales Leaders. Toshiba is one of the biggest international notebook-manufacturer. There exist many reviews for Toshiba models.
These graphics cards are not suited for Windows 3D games. Office and Internet surfing however is possible.
NVIDIA GeForce ULP (Tegra 2): In Tegra 3 SoC integrated ultra low power GPU. Depending on the model clocked at 300 to 400 MHz.
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.
NVIDIA :
Tegra 250: SoC (System on a Chip) with a integrated Corex A9 Dual-Core, GeForce ULP and other dedicated subprocessors (Audio, Video).
10.1: The netbook/subnotebook has a quite small display format. Nonetheless, it is a common format for netbooks. The advantage is, that the subnotebook/netbook can be small dimensioned and can be carried easily. Further the small display has the advantage, that it needs few energy, which improves the battery runtime and in consequence the mobility. The disadvantage is that the reading of texts is a bit exhausting for the eyes. It is difficult to use high resolutions.
» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.
0.86 kg:
This subnotebook is one of the most lightweight of all notebooks and can be carried very easily. There exist hardly any models in this extreme class of weight. 7-9 inch displays are normal for this class of weight.
0.87 kg:
66.5%: This rating is bad. Most notebooks are better rated. This is not a recommendation for purchase.
» Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.
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