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Toshiba Portege A600-S2201

Specifications

Toshiba Portege A600-S2201
Toshiba Portege A600-S2201 (Portege A600 Series)
Display
12.10 inch 16:10, 1280 x 800 pixel, glossy: yes
Weight
1.4 kg ( = 49.38 oz / 3.09 pounds) ( = 0 oz / 0 pounds)
Price
1000 Euro

 

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Average Score: 68.33% - average
Average of 3 scores (from 4 reviews)
price: 80%, performance: 60%, features: 80%, display: 60% mobility: 65%, workmanship: 60%, ergonomy: - %, emissions: - %

Reviews for the Toshiba Portege A600-S2201

60% Toshiba Portege A600-S2201 12.1-inch Ultraportable Laptop PC
Source: Comp Reviews English Archive.org version
The Portege A600-S2201 should be considered a less expensive cousin of the high end Portege R600. The system has a slightly larger overall build and weighs a bit more, but it provides a decent experience for its price tag. The included Windows XP Professional downgradfe will definitely entice some but the build quality of this system isn't up to the level of most business class ultraportables. Toshiba also needs to but down the installed applications as it impacts performance.
60, Preis 80, Leistung 50, Mobilität 50, Verarbeitung 40
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 03/23/2009
Rating: Total score: 60% price: 80% performance: 50% mobility: 50% workmanship: 40%
60% Toshiba Portege A600
Source: Mobile Tech Review English Archive.org version
With the growing popularity of netbooks, casual laptop users who need to check their email and browse the Net will find the slower Atom processor machines running either Linux or Windows XP adequate for the job. But “full notebooks” are better for business users who need to run Vista, work on productivity tasks (Office, Photoshop, etc.), need more ports and expansion slots and require an optical drive. The Toshiba A600 fits the role well. It’s one of the cheapest 12-inch notebooks on the market and it has good enough performance running most business applications and multimedia. Though not equipped with the fastest mobile processor, the Toshiba has an attractive price and that means more now to businesses and individual users.

60
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 03/01/2009
Rating: Total score: 60%

Foreign Reviews

Toshiba Portégé A600 - ein Subnotebook für 1000 Euro
Source: HardwareLuxx German DE→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 08/27/2009
Rating: performance: 70% display: 60% mobility: 80% workmanship: 50%
85% Toshiba Portégé A600 in test
Source: PC World Italia Italian IT→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 03/05/2009
Rating: Total score: 85% price: 80% features: 80% workmanship: 90%

Comment

Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500MHD: Onboard (shared Memory) GPU built in the GM45, GE45 and GS45 chipset (Montevina). Because of two more shaders and a higher core clock, much faster than the old GMA X3100. Still not advisable for gamers (DirectX 10 games not playable or only with very low settings). The integrated video processor is able to help decode HD videos (AVC/VC-2/MPEG2) , e.g., for a fluent Blu-Ray playback with slow CPUs.

Only some 3D games with very low demands are playable with these cards.

» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.


Intel Core 2 Duo: This is the Core Duo and Core Solo successor with a longer pipeline and 5-20% more speed without more power consumption. As an addition to the Core Duo design there exists a fourth decoder, an amplified SSE-unit and an additional arithmetical logical unit (ALU).

The Core 2 Duo for laptops is identical to the desktop Core 2 Duo processors but the notebook-processors work with lower voltages (0.95 to 1188 Volt) and a lower Frontside bus clock (1066 vs 667 MHz). The performance of equally clocked notebooks is 20-25% lower than Desktop PCs because of the lower Frontside bus clock and the slower hard disks.


SU9300: Power efficient low voltage processor based on the Penryn 3M core that features all Penryn functions like Virtualization and Trusted Execution.» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.


12.10":

This range of display format is largely the upper limit for tablets and the lower limit for subnotebooks.

The advantage of subnotebooks is that the entire laptop can be small in size and therefore easily portable. The tiny display has the added advantage of requiring little power, which further improves battery life and thus mobility. The disadvantage is that reading texts is exhausting for the eyes. High resolutions, which one is used to from a standard laptop, are almost not usable.

The same applies to tablets in this size range.

» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.


Toshiba: Toshiba Corporation is a Japanese conglomerate or technology group. The company was established in 1939 and in 1978 Toshiba became the official company name. The company's products and services include power, industrial and social infrastructure systems, elevators and escalators, electronic components, semiconductors, hard drives, printers, batteries, lighting, logistics and information technology. Toshiba was one of the largest manufacturers of personal computers, consumer electronics, home appliances and medical equipment.


68.33%: This rating is poor. More than three quarters of the models are rated better. That is rather not a purchase recommendation. Even if verbal ratings in this area do not sound that bad ("sufficient" or "satisfactory"), they are usually euphemisms that disguise a classification as a below-average laptop.


» Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.

 

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Stefan Hinum, 2009-04- 1 (Update: 2012-05-26)