Toshiba Satellite A215-S6804
Notebook Specifications
Notebook: Toshiba Satellite A215-S6804Processor: AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-60
Graphics Adapter: ATI Radeon Xpress X1200
Display: 15.4 inch, 16:10, 1280x800 pixels
Weight: 2.7kg
Price: 700 euro
Links: Toshiba homepage Toshiba notebook section
Average Score: 100% - very good
Average of 1 scores (from 1 reviews)
mobility: 50%, workmanship: - %, ergonomy: - %, emissions: - %
Reviews for the Toshiba Satellite A215-S6804
100% Toshiba Satellite A215-S6804 Budget Laptop PC
Source: Comp Reviews 
For those looking for strong performance for your dollar, the Toshiba Satellite A215-S6804 is probably your best bet. Between its strong dual core processor from AMD and the extremely large 250GB hard drive, there is little that it can do wrong. About the only thing to really be concerned with is its less than average battery life.
5 von 5, Leistung gut, Mobilität mangelhaft
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 04/16/2008
Rating: Total score: 100% performance: 80% mobility: 50%
Comment
ATI Radeon Xpress X1200: This is an onboard video chip and according AMD optimized for a good price/value. It is based on a X700 design but with less pixel- and vertex-pipelines. ATI Radeon Xpress X1200 is hardly apt for gamers. The graphic chip supports Windows Vista Aero surface and all 3D effects run fluently. Sometimes also called Radeon X1200.
Only older games can be played fluently with these graphics chips (if they were not too demanding). Shared memory graphic cores in this category got the advantage of less heat production and longer battery runtimes. For office, internet, image processing, and video editing tasks these graphics chips are still useable without any restrictions.
>> Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.
AMD Turion 64 X2: AMD Turion 64 X2 is intended to be positioned against the Intel Core Duo was presented in 17. May 2006. The current consumption is not higher than with Centrino-Duo-notebooks (TL-45 with ATI Xpress and Mobility Radeon X300). This means, that approximative the same battery runtime and fan functions can be expected (with this chipset). However, the performance was 20% below the T2300 (1.66 GHz) due to the lower L2 Cache (Core Duo has 2048 Kbyte shared L2 Cache). Nevertheless, the performance is sufficient.
TL-60:
>> Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.
15.4": 15 inch display-variants are the standard and are used for more than the half of all notebooks. 15.4 inch display with 16:10 are the standard for notebook displays.
The reason why so many people like displays with medium size is, that this size is not exhausting for the eyes, does not need too much current and the laptops can be kept quite compact.
>> To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.
2.7 kg: This notebook is lighter than the average of all notebooks. It is too heavy for sub-notebooks. 14 inch displays are normal for this class of weight.
Toshiba: Toshiba is one of the biggest international notebook-manufacturer. There exist many reviews for Toshiba models. The ratings of German magazines are very positive, but the relation of price and value is evaluated rather average. The ratings according the features and display are also quite well for Toshiba notebooks.
100%: This notebook model is regarded by the reviewers to be exceptionally good. There hardly exist laptops, which are rated so good. If this rating can be taken seriously, this is a clear recommendation for purchase.
>> Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.
