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Toshiba Satellite L30-11D

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Toshiba Satellite L30-11DNotebook: Toshiba Satellite L30-11D
Processor: Intel Celeron M 440
Graphics Adapter: ATI Radeon Xpress 200M
Display: 15.4 inch, 16:10, 1280x800 pixels, glossy: no
Weight: 2.7kg
Price: 500 euro
Average Score: 90% - very good
Average of 1 scores (from 1 reviews)
price: 80%, performance: - %, features: - %, display: - % mobility: - %, workmanship: - %, ergonomy: - %, emissions: - %

Reviews for the Toshiba Satellite L30-11D

90% Toshiba Satellite L30-11D Celeron M440 Laptop Review
Source: Conita English
Conducting an online search will often result in serious prices for this laptop.  The average price of the Toshiba Satellite L30-11 D Celeron M440 Laptop is around 600 pounds which may be a steep price for many. However, considering the purchase of such a laptop as an investment that will last for many years is a great way to justify the price of the computer. Being without a computer in today’s day and age can be done but it is not really suggested.  With all of the new technologies that bombard us every day, there is no denying that there is a need for a computer.  The Toshiba Satellite L30-11D Celeron M440 Laptop is indeed the great investment.
sehr gut, Preis/Leistung gut
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 10/01/2007
Rating: Total score: 90% price: 80%

Comment

ATI Radeon Xpress 200M: ATI Radeon Xpress 200M is the shared memory integrated graphic card from ATI based on a X300 core. In general it is a bit faster than the Intel GMA 950 graphic core.

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.

Intel Celeron M: It is a Pentium M with halved level 2 Cache and limited on FSB 400. The characteristic of this processor is the speed, which is hardly slower than an equivalent Pentium M. However it can change the speed not dynamically like the Pentium M and therefore needs without load more current.
It is also available as Low Voltage Version with very small current consumption.

440:
>> 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. Nowadays, more and more 16:9 displays with 15.6 inch appear. 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 energy 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 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.

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90%: There do not exist many models, which are rated better. The most ratings get ratings, which are a bit worse.

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

 

Author: Stefan Hinum, 2007-12- 9 (Update: 2009-11- 5)