Toshiba Satellite P300
Notebook Specifications
Notebook: Toshiba Satellite P300 (Satellite P300 Series)Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T5550
Graphics Adapter: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) X3100
Display: 17.1 inch, 16:10, 1440x900 pixels, glossy: yes
Weight: 3.4kg
Price: 800 euro
Average of 8 scores (from 10 reviews)
Reviews for the Toshiba Satellite P300
Source: Techradar
Toshiba's P300 offers impressive value and performance, but is bettered in some instances by its rivals. While the Satellite Pro P300-1FP is a great value laptop at this price point, its more expensive rivals inevitably better it in key areas. However, thanks to its stronger performance and a price tag of up to £100 less than some comparable laptops, you may find the trade off to be one worth making.
80
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 06/09/2009
Rating: Total score: 80%
Source: PC Authority
But don’t be fooled: the Satellite P300 is a genuinely good laptop. Its entertainment credentials are improved by superb speakers, and considering its spec it also offers reasonable value for money.
von 6: 83, Leistung 83, Mobilität 3, Ausstattung 83
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 12/02/2008
Rating: Total score: 83% performance: 83% features: 83% mobility: 50%
Foreign Reviews
Source: Magnus.de
DE→ENonline available, Very Short, Date: 09/08/2008
Rating: Total score: 80% performance: 80% features: 80% display: 80% workmanship: 80%
Source: PC Welt
DE→ENonline available, Medium, Date: 09/04/2008
Rating: Total score: 42% price: 71% performance: 62% features: 54% display: 40% mobility: 9% ergonomy: 26%
Source: PC Magazin - 9/08
DE→EN, Short, Date: 08/15/2008
Rating: Total score: 80% performance: 80% features: 80% display: 80% workmanship: 80%
Source: PC Magazin - 9/08
DE→EN, Length Unknown, Date: 08/01/2008
Rating: performance: 80% features: 80% display: 80% workmanship: 80%
Source: Notebookjournal
DE→ENonline available, Long, Date: 07/09/2008
Rating: Total score: 80% price: 70% performance: 50% features: 50% display: 30% mobility: 60% workmanship: 70% ergonomy: 70% emissions: 80%
Source: Chip.de
DE→ENonline available, Short, Date: 06/27/2008
Rating: Total score: 82% performance: 68% features: 78% display: 86% mobility: 89% ergonomy: 76%
Source: Connect - 5/08
DE→EN, Length Unknown, Date: 04/07/2008
Rating: Total score: 80% price: 80% features: 80% display: 80% mobility: 30%
Source: PC World Italia
IT→ENonline available, Very Short, Date: 02/25/2008
Rating: performance: 80% display: 90%
Comment
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) X3100: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) X3100 is an integrated (onboard) graphic chip on a Mobile Intel 965GM chipset. It is the successor of GMA 950 and features a fully programmable pipeline (supports Aero Glass fully and DirectX 10 with newest drivers). The peformance of the X3100 is clearly better than the GMA 950, still demanding modern games won't run fluently.
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 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.
T5550:
>> Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.
17.1": Meanwhile the 17 inch display size is a more frequently offered standard format for desktop-replacements. The DTR-laptops can't be carried easily, need much energy but on the other side texts can be read easily and high resolutions are no problem. DTR mainly are intended for stationary usage on desks, where the weight and the energy need are unimportant.
>> To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.
3.4 kg: This laptop is heavy below average, compared with the average of notebooks. Therefore especially desktop replacements fit in 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.
75.88%: This rating is not convincing. It must be considered, that there exist hardly any laptops, which receive a rating below 60%. This notebook is evaluated below average, this is not really a recommendation for purchase.
>> Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.
