Toshiba Satellite P300
Notebook Specifications
Notebook: Toshiba Satellite P300Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T5550
Graphics Adapter: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) X3100
Display: 17.1 inch, 16:10, 1440x900 pixels
Weight: 3.4kg
Price: 800 euro
Links: Toshiba homepage Toshiba notebook section
Average Score: 74% - average
Average of 6 scores (from 8 reviews)
mobility: 47%, workmanship: 78%, ergonomy: 57%, emissions: 80%
Reviews for the Toshiba Satellite P300
Foreign Reviews
80% Toshiba Satellite P300-17C
Source: Magnus.de 
online available, Very Short, Date: 09/08/2008
Rating: Total score: 80% performance: 80% features: 80% display: 80% workmanship: 80%
42% Toshiba Satellite P300-17C
Source: PC Welt
online available, Medium, Date: 09/04/2008
Rating: Total score: 42% price: 71% performance: 62% features: 54% display: 40% mobility: 9% ergonomy: 26%
80% Toshiba Satellite P300-17C
Source: PC Magazin - 9/08
, Short, Date: 08/15/2008
Rating: Total score: 80% performance: 80% features: 80% display: 80% workmanship: 80%
Toshiba Satellite P300-17C
Source: PC Magazin - 9/08
, Length Unknown, Date: 08/01/2008
Rating: performance: 80% features: 80% display: 80% workmanship: 80%
80% Toshiba Satellite P300-17C
Source: Notebookjournal
online 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%
82% Toshiba Satellite P300-17N (Notebook)
Source: Chip.de
online available, Short, Date: 06/27/2008
Rating: Total score: 82% performance: 68% features: 78% display: 86% mobility: 89% ergonomy: 76%
80% Toshiba-News
Source: Connect - 5/08
, Length Unknown, Date: 04/07/2008
Rating: Total score: 80% price: 80% features: 80% display: 80% mobility: 30%
Toshiba Satellite P300
Source: PC World Italia 
online 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": Nowadays, meanwhile the 17 inch display size is a more frequently offered standard format for desktop-replacements. 17 inch laptops are built only in 16:10 format.
The DTR-Laptops can't be carried easily, need much current, 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 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.
74%: 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.
