Toshiba Satellite Pro A120

Notebook specifications

Notebook: Toshiba Satellite Pro A120
Processor: Intel Core Duo T2400 (1830 MHz)
Graphics adapter: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950 (128 MB)
Display: 15.4 inch 16:10 (1280x800 pixels)
Weight: 3 kg
Average score: 75.67% - good
Average of 3 scores (from 7 reviews)

Reviews in English

Toshiba - Satellite Pro A120SE review
Source: IT Reviews
The Satellite Pro A120SE is the latest addition to Toshiba's well known family of business notebooks and at this price even the smallest business on the tightest of budgets could be interested. Part of the reason for the low price is the choice of processor and, it has to be said, the totally unrealistic amount of memory fitted to the Satellite Pro A120SE. At the heart of the system lies an Intel Core Solo CPU, the T1350. Clocked at 1.86GHz it has an FSB speed of 533MHz and 2MB of L2 cache. But backing this is a mere 256MB of PC2-533MHz DDR2 memory, which is very poor for a laptop these days, even a basic one like the Satellite Pro A120SE. If your budget allows it, the first job should be to upgrade this machine to at least 512MB.
Date: 12/12/2006
Rating: price: 80%

Toshiba Satellite Pro A120
Source: PC Advisor
Having heard a story recently concerning someone managing to run over an entire suitcase while reversing their car, PC Advisor realises it's easy to be careless, clumsy or just plain stupid, even when expensive, precious items are being handled. We'd hesitate to call the Toshiba Satellite Pro A120 bomb-proof, but it's one tough cookie, that's for sure. It's also a very capable model, as long as you don't want to play games. And despite the toughness of the build, the aesthetics don't suffer, meaning it won't look out of place at home or in the office.
Date: 10/09/2006
Rating: price: 80% features: 70% workmanship: 90%

83%Toshiba Satellite Pro A120
Source: PC Pro
A good, basic notebook that's specifically designed with the accident-prone user in mind. Most notebooks will take a lot of abuse during their lifespan, and Toshiba has designed the new A120 series to better survive the knocks and drops that come its way. Best of all, this is on a budget notebook range - and we looked at the most basic model. The changes go down to the motherboard level, which has been purposefully designed to keep some distance from the outer casing's vulnerable edges. So even if you do drop the notebook and crack the casing, the damage should only be superficial. The same goes for the hard disk - if the notebook senses any vibration, or it goes into freefall, the drive heads are parked automatically. This feature isn't anything new on expensive and ultraportable business laptops, but it's the first time we've seen it on a notebook at such a low price, and it's a very welcome inclusion.
Date: 09/22/2006
Rating: Total score: 83%

Reviews in German

Toshiba Satellite Pro A120
Source: WCM 12/06
Date: 12/10/2006
Rating: performance: 80% features: 80%

70%top price for the office - or at home?
Source: Notebookjournal
Date: 11/29/2006
Rating: Total score: 70% price: 80% performance: 30% features: 60% mobility: 10%

Favorable Office Notebook - Professionell Preciousnesses For Less Than 800 Euro
Source: Netzwelt
Date: 10/11/2006
Rating: price: 85% performance: 60% workmanship: 85%

74%Intrinsically The Toshiba Satellite Pro A120 Is Made For Business Users, Who Search For A Favorable Notebook.
Source: PC Welt
Date: 09/28/2006
Rating: Total score: 74% price: 80% performance: 63% features: 69% ergonomy: 89%

Comment

Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950 is an onboard integrated video chip and can be called a faster clocked GMA 900 (on Mobile Intel 945GM Express chipset, which is available only starting with Core Duo/Solo). 2006 it is the most often used graphics solution and is classified in the weakest third of mobile graphics solutions. So it can only be used for elder games. For office applications and surfing it is without any doubt sufficient.
>> Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.

Intel Core Duo: Intel Core Duo (successor of Pentium M), is a double core processor with a very good relation of performance to current consumption. The 2 MB L2 Cache are used common. The maximum current consumption of 31 Watts is only 4 W more then with Pentium M. Due to the low energy need is Core Duo also suited for subnotebooks. Further now it supports SSE3 orders. The performance can nearly be doubled for applications, which were designed for multiprocessors (compared with Pentium M).

T2400: T2400 is a Core Duo of medium speed and apt for office applications and surfing.
>> 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.

3 kg: This weight is average for notebooks. Therefore the numerous mass of laptops with 15 inch display fits 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.

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