Toshiba Satellite Pro A120

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Toshiba - Satellite Pro A120SE review
Source: IT Reviews Archive.org version
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.
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Preis/Leistung gut
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 12/12/2006
Rating: price: 80%

Toshiba Satellite Pro A120
Source: Tech Advisor Archive.org version
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.
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(von 10): Preis/Leistung 8, Ausstattung 7, Verarbeitung 9
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 10/09/2006
Rating: price: 80% features: 70% workmanship: 90%

83% Toshiba Satellite Pro A120
Source: PC Pro Archive.org version
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.
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5 von 6
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 09/22/2006
Rating: Total score: 83%

Foreign Reviews

Toshiba Satellite Pro A120
Source: WCM DE→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 12/10/2006
Rating: performance: 80% features: 80%

70% Preisbrecher fürs Büro – oder für zu Hause?
Source: Notebookjournal DE→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 11/29/2006
Rating: Total score: 70% price: 80% performance: 30% features: 60% display: 50% mobility: 10%

Günstiges Büro-Notebook - Profi-Allüren unter 800 Euro
Source: Netzwelt DE→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 10/11/2006
Rating: price: 85% performance: 60% display: 50% workmanship: 85%

74% Eigentlich ist das Toshiba Satellite Pro A120 für Geschäftsanwender gedacht, die ein günstiges Notebook suchen.
Source: PC Welt DE→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 09/28/2006
Rating: Total score: 74% price: 80% performance: 63% features: 69% ergonomy: 89%

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Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950 is an integrated (onboard) graphic chip on Mobile Intel 945GM chipset. It is a faster clocked version of the GMA 900 and supports no hardware T&L (Transform & Lightning) accelleration (which is required for some games).

These graphics cards are not suited for Windows 3D games. Office and Internet surfing however is possible.

» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.

Intel Core Duo: Double Core processor with a very good relation of performance to current consumption. The 2 MB L2 Cache are used together by the double. The maximum capacity of 31 watts is only 4 watts more than with the Pentium M (predecessor). Both cores are lowered automatically and independently of each other by speed steps down to 1 GHz. In addition it now supports also SSE3 instructions. At least it is just as fast as a equivalent Pentium M. With applications, which were designed for multi-processors, the performance can be nearly twice as fast as with the Pentium M (e.g. CineBench around 86% fast)

T2400: » Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.

15.40":

15-inch display variants are the standard and are used for more than half of all laptops.

The reason for the popularity of mid-sized displays is that this size is reasonably easy on the eyes, often allows high resolutions and thus offers rich details on the screen, yet does not consume too much power and the devices can still be reasonably compact - simply the standard compromise.

3 kg:

With this weight, a laptop is rather heavier than average. Devices in this range shine more with screen size and performance than with mobility.

Toshiba: Toshiba Corporation is a Japanese conglomerate or technology group. The company was established in 1939 and in 1978 Toshiba became the official company name. The company's products and services include power, industrial and social infrastructure systems, elevators and escalators, electronic components, semiconductors, hard drives, printers, batteries, lighting, logistics and information technology. Toshiba was one of the largest manufacturers of personal computers, consumer electronics, home appliances and medical equipment.

75.67%: This rating is not earth-shattering. This rating must actually be seen as average, since there are about as many devices with worse ratings as better ones. A purchase recommendation can only be seen with a lot of goodwill, unless it is about websites that generally rate strictly.

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