Toshiba Satellite Pro A200
Notebook Specifications
Notebook: Toshiba Satellite Pro A200 (Satellite Pro A200 Series)Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T7500
Graphics Adapter: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600
Display: 15.4 inch, 16:10, 1280x800 pixels
Weight: 2.7kg
Price: 1100 euro
Links: Toshiba homepage Toshiba notebook section Satellite Pro A200 (Model)
Average Score: 73% - average
Average of 3 scores (from 6 reviews)
mobility: 49%, workmanship: - %, ergonomy: 74%, emissions: 65%
Reviews for the Toshiba Satellite Pro A200
60% Toshiba Satellite Pro A200-EZ2204X
Source: Laptop Mag 
A no-frills business notebook that delivers what you expect for less than $1,000. Toshiba’s Satellite Pro A200-EZ2204X is a basic business notebook that offers a decent amount of horsepower at an affordable price ($999). Users will appreciate the fact that Toshiba stripped out much (but not all) of the typical bloatware installed on many of today’s systems, but we were disappointed by the lack of security features and would have liked more battery life. The Toshiba Satellite Pro A200 won’t break any speed records, and its battery life means you’ll have to stay within reach of a power plug. However, if you’re in need of a basic business notebook and want to stay under the $1,000 mark, this system is worth a look.
3 von 5, Preis/Leistung gut, Display mangelhaft
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 01/23/2008
Rating: Total score: 60% price: 80% display: 50%
Foreign Reviews
79% Klassengesellschaft
Source: Connect 
, Long, Date: 06/01/2008
Rating: Total score: 79% performance: 95% features: 79% mobility: 66% ergonomy: 74%
Satellite Pro A200
Source: PC Praxis - 6/08
, Length Unknown, Date: 05/02/2008
Rating: performance: 80% features: 80% mobility: 40%
80% Toshiba Satellite Pro A200
Source: PC Magazin - 4/08
, Length Unknown, Date: 03/07/2008
Rating: Total score: 80%
Satellite Pro A200
Source: AON.at
online available, Short, Date: 03/06/2008
Rating: performance: 80% display: 80% mobility: 40% emissions: 50%
Vielseitig einsetzbar
Source: Notebook / Organizer / Handy - 1-2/08
, Length Unknown, Date: 12/12/2007
Rating: price: 80% performance: 80% display: 80% emissions: 80%
Comment
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600: This is a DirectX 10 graphic card from ATI and direct competitor to the NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS graphic card for laptops and performs in games much better than the Nvidia card.
These cards should be able to display all current games with fluent framerates but not all with high detail settings. Especially demanding games like Crysis, Age of Conan, or Mass Effect are only playable with lower settings. Less demanding (and older) games, like Fifa 08, Command & Conquer 3, or Battlefield 2142 can be played with higher detail levels.
>> 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.
T7500:
>> 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.
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 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.
73%: 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.
