Toshiba Satellite Pro A300D
Notebook Specifications
Notebook: Toshiba Satellite Pro A300DProcessor: AMD Turion X2 RM-70
Graphics Adapter: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3650
Display: 15.4 inch, 16:10, 1280x800 pixels
Weight: 2.7kg
Price: 700 euro
Links: Toshiba homepage Toshiba notebook section Satellite Pro A300D (Series)
Average Score: 59.33% - poor
Average of 3 scores (from 3 reviews)
mobility: 24%, workmanship: 80%, ergonomy: 48%, emissions: 40%
Reviews for the Toshiba Satellite Pro A300D
80% Toshiba Satellite Pro A300D
Source: Techradar 
It may not match the most expensive laptops for power or features, but with great build quality the Satellite Pro A300D is a compelling choice for the business user on a budget.
4 von 5, Preis gut, Verarbeitung gut, Leistung schlecht
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 07/29/2008
Rating: Total score: 80% price: 80% performance: 40% workmanship: 80%
Foreign Reviews
62% Ein Puma ohne Krallen
Source: Chip.de - 12/08 
online available, Medium, Date: 12/01/2008
Rating: Total score: 62% price: 60% performance: 64% features: 79% display: 85% mobility: 30% ergonomy: 63%
36% Test: Toshiba Satellite Pro A300D-15U
Source: PC Welt
online available, Short, Date: 11/17/2008
Rating: Total score: 36% price: 47% performance: 18% features: 34% mobility: 18% ergonomy: 32% emissions: 40%
Comment
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3650: The Hd 3650 is a middle class graphics card (in 2008) and compareable to an 8600M GT GPU from Nvidia. It is fabricated in 55nm process and due to Avivo video engine the graphic card can support the processor with several video operations (HD video too).
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.
AMD Turion X2: The Turion X2 (without 64) is based on the Turion X2 Ultra, but has only 1024 MB L2 Cache and is therefore slower (performance compareable to the old Turion 64 X2). Because of new parts from the K10 architecture, the CPU should be more energy efficient.
RM-70:
>> 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.
59.33%: Such a bad rating is rare. There exist hardly any notebooks, which are rated worse.
>> Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.
