Toshiba Satellite Pro L20
Notebook Specifications
Notebook: Toshiba Satellite Pro L20Processor: Intel Pentium M 750
Graphics Adapter: ATI Radeon Xpress 200M 128 MB
Display: 15.1 inch, 4:3, 1024x768 pixels
Weight: 2.7kg
Links: Toshiba homepage Toshiba notebook section
Average Score: 67% - average
Average of 1 scores (from 2 reviews)
mobility: - %, workmanship: 90%, ergonomy: - %, emissions: - %
Reviews for the Toshiba Satellite Pro L20
67% Toshiba Satellite Pro L20
Source: PC Pro 
A lot of laptop for the money, with reasonable performance and solid build quality. It still isn't enough to trump the current A-List incumbent, though. Adverts for alarmingly cheap notebooks are everywhere these days. And while it isn't yet true that notebooks are now outselling desktops, some of the prices we're seeing show that it really is war out there. Toshiba's latest foray into the market, the Pro L20, is one of the cheapest we've seen. Coming in a variety of configurations, we found the lowest-specified model for just �392 exc VAT.
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4 von 6
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 02/01/2006
Rating: Total score: 67%
Foreign Reviews
Toshiba Satellite Pro L20
Source: WCM 
online available, Short, Date: 08/10/2006
Rating: price: 90% features: 60% workmanship: 90%
Comment
ATI Radeon Xpress 200M: ATI Radeon Xpress 200M is the shared memory integrated graphic card from ATI based on a X300 core. In general it is a bit faster than the Intel GMA 950 graphic core.
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 Pentium M: With Intel chip set (855 or 915) and Intel WLAN also available with the name Centrino (name for the package).
In the comparison very fast per megahertz and very modest with weaknesses in floating point operations.
It is also available as a low voltage version with very small current consumption.
750:
>> Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.
15.1": 15 inch display-variants are the standard and are used for more than the half of all notebooks. The 15.1 inch display is used for the 4:3 format and therefore is used not so frequently like the 15.4 inch format.
Meanwhile notebook displays with a format 4:3 are strongly replaced by 16:10 formats. The 4:3 format does not have explicitely disadvantages, rather it is a question of taste. When TV-watching on the notebook it is decisive, in which format the current programm is offered.
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.
67%: 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.
