- Toshiba Satellite U200
Toshiba Satellite U200
Notebook Specifications
Notebook: Toshiba Satellite U200Processor: Intel Core Duo T2400
Graphics Adapter: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950 128 MB
Display: 12.1 inch, 16:10, 1280x768 pixels
Weight: 1.9kg
Links: Toshiba homepage Toshiba notebook section
mobility: 90%, workmanship: 85%, ergonomy: - %, emissions: - %
Reviews for the Toshiba Satellite U200
Toshiba Satellite U200 Review
Source: Notebookreview.com 
I am very happy with my purchase of the U200. I have no regrets about getting this unit and not choosing one of the other systems I looked at. The only one thing I would have changed was the fact that the only processor available was the T2250. I just wish Toshiba would offer us Canadians the ability to build our own systems. Speed and performance freaks won’t find the U200 fast enough but for the average user looking for an ultra-portable notebook I would not hesitate to recommend the U200-PT7.
umfangreicher Erfahrungsbericht eines Benutzers; online abrufbar
Leistung zufriedenstellend, Mobilität sehr gut, Verarbeitung gut
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 03/14/2007
Rating: performance: 70% mobility: 90% workmanship: 80%
Toshiba Satellite U200 / Satellite U205 Review
Source: Notebookreview.com
Overall, I'm very impressed with this laptop. It is great for me to carry around, take on flights or to school everyday. It's a great laptop for business but also has a lot of consumer oriented features. The widescreen is great for viewing worksheets side-by-side or watching movies. The fingerprint reader provides extra security for the business user. I'd recommend this laptop to anyone looking for a notebook that is very durable, light and powerful. It's not too expensive price makes it a good option for the business user or student, looking for portability, durability, and performance, but not gaming.
umfangreicher Erfahrungsbericht eines Benutzers; online abrufbar
Verarbeitung gut, Leistung ziemlich gut
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 08/28/2006
Rating: performance: 90% workmanship: 90%
Comment
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).
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 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.
12.1": This is the most common display format for subnotebooks and an average size for subnotebooks.
The advantage is, that the subnotebook can be small dimensioned and can be carried easily. Further the tiny display has the advantage, that it needs less power, which improves the battery runtime and in consequence the mobility. The disadvantage is that reading of texts is very exhausting vor the eyes. High resolutions can hardly be used.
>> To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.
1.9 kg: These sub-notebooks weight less than the average of all notebooks, but represent a heavier class of weight among the sub-notebooks. 12 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.
>> Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.
