Toshiba NB200 Series

Toshiba mini NB205

Notebook Specifications

80% Toshiba Mini NB205-N210 10.1-inch Netbook Laptop PC
Source: Comp Reviews
Toshiba's NB205 netbooks provide some of the best battery life in the market which is great for those looking to run it all day long. It also features a sizable and very useful trackpad in a market segment that has many poorly designed models. These aspects are tempered though by some excessively long boot times due to a large amount of preloaded applications. The NB205-N210 also doesn't feature the isolated keyboard as the more premium NB205-N300 series models. It is still decent but not quite as nice.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 08/28/2009
Rating: Total score: 80%

80% Toshiba mini NB205
Source: Mobile Tech Review
Being late to the game has its advantages; you learn from other companies’ experiences and make yours better. Toshiba did a good job at that with its first Netbook. The Toshiba mini NB205 has good processing power for a Netbook thanks to the N280 processor, solid Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, a good software bundle and ample ports including a Sleep and Charge USB port. But it’s the Toshiba mini NB205’s design that screams for attention, especially the white one (the Frost White casing is the best selling mini NB205 so far). We love the keyboard and the touchpad, the long battery life and the capable video playback. The downward-firing speaker is a mistake and while the Toshiba does a good job with Hulu and YouTube video playback, that old integrated GMA950 still isn’t up to more than casual gaming. At $399, the Toshiba is competitive with a 1.66GHz processor and a 160GB hard drive, but 1GB RAM is on the low side.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 08/01/2009
Rating: Total score: 80%

89% Toshiba NB205-312
Source: PC World
But considering all the features packed into the N310--and how well it performs in a pinch--this is an easy-to-recommend netbook that's perfect whether you are a budget-minded businessman or you just need a flexible minimachine for a long day of note-taking. If this netbook ponied up a little more horsepower (a discrete GPU wouldn't hurt), I'd probably use this as my go-to gadget.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 07/07/2009
Rating: Total score: 89% performance: 79% features: 79%

74% Toshiba Mini NB205
Source: Computer Shopper
Hang back, plan carefully, and do it right the first time. That seems to be the idea at Toshiba, which has finally entered the netbook market with the $399.99 Mini NB205. Its debut effort is solid but lacks the kind of breakthrough features that make tech writers get up and cheer (and make a netbook stand out in a competitive field). The Toshiba Mini NB205 isn't a stellar netbook, but its design, price, and overall solid features should appeal to many looking for a dependable choice.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 07/01/2009
Rating: Total score: 74%

76% Toshiba Mini NB205 (frost white)
Source: CNet
  Toshiba is more than a little late to the Netbook party, and its inaugural effort (at least aimed at U.S. consumers) is the slick-looking Toshiba Mini NB205, but an awkward six-cell battery and some of the worst audio we've heard on a Netbook may not justify the now-premium $399 price. Toshiba finally enters the Netbook market with the Mini NB205. It's got an upscale, distinctive look and a good keyboard/touch pad combo, but also weak audio and a big, bulky battery.
76, Leistung 60, Ausstattung 60, Mobilität 90
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 06/25/2009
Rating: Total score: 76% performance: 60% features: 60% mobility: 90%

90% Toshiba NB205
Source: PC Mag
For a company like Toshiba, the benefit of waiting and watching as it takes in all the buzz being generated in a market like netbooks is that it gets to glean from all the rants about these devices ways to improve upon its own product. Toshiba figured out that a small keyboard isn't going to cut it, small batteries are a thing of the past, and design is the ultimate differentiator. Despite all the lookalikes, Toshiba found a way to outdo its rivals in the netbook category with the fantastic and environmentally friendly NB205.
90
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 06/19/2009
Rating: Total score: 90%

90% Toshiba mini NB205
Source: Laptop Mag
Toshiba’s entry into the U.S. netbook market soars past the competition with a stunning design, stellar keyboard, and the longest battery life of any netbook to date.
In creating its first netbook for the U.S., Toshiba has learned from the mistakes and successes of its rivals, and one-upped them all. Its mini NB205 has everything we’d recommend in a netbook: an attractive chassis, comfortable keyboard and touchpad, and more than eight hours of battery life for an affordable price. While Samsung’s N110 and ASUS’ Eee PC 1000HE continue to be good choices, Toshiba’s $399 mini NB205 provides an all-around solid package, and longer endurance than the competition.
90
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 06/16/2009
Rating: Total score: 90%

Toshiba mini NB205-N210

Notebook Specifications

80% Toshiba mini NB205-N210
Source: PC Mag
They say the best things come in pairs. When the colorful Toshiba mini NB205 launched (and subsequently nabbed our Editors' Choice in the netbook category), another more traditional-looking netbook launched along with it (though flying under the radar), one that deserves almost as much praise. The Toshiba mini NB205-N210 doesn't have the NB205's fancy colors and textures or its full size keyboard, but every other part and feature is as lovable. The Toshiba mini NB205-N210 takes care of all the netbook necessities and places its focus primarily on price.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 07/30/2009
Rating: Total score: 80%

80% Toshiba mini NB205 (NB205-N210)
Source: Laptop Mag
Toshiba’s more budget-friendly netbook has a more basic design, but it outshines the competition when it comes to its touch pad and battery life. With the mini NB205-N310, Toshiba proved that it could build one of the best netbooks on the market, and its low-cost cousin is also compelling. Though the $349 NB205-N210 is missing a few of the premium features, such as a more elegant lid and island style keyboard, it still manages to run for more than 9.5 hours and perform up to netbook standards. Whether you opt for the N210 or the more expensive N310 depends on what you are willing to spend. Those who have the extra $50 should go with the NB205-N310 and its more compelling design; however, if you’re looking to save a little cash, the NB205-N210 is still one of the best netbooks on the market.
Single Review, , Long, Date: 07/21/2009
Rating: Total score: 80%

Toshiba Mini NB205-N310

Notebook Specifications

90% Toshiba Mini NB205-N310 review
Source: PC Advisor
Considering all the features packed into the Toshiba Mini NB205-N310 - and how well it performs in a pinch - this is an easy-to-recommend netbook that's perfect whether you are a budget-minded businessman or you just need a flexible minimachine for a long day of note-taking. If this netbook ponied up a little more horsepower (a discrete GPU wouldn't hurt), we'd probably use this as our go-to gadget.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 07/17/2009
Rating: Total score: 90%

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Toshiba: Toshiba Corporation is a multinational conglomerate manufacturing company, headquartered in Japan. The company's main business is in Infrastructure, Consumer Products, and Electronic devices and components. Toshiba-made Semiconductors are among the Worldwide Top 20 Semiconductor Sales Leaders. Toshiba is one of the biggest international notebook-manufacturer. There exist many reviews for Toshiba models.

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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.

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).

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

Intel Atom: The Intel Atom series is a 64-Bit (not every model supports 64bit) microprocessor for cheap and small notebooks (so called netbooks), MIDs, or UMPCs. The speciality of the new architecture is the "in order" execution (instead of the usual and faster "out of order" execution). Therefore, the transistor count of the Atom series is much lower and, thus, cheaper to produce. Furthermore, the power consumption is very low. The performance per Megahertz is therfore worse than the old Pentium 3M (1,2 GHz on par with a 1.6 GHz Atom).

10.1: The netbook/subnotebook has a quite small display format. Nonetheless, it is a common format for netbooks. The advantage is, that the subnotebook/netbook can be small dimensioned and can be carried easily. Further the small display has the advantage, that it needs few energy, which improves the battery runtime and in consequence the mobility. The disadvantage is that the reading of texts is a bit exhausting for the eyes. It is difficult to use high resolutions.

>> To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.

1.3 kg:

This subnotebook is one of the most lightweight of all notebooks and can be carried very easily. There exist only few sub-notebooks, which weight less. 10 inch displays are normal for this class of weight.

1.4 kg:

82.9%: This rating is to be considered as average, because the amount of notebooks with better ratings is about equal like the amount with worse ratings.

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