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Toshiba Portégé A Series

Toshiba Portégé A600-122Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo SU9300
Graphics Adapter: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500MHD
Display: 12.10 inch
Weight: 1.46kg, 1.5kg
Price: 1410 euro
Average Score: 76.25% - good
Average of 12 scores (from 12 reviews)
price: 67%, performance: 57%, features: 62%, display: 61%, mobility: 80%, workmanship: 66%, ergonomy: 70%, emissions: 76%

 

Toshiba Portégé A600-13Y

Specifications

Toshiba Portégé A600-13YNotebook: Toshiba Portégé A600-13Y
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo SU9300
Graphics Adapter: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500MHD 128 MB
Display: 12.10 inch, 16:10, 1280 x 800 pixels
Weight: 1.46kg
Price: 1410 euro
Links: Toshiba homepage
 Toshiba notebook section
 Portégé A (Series)
 Portégé A600-13Y (Model)

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Average Score: 82% - good

Average of 6 scores (from 6 reviews)

 

Reviews

85% Review Toshiba Portégé A600 Subnotebook | Notebookcheck
Color up your life.Toshiba wants to pep up the dismal world of notebooks with color with its new Portégé A600 business devices. The new series combines reliability and stability of the notebooks till now with a trendy outfit. According to Toshiba this combination is being asked for always more frequently from businesspeople. How this very promising straddle cuts off in the end will be seen in the following test report with numerous evaluations.
80% Toshiba Portege A600 notebook computer
Source: vnunet.com English Archive.org version
Toshiba’s latest addition to its popular Portégé notebook range is the A600 ultraportable that comes in two models, the 120 and our review sample, the 122. The only difference is the size of the hard disk: 160GB and 250GB respectively. The Portégé A600 is ideal for people who are still not convinced by netbooks, but want a small highly portable notebook with a built-in optical drive, but it’s not cheap
80, Preis 60, Leistung 80, Ausstattung 60
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 03/09/2009
Rating: Total score: 80% price: 60% performance: 60% features: 60%
80% Toshiba Portege A600 notebook computer
Source: vnunet.com English Archive.org version
Toshiba’s latest addition to its popular Portégé notebook range is the A600 ultraportable that comes in two models, the 120 and our review sample, the 122. The only difference is the size of the hard disk: 160GB and 250GB respectively. The Portégé A600 is ideal for people who are still not convinced by netbooks, but want a small highly portable notebook with a built-in optical drive, but it’s not cheap
80, Preis 60, Leistung 80, Ausstattung 60
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 03/09/2009
Rating: Total score: 80% price: 60% performance: 60% features: 60%
81% Toshiba Portege A600 review
Source: CNet English Archive.org version
It's hard not to be impressed by the Toshiba Portege A600. It might not be the thinnest or lightest of the thin and light models out there, but it's certainly a decent ultra-portable laptop. It features the built-in optical drive that rivals such as Samsung's X360 lack and, although by no means a powerhouse, will cope with most tasks. Throw in built-in HSDPA and a decent battery life, and it's a good amount of kit for the money. That said, increasing your budget slightly puts the 1.1kg Portege R600 within reach.
81, Preis 80, Leistung 40, Display 50, Mobilität 80, Verarbeitung 50
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 02/02/2009
Rating: Total score: 81% price: 80% performance: 40% display: 50% mobility: 80% workmanship: 50%
81% Toshiba Portege A600 review
Source: CNet English Archive.org version
It's hard not to be impressed by the Toshiba Portege A600. It might not be the thinnest or lightest of the thin and light models out there, but it's certainly a decent ultra-portable laptop. It features the built-in optical drive that rivals such as Samsung's X360 lack and, although by no means a powerhouse, will cope with most tasks. Throw in built-in HSDPA and a decent battery life, and it's a good amount of kit for the money. That said, increasing your budget slightly puts the 1.1kg Portege R600 within reach.
81, Preis 80, Leistung 40, Display 50, Mobilität 80, Verarbeitung 50
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 02/02/2009
Rating: Total score: 81% price: 80% performance: 40% display: 50% mobility: 80% workmanship: 50%

Foreign Reviews

85% Test Toshiba Portégé A600 Subnotebook
Source: Notebookcheck German
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 03/10/2009
Rating: Total score: 85% performance: 65% display: 78% mobility: 93% workmanship: 82% ergonomy: 85% emissions: 85%
85% Test Toshiba Portégé A600 Subnotebook
Source: Notebookcheck German
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 03/10/2009
Rating: Total score: 85% performance: 65% display: 78% mobility: 93% workmanship: 82% ergonomy: 85% emissions: 85%

 

Toshiba Portégé A600-122

Specifications

Toshiba Portégé A600-122Notebook: Toshiba Portégé A600-122
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo SU9300
Graphics Adapter: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500MHD
Display: 12.10 inch, 16:10, 1280 x 800 pixels
Weight: 1.5kg
Price: 1410 euro
Links: Toshiba homepage
 Toshiba notebook section
 Portégé A (Series)
 Portégé A600-122 (Model)

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Average Score: 67.6% - average

Average of 5 scores (from 6 reviews)

 

Reviews

70% Toshiba Portege A600-122 notebook
Source: Pocket Lint English Archive.org version
  If you’re seeking a very light laptop with impressive connectivity and a battery life that enables all-day use, then the Portégé A600-122 is worth a look. It also offers a comfortable keyboard and a screen that can be viewed in most lighting conditions. It’s not the perfect all-rounder, however, as performance is stunted by the ULV processor and Windows Vista OS. The build quality also leaves a lot to be desired, the pursuit of lightness resulting in a laptop that feels flimsy to the touch.
70
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 06/08/2009
Rating: Total score: 70%
80% Toshiba Portégé A600 notebook PC
Source: vnunet.com English Archive.org version
Toshiba’s latest Portégé notebook is the A600 ultraportable that comes in two models, the 120 and our review sample, the 122. The only difference is the size of the hard disk: 160GB and 250GB respectively. The silver finish of the A600 is only relieved by the matt black screen frame, chromed mouse buttons and Toshiba logo on the lid. The Portégé A600 is ideal for people who are still not convinced by netbooks, but want a small highly portable notebook with a built-in optical drive, but it’s not cheap
80, Preis 60, Leistung 80, Ausstattung 60
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 04/03/2009
Rating: Total score: 80% price: 60% performance: 80% features: 60%
Toshiba - Portégé A600-122 review
Source: IT Reviews English Archive.org version
One of the three recently launched Portégé series notebooks, the A600 is an ultra-portable laptop that is the slightly heftier brother of the R500 series. The latter, in case you didn't know, is the world's lightest notebook (according to Toshiba, anyway). With its blend of features, performance and above all weight, the Portégé A600 is an ultraportable notebook that deserves more than a second glance, but that screen needs better protection.
Ausstattung gut, Leistung gut
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 01/08/2009
Rating: performance: 80% features: 80%

Foreign Reviews

38% Toshiba Portégé A600-122
Source: PC Welt German DE→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 07/23/2009
Rating: Total score: 38% price: 70% performance: 25% features: 46% mobility: 54% ergonomy: 15%
80% Toshiba Portégé A600-122
Source: PC Magazin - 6/09 German
Single Review, , Very Short, Date: 07/01/2009
Rating: Total score: 80%
70% Toshiba Portege A600-122
Source: Notebookjournal German DE→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 12/13/2008
Rating: Total score: 70% price: 60% performance: 50% features: 40% display: 30% mobility: 70% workmanship: 50% ergonomy: 80% emissions: 50%

 

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Toshiba: Toshiba Corporation is a Japanese conglomerate or technology group. The company was established in 1939 and in 1978 Toshiba became the official company name. The company's products and services include power, industrial and social infrastructure systems, elevators and escalators, electronic components, semiconductors, hard drives, printers, batteries, lighting, logistics and information technology. Toshiba was one of the largest manufacturers of personal computers, consumer electronics, home appliances and medical equipment.


Only some 3D games with very low demands are playable with these cards.

Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500MHD: Onboard (shared Memory) GPU built in the GM45, GE45 and GS45 chipset (Montevina). Because of two more shaders and a higher core clock, much faster than the old GMA X3100. Still not advisable for gamers (DirectX 10 games not playable or only with very low settings). The integrated video processor is able to help decode HD videos (AVC/VC-2/MPEG2) , e.g., for a fluent Blu-Ray playback with slow CPUs.

» 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.

SU9300: Power efficient low voltage processor based on the Penryn 3M core that features all Penryn functions like Virtualization and Trusted Execution.

» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.


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


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76.25%: This rating is not earth-shattering. This rating must actually be seen as average, since there are about as many devices with worse ratings as better ones. A purchase recommendation can only be seen with a lot of goodwill, unless it is about websites that generally rate strictly.

» Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.

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Stefan Hinum, 2009-04-22 (Update: 2012-05-26)