Netbooks have been introduced to consumers as the secondary option of laptop, which allows them to perform the basic computing tasks, office works and web surfing but not for extensive uses. Consumers can get them in much cheaper price than laptops.
Having said that, this Toshiba netbook is not something outstanding or standout choice to go for. It does not perform exceptionally poor or exceptionally better than other netbooks. The processor is intel atom N270 with processing 1.6 GHz. It's a single core processor with modest speed. Atom 200 series is designed as single core with having the ability to perform 2 instructions per cycle. So, just for very normal office works it's alright. Though in the bright side, Intel Atom processors come with speedstep technology, which allows less consumption of power and battery longevity as well.
It's has only one slot for ram, and supports maximum up to 1GB. Still, why Toshiba put 512 mb ram here, I absolutely have no clue. Resolution is not up to the standard as well. Though it says that, it is compatible upto 1024 x 600 but it only works fine up to 800x600.
There is very poor camera on the top of screen. It's only 0.3 mp, which is actually good for nothing. It comes with bundled of installed software which is highly appreciated and helpful for daily office works and net surfing. The os for this system is ubuntu netbook remix. It's kind of weird for users who have been using XP or vista for long time, they will feel uncomfortable. But at least you can change the OS back to your preferred one. There is no optical drive with this netbook but it has four usb slots for data transfer facility.
The outlook of this netbook is very attractive, but the keyboard is absolute nightmare, they are overcrowded and very uncomfortable for fast typing. You definitely have to have very thin fingers for accurate and fast typing, sometimes its feel like typing TEXT in mobile phone.
All in all, very insignificant spec and poor keyboard layout. It is kind of expensive, because you are spending more than £200, still it's doesn't satisfy your needs properly. It's a huge setback.
**Also been posted in DOOYOO under the username gladiator007**
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A concise, but very helpful and informative review. ;-)
catsholiday 28.09.2009 14:53
I have read mixed reviews on this one - I'm looking for a mini laptop for when we go travelling but don't want to spend a fortune as it is only for that.
jmz1984 25.06.2009 21:15
I also use the Toshiba nb100 and i think it is great. It is not designed for rigorous tasks anyway but for what it is designed for is more than exceptional. Toshiba in my eyes produce some of the best technology regarding laptops. I just dont think your view on this product was fair. I would assume you only got to use it with Linux which does do the product no justice whatsoever. After all that is a free Operating System anyway with a small fan base so not as widespread as microsoft or Apple.
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