The Toshiba Satellite A200-195. I first saw this product on the comet website, as i was looking for my first laptop to use at home and at school, the price looked good for the specification of the laptop.
So what do you get for that price:
A Dual Core Processor that runs at 1.73 GHz (like ... Read review
Advantages: Great Sound, 2GB RAM, Quite Quick, 4 Hours Battery life, looks, Bright Widescreen, WiFi Disadvantages: Weight...............that's it
The Toshiba Satellite A200-195. I first saw this product on the comet website, as i was looking for my first laptop to use at home and at school, the price looked good for the specification of the laptop.
So what do you get for that price:
A Dual Core Processor that runs at 1.73 GHz (like having a 3.46 GHz pentium 4)
A huge 2GB of high performance RAM (667 mhz DDR2)
A decent 120GB hard drive
An integrated ... ...had a choice of this Toshiba (4 Hours) , an Apple Macbook that cost twice as much (6 Hours), a Sony Vaio almost 3 times as much (10 hours).
I would have gone for the Macbook if i had the money, but on a budget this was the best one, it was also one of the best looking one too.
But one thing i don't like about this laptop is the weight. I use this at school (6th Form) and is quite a big lump to carry round. This laptop ... more
The Toshiba Satellite A200-195. I first saw this product on the comet website, as i was looking for my first laptop to use at home and at school, the price looked good for the specification of the laptop. So what do you get for that price:
A Dual Core Processor that runs at 1.73 GHz (like having a 3.46 GHz pentium 4) A huge 2GB of high performance RAM (667 mhz DDR2) A decent 120GB hard drive An integrated DVD-RW A 15.4" Bright Widescreen Excellent WiFi and wired Internet An amazing up to 4 Hours battery life (I have only got upto 3:45 Hours, if you were to run linux you could get it upto 5 hours) Windows Vista Home Premium A very very good sound system
The main thing i was looking for was a good battery life. I had a choice of this Toshiba (4 Hours) , an Apple Macbook that cost twice as much (6 Hours), a Sony Vaio almost 3 times as much (10 hours).
I would have gone for the Macbook if i had the money, but on a budget this was the best one, it was also one of the best looking one too.
But one thing i don't like about this laptop is the weight. I use this at school (6th Form) and is quite a big lump to carry round. This laptop But for £530 can you complain? There is also the fact of the back cover,despite it looking great, it does get covered in finger marks.
Next, the speed. This won't break the speed record, but is great for doing daily things like surfing the Internet, but with the 2GB of RAM, it makes a big difference in speed. Vista on its own takes up a little bit more than 600MB of RAM, which leaves you with 1.4GB to do anything you want. If your the person who has several memory hungry programs open, this is perfect for you.
The hard drive. I did say that it has a 120GB storage capacity, but Vista on its own takes up almost 10GB, which still leaves you with around 110GB.
The screen is 15.4" with Brightscreen. You could have this running on 0% brightness for most the time, which helps the battery life greatly. You only need the brightness on in a bright room or when watching a movie.
Now, the software included. You do get the usual DVD playing software which i haven't used yet, you also get a couple of programs that are good for adjusting certain settings like Configfree. I gidn't find much use for some of them so i just removed them. It is not packed with software like Dell which comed preloaded with junk software that you never use.
The WiFi, now one of the most important parts of a laptop and i must say is it excellent, it even comes with a small external switch so you can switch it off to save that precious battery life.
Next, the sound. I tried playing a DVD on the laptop, and the sound was very impressive. It has two speakers next to the screen on opposite ends of the laptop to give the best sound. Not like with most laptops, there is only one and that is inside the computer that gives bad sound quality.
Overall the laptop is excellent value for money but is more of a desktop replacement considering the size. Would recommend to anyone with a budget of around £500 looking for a decent laptop
Advantages: Light, Fast, Looks nice, Reliable, Value. Disadvantages: Doesn't have a built in webcam or Bluetooth connectivity.
...most peoples price range. However Toshiba was the one brand that I had heard nothing but praise for, whether it was their reliability, good value, high build quality and good battery performance. So I carried on researching for about 3 weeks as it was a major purchase for me to go to university with, as my student budget hardly stretches over the necessities as it is. I found myself eliminating a lot of the manufacturers from my comparisons due to ... ...through the specifications on the Toshiba website, which I might add is very easy to compare the differences between their laptops and is really quite helpful, I settled on an A200 series, as the new A210 series is based on AMD's processors and currently Intel's processors (CPU's) are a lot better at power management, thus give a longer battery life. This is the only difference between the A200 and A210 series.
I had settled on one of the A200's, ...
JJS77 29.01.2008
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Advantages: Amazing Picture Quality Disadvantages: Slightly over sensitive touch pad
I have owned this product for over a month now, and iv found it easy to use, lighter than most other laptops and even though its not as expensive as some of the other laptops on the maret it works just aswell if not better! Its been a really great buy. Plus due to my child like small hands I usually have trouble with most keyboards but I do not have this problem with this product.
I found the most impressive feature to this laptop is the Dolby Sound ...
Kaleb01 23.09.2008
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Interesting package, nice look, large display, 200GB HDD and 2GB RAM get really fast and comfortable using of the product. The reading, writing and rewriting of the CD's or DVD's are fast and you have made it in few seconds. Keyboard is in gray color what i realy love. On the display I haven't seen any dots it has really nice and colourful screan. The closing and opening is easy and the conection betwen display and keyboard it's strong so it's impossible ...
yuri55 13.09.2007
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Advantages: cool form, nice WLAN, lots of resources Disadvantages: none
i just recently bought this laptop when i try to find a good laptop to play online games. from the appearance, i notice that this laptop seems so advance and cool. this laptop is very qualified in performance, both in RAM and hard disk, so i don't have any problem like "hang" or stuck in a program when i run it. when i tried to play online games and also browsing the net, it shows great performance, esspecially the graphics, which is common to people ...
gigan2005 09.10.2008
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...years and I think then Toshiba is the best laptop in the world.
'''Bold''' I decided bought this product because I know then I don't have to repair in the future and I can also modern this computer (exemple: add memory RAM or change something). I don't like only in this notebook operation system Vista, I think XP is better and faster and don't take too much space in hard disk.
== Big heading == I'm sure that everyone who is buying this notebook ...
AgataOchab 03.02.2009
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Advantages: Speed, comfortabe, cheap. Disadvantages: No webcam built-in.
The Toshiba brand has always been noted with mass gratitude for solid and robust piece-of-art laptops and particularity, the Satellite Pro A200 is not an odd exception, not a disappointment.
The Satellite Pro offers Intel new processor technology as far as concerned. This advantage gives the user open options for use of softwares and applications compatible with the new technology of duo-core. Still the duo-core processors are robust, at least 1.5GHZ that reach 3.0GHZ (TSP has 1.73GHz Core 2 Duo CPU), with twos HEARTS as the two cores!
The processor is relaxed with the 1GB of 667MHz DDR2 memory (better than DDR1). all though, it's not advised for windows vista.
Vista requires 2GB. It still represents good value for what's in the box.
The Graphical display and the adapters are very satisfying, sometimes luxurious, capable ...
's early Sunday closing time, by the time we had decided on our purchase. Now I shall cut a long story short and explain that many of the laptops on sale in Currys were classed as 'Previously used' As the assistant explained that these may have been returned to the store unopened we thought we would go for one of these. However after many problems over the next couple of days getting our purchase sorted we cancelled the order and decided to buy on-line.
We choose our laptop from Dixons on-line and although t was a slightly different model, it was still a Toshiba. Dixon's was easy to use and competitive and we settled for the A200 at a purchase price of £549.99 including delivery. The order progressed went swimmingly and very soon Hubby was giving me a call at work to say the 'New toy' had arrived.
The ToshibaA200 has a matte black base ...
Advantages: Low prize and reliable Disadvantages: Old DVD generation
I do not own personally, coz this is my office pproperty. But I use them to support my work. I am satisfy with this and usually traveling with this laptop. I make several job and yess it seem very reliable. With their good looking rounded corner, make me very convenience. The other things this computer is faster enough to do my job. I thought it just fairly fast because I also have the fastest one. But I am realy impressed when I bring abroad, this Thosiba Sattelite Pro A200 always help me any time. When I was asked by my friends, I recommend this to be bought. So cool low prize and yess reliable and fast. I also has an experience for the wifi is so good. The signal is always good. Basically, I like this to support my job.
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The A200's feature set weighs in at around the middle of the pack with its 1.73GHz Core 2 Duo CPU, 1GB ...
NVIDIA GeForce Go 7300 TurboCache - PCI Express x16, Intel GMA 950, ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600 PCI Express x16, Intel GMA 900, ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2400, Intel GMA X3100, ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2400 HyperMemory up to 895MB - PCI Express x16, Intel GMA X3100 Dynamic Video Memory Technology 4.0, ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600 HyperMemory up to 1023MB - PCI Express x16, ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2400 HyperMemory - PCI Express x16
1 x display / video - VGA - 15 pin HD D-Sub (HD-15)
1 x modem - phone line - RJ-11
1 x network - Ethernet 10Base-T/100Base-TX - RJ-45
1 x display / video - S-video output
1 x IEEE 1394 (FireWire) - 4 PIN FireWire
1 x microphone - input - mini-phone 3.5mm
1 x headphones - output - mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm
4 x Hi-Speed USB - 4 PIN USB Type A
Miscellaneous
Features
Security lock slot (cable lock sold separately), administrator password, system password, power-on password
Compliant Standards
CE, CSA, UL, GOST, SASO, CB, FCC Part 15 B, FCC Part 68, CCC, FCC, R&TTE
Power
Power Device
External
Voltage Required
AC 120/230 V ( 50/60 Hz )
Battery
Technology
Lithium Ion
Installed Qty
1
Capacity
4000 mAh
Run Time (Up To)
2.5 hour(s)
Operating system / software
OS Provided
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium, Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate
Software
Drivers & Utilities, Intervideo WinDVD, ConfigFree, Toshiba Speech System, Toshiba Assist, Microsoft Works 8.5, Toshiba Disc Creator, Norton Internet Security 2007 (90 days subscription), Toshiba Value Added Package, Ulead DVD MovieWriter for Toshiba, Chicony Camera Assistant Software
Manufacturer warranty
Service & Support
1 year warranty, 2 years warranty
Service & Support Details
Limited warranty - 1 year, Limited warranty - 2 years, Limited warranty - 2 years - pick-up and return, International warranty - 1 year
Environmental parameters
Min Operating Temperature
5 °C
Max Operating Temperature
35 °C
Humidity Range Operating
20 - 80%
Environmental standards
EPA Energy Star Compliant
Yes
Manufacturer's product description
Optimized for everyday use, the affordable Satellite A200, with 15.4" diagonal widescreen TruBrite display, is loaded with a PC wish list of features. Intel's latest mobile technology offers efficient use of power and speed for multitasking and multimedia. Redesigned for looks and convenience, the Satellite A200 offers an attractive Onyx Blue Metallic case, six CD/DVD control buttons for instant media access, and better spacing of its four USB ports to accommodate larger peripherals.
