Typical price: £799
What is it: Jack-of-all-trades laptop with a 15.4-inch screen
What we think: The Toshiba A200 is an affordable and inoffensive all-rounder
What you need to know
Reviewed on: 29 June 2007
Tags: Toshiba, Toshiba Satellite A200, laptops, DivX movies, portable
We like:
Reasonably good value; good keyboard
We don't like:
Rubbish speakers; mediocre performance
You might also need:
USB hub
CNET UK judgement:
The Toshiba Satellite A200-A1i is a good all-round laptop, but it doesn't excel in any particular field. It's slightly too unwieldy to be an ultra-portable, and a bit too underpowered to be a true desktop replacement, but it offers decent value for money and is well-built
Full review:
The Satellite A200 is the cheese and tomato pizza of Toshiba's laptop range -- it's designed to please everyone. It's a desktop replacement laptop, but ironically, it's quite portable. It has a faster-than-usual graphics card, and yet its mid-range CPU gives it the potential for decent battery life. It's a jack of all trades, for sure, but will its ambivalence backfire, or will its flexibility save it from obscurity? Continue Reading...
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December 29, 2007
Posted by: hayleynoodle
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November 28, 2007
Posted by: Saminatorger
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