Toshiba Satellite P200-17C review

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April 19, 2008

Posted by: foxypwebdesign

"Perfect for me"

What I like:

Multitasking, video playback & games crisp and clear.

What I don't like:

System restore feature (never known it to fail with XP)

Review:

Toshiba P200 1FC
Having aquired this laptop as a replacement fo my old HP zv5255 which had served me well. The 1st impressions were pleasing, not too heavy, nice silver keyboard, mousepad functional but I seldom use anyway as prefer conventional mouse, screen is shiny and produces a very clear display at 1440x900 pixels apart from outside use when the reflection makes viewing difficult.
Performance is brisk.
Sound is a bit tinny for harmon kardon speakers compared to my old HP.
USB connectors could have been better placed on the right hand side as too near the front and cables always running under my mouse hand.
Front line-in/headphones/microphone connectors not colour coded and difficult to see.
Wireless and bluetooth capabilities are far better for reception.
Media centre would be excellent if a TV card was included but however makes a change from windows media player being able to run a slide show whilst music is playing.
Battery life around 1hr running internet,music and word programs and the power
adapter is big the same as my HP.
Now onto the nitty gritty of moving onto windows Vista home pemium.
In the first week I used the Aero to switch between open windows but novelty soon tires and now rarely use it.
The sidebar I selected a clock, calendar and my contacts list gadgets which gave the desktop a nice finish, but noticed boot up time slowed and have since replaced it with Rainlendar2 which allows you to place reminders on the calendar.
I was continually plagued by the User account control not allowing me to do things even tho I own the PC so thats disabled now and now I have control of the PC without the darkened screen and the "computer says not allowed" syndrome.
Windows updates are a large size to download so dial up would be a nightmare, and the Toshiba Tempo application reccomended install is usefull in keeping drivers and firmware from Toshiba up to date. (so far new display,sound,bios,dvd player and movie factory) This was skipped by HP and prompted me to check their website and I missed many important updates.
The Graphics card is OK and is compatible with more games than the Nvidea I had before. The only thing I get is now and again are a series of blocks in the translucent borders of windows or at the top of the desktop but it is not permanent and as of yet no idea why.