







Brand | TOSHIBA |
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Model | NB205-N312/BL |
Part Number | PLL20U-00Q01D |
Color | Royal Blue |
OS Provided | Windows XP Home |
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CPU Type | Intel Atom |
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CPU Speed | N280(1.66 GHz) |
CPU FSB | 667 MHz |
CPU L2 Cache | 512KB |
Chipset | Intel 945GSE |
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Screen Size | 10.1" |
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Widescreen Display | Yes |
Display Type | WSVGA |
Max Resolution | 1024 x 600 |
Display Feature | LED backlight |
Graphics Processor | Intel GMA950 |
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Video Memory | Shared system memory |
Memory Slots | 1 x 200-Pin DDR2 SO-DIMM |
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Memory Speed | DDR2 800 |
Memory | 1GB |
Max Memory Supported | 2GB |
HDD | 160GB |
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Hard Drive RPM | 5400 RPM |
Hard Drive Interface | SATA |
Dimension | 10.4" x 7.6" x 1.0-1.27" |
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Weight | 2.93 lbs. |
Camera Type | Built-in |
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LAN | 10/100Mbps |
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WLAN | Atheros 802.11b/g wireless LAN |
Bluetooth | Bluetooth version 2.1 plus Enhanced Data Rate (EDR) |
USB | 3 x USB 2.0 |
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Video Ports | 1 x VGA |
Audio Ports | 1 x Microphone jack; 1 x Headphone jack |
Audio | Integrated Sound Card |
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Speaker | Built-in speaker(mono) |
Touchpad | Yes |
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Keyboard | 85 key US keyboard |
Card Reader | Memory Card Reader Secure Digital, Secure Digital High Capacity, Multi Media Card [shared slot] |
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AC Adapter | 30-watt AC adapter |
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Battery | 6-cell lithium ion |
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Battery Life | 9 hours, 5 minutes |
Date First Available | June 25, 2009 |
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Pros: - very nice keyboard (almost like a macbook) - great battery life (went over 6 hrs on the "normal" setting ans still had 25% charge left) - feels solid overall, easily expandable RAM, and is a pretty good looking netbook, imo.
Cons: - let's see - BLOATWARE. This thing comes loaded up with a ton of apps and utilities you don't need running. After I started it up, I was appalled to see 55 running processes! And Norton AV (trial) pre-installed on a netbook? seriously? - You need to spend some time going through the utilities and processes (pay a visit to black viper's site) to get rid of a lot stuff you don't really need. - Not as fast as a desktop, and you have to get used to small screen resolution compared to bigger laptops, but you can't have everything for a price like this.
Overall Review: After a few hours of uninstalling, and tweaking the startup programs and services, I got it down to 26 running processes after boot (no anti virus yet). If I disable Hard Drive protection, it's 24, which is pretty darn good. Will probably use Avira on this, since it only uses 2 processes and ~10mb or ram. So far with this setup and 1GB of RAM (2gb still on the way), the system boots up noticeably quicker than before, and seems more responsive all around. If you have the time for the tweaks, you can turn this little guy from a good netbook, to a great one.