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Toshiba Satellite 5200-701 review

7.7

Editors' Rating

Very Good

9.5

Members' Rating

Spectacular

Typical price:£ 1701

Verdict

The Satellite 5200 has the power to be a realistic alternative to a home desktop PC, and for the most part the features it boasts -- good 3D graphics, decent audio quality, Bluetooth -- are the ones people are likely to want... Read Full Review.

Pros

  • Good sound quality
  • Very good battery life
  • Good application performance and 3D graphics acceleration
  • Bluetooth as standard.

Cons

  • No expansion bus
  • Wi-Fi not included as standard
  • Expensive compared to an equivalent desktop PC.

Key Specs

Processor manufacturer: Intel
Processor model: Pentium4-M
Clock speed: 1.9 GHz
RAM installed: 512 MB
Hard drive size: 40 GB
Graphics processor: nVidia GeForce4 460 Go
Graphics RAM: 32 MB
Display diagonal size: 15 in
Dimensions (W x H x D): 33.4x3.8x29.7 cm
Weight: 3.55 kg
Operating system: Windows XP Home

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Member Opinion

9.5

Average Member Rating

Spectacular

4 Members have reviewed this product

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Anonymous

Anonymous

The best laptop a home user can buy

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10

Perfect


Anonymous

Anonymous

The business

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9.0

Spectacular


Anonymous

Anonymous

Great value

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10

Perfect


Anonymous

Anonymous

Excellent notebook for home users

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9.0

Spectacular


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Put simply, what is the compelling reason to pay ~$200 extra for an Eee with Windows XP? A Windows Eee won't come with any useful applications and you'll have to buy anti-virus software to boot. The truth about low cost computing is that nobody really cares whether the machine is running Windows or Linux as long as its cheap, its easy to use and it works.

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Discussions

nschoubey nschoubey

voice on blue tooth

Wednesday 9 July 2008, 11:58 AM

1 post
David Long David Long

Where did they find these users?

Wednesday 9 July 2008, 10:33 AM

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