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Toshiba Satellite Pro A10 review

Friday 12 September 2003, 12:27 PM

Very well priced and spec'd entry level notebook

Very well priced and spec'd entry level notebook. You get what you pay for and it does what it says on the tin. I have found the keyboard to be very comfortable. Although this is a little large in size than other notebooks, this helps not only regarding the comfort of the keyboard and touchpad but also the overall balance of the system. The battery life is reasonable but it does charge quite quickly. A 30GB hard disk is sufficient for most, particularly now that USB Memory Sticks are reducing dramatically in price meaning a normal SME user wouln't require a CD-RW or floppy disk drive. Overall, a very good all round product for the price.

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Toshiba Satellite Pro A10

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Given its sub-£500 (ex. VAT) price, the Satellite Pro A10 is pretty impressive. Choose it if you need a budget notebook for everyday tasks -- but be aware of its limitations.

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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.