Toshiba Mini NB205-N312/BL 10.1-Inch Royal Blue Netbook - 9 Hour Battery Life
10 Important Tips to Finding the Best Laptop
Taking the time to review laptops is time well spent especially when wanting to have the best working laptop for all your specific needs.
When reviewing consider these things;
1. Screen - What are you looking for in the Screen., is it resolution, size, definition.
2. Portability - Are you carrying it around a campus or is it mainly home and hotel?
3. Speed - Laptops are generally 20-30% slower that Stationary Computer with the same features. If speed is a necessity be sure to check out details such as; CPUs, motherboards, hard drives, and video systems. These all contribute to the speed loss.
4. Upgradability - Likely there will not be a lot that You can upgrade on your laptop so it is good to know what you need for the long run. Upgrades can be pricey and some almost not worth getting when You could just get a whole new laptop…so get a good one to start.
5. Memory – This is So Important! Most lower-priced laptops are sold with 128 MB of system memory (RAM). That is not enough for running applications efficiently under Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows 2000, and Windows XP. If you use your laptop for occasional typing and web surfing you could get along with 128 MB of RAM but you are likely to be much happier with 256 MBs. As well Power users would benefit from a notebook with at least 512 MB or more.
6. Batteries - Lithium batteries are superior to others.
7. Hard Drives - 20 GB is a minimum. Of course as they say, larger is better.
8. Hardware - (DVD/MPEG-2) - All DVD drives rely on MPEG graphics compression to display video. The present standard is called MPEG-2.
9. MPEG-2 compression can be provided by software which is slow or by hardware which is fast. Needless to say, hardware MPEG-2 is more desirable, and will provide a smoother playback. Hardware MPEG-2 is a video chip function in laptops.
10. Expense - Laptop computers can cost almost twice as much as similarly equipped desktops. You can actually purchase two comparably equipped desktops for the price of one laptop. So if you have to have a computer in two separate places, you would be better off with two desktops. As well if they were reasonably close together you could connect them together in a wired or wireless local area network (LAN). Buying a laptop is great if you are on the go. The more you need in it the more you’ll pay but it will be worth it!
Tamara Williams is a successful author and regular contributor for Cheap Laptops. A resource featuring tips, advice on buying a laptop and caring for it.
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Toshiba Mini NB205-N312/BL Reviews and Ratings (Top 10)
 | Top #1 Toshiba Mini NB305-N410BL 10.1-Inch Royal Blue Netbook - 11 HoursOverall Rating (8/10) | |
| Review by turkiye (USA) 2010-07-26 It seems very nice, has bigger keyboard providing better typing compared to other netbooks. But windows 7 lowers the running performance of the netbook, add 1gb ram and close off all visiul effects, i will be better. there is a camera display problem while connecting the internet, actua... Read more reviews | ||
 | Top #2 Toshiba Mini NB305-N410WH 10.1-Inch Frost White Netbook - 11 HoursOverall Rating (8/10) | |
| Review by Debra Wright (NEW YORK) 2010-07-31 This is my first netbook. I wanted something that looked good, had basic functionality, and easy to use. (I really wanted an ipad). Price and functionality comparisons compelled me to choose a netbook. This one met all my requirements. Set up was extremely quick and simple. I carried it on vacation.... Read more reviews | ||
 | Top #3 Toshiba Mini NB305-N410BN 10.1-Inch Java Brown Netbook - 11 HoursOverall Rating (8/10) | |
| Review by Sean Albro (SEGUIN, TX, US) 2010-07-28 I love the portability of the Toshiba Mini, but the keyboard often requires hitting a letter several times to get it to appear. I can not tell you how frustrating it is to have to continually go back to retype something often having to hit the key pretty hard. This review should have only taken me 2... Read more reviews | ||
 | Top #4 Toshiba Mini 300 Series NB305-N310 10.1-Inch Netbook - Black OnyxOverall Rating (8/10) | |
| Review by Jose Morillo (USA) 2010-07-26 Excelent product, functional, comfortable, easy to handle outside the house or office. Perfect for students or people who work outside the office and need to bring information with them.... Read more reviews | ||
 | Top #5 Toshiba Mini NB305-N440RD 10.1-Inch Ruby Red Netbook (8 Hour BatteryOverall Rating (6/10) | |
| Review by Weagle (GA) 2010-07-18 Count me in as one who is disappointed. I did my research and bought the laptop and recommended memory for the upgrade on the same day (about a week ago now - NB305440BL) and attempted the install, got frustrated at the 2nd install attempt, and finally returned the memory. Read more reviews | ||
 | Top #6 Toshiba Mini NB205-N325BL 10.1-Inch Royal Blue Netbook - 9 HoursOverall Rating (8/10) | |
| Review by Duffer. (CONYERS, GA UNITED STATES) 2010-06-25 This replaced a HP notebook which was too heavy for travel. One of the reasons it was heavy is that is was jam packed with more crapware than the local landfill. I could not remove all the crapware so I gave the laptop away. But, back to the netbook. it is light, works well and was reasonably priced... Read more reviews | ||
