Toshiba Mini NB205-N312/BL 10.1-Inch Royal Blue Netbook - 9 Hour Battery Life
Turn a Regular Laptop Into a Touch Screen
A touch screen laptop is your inner artist’s best friend since the childhood days of the etch-and-sketch or magnetic drawing board. If you have the inclination to watch your creation develop through the point of a pen or pencil, today’s touch laptop is both an effective work tool as well as an outlet for your creative expressions. Many people already have laptops that don’t have such a sophisticated technology. Maybe we bought our computers a few years back and many of us don’t always reach for the top of the line nor did many of us even know such a feature existed. Whatever the case, if you have a laptop and would like some of the conveniences of a tablet PC, all you need is to add the touch screen feature which is now an available option for approximately $130 thanks to the TabletLaptop by NAVIsis.
The device is very much plug and play with most of the common household Windows operating systems. It works with Windows 2000, XP, XP-Tablet, and Windows Vista. The minimum CPU requirement is Pentium 500MHz or equivalent which I can’t imagine anyone using anything less than that, although I should be careful not everyone is as fortunate to be addicted to the latest greatest technological gadgets we don’t really need, but I digress. The input is a standard USB 1.1 and you will need an optical disk drive for the CD.
In applications such as Microsoft Outlook, you can compose and send handwritten emails; which is very personal, not to mention cool. That’s really all you need to turn your regular laptop into a touch screen computer with all the standard features of a touch screen laptop tablet. You can use your fingers or the included stylus to resize and flip through images, dynamically manage and control presentations and documentation without a mouse.
The few downsides are that while they’ve tried to compact it as much as possible, and the website claims it’s a compact size and design, any addon to a laptop just defeats the purpose of being portable and convenient, which no laptop really is. Also, true touch screen laptop models have swivel screens that can be folded flat against the backside while your ordinary laptop cannot. Being able to fold flat makes the writing and drawing much more sensible as opposed to a screen that is rather inflexible to the contours of your pen grip.
Touch Screen Laptop Guide is your informative guide to touch screen laptop computers. Whether you are new to the market, or the laptop is, our goal is to bring the most informative or useful touch screen laptop news and reviews.
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 | 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 | ||
