The Toshiba Mini NB205-N210 is everything you need in a computer, however it's small enough to hold in one hand! Weighing in at just under 3 pounds and featuring the latest Intel Atom (the 280) the Toshiba Mini NB205-N210 is a steal.
Here are a few specs:
- The processor is the Intel 1.6 GHz Atom N280 processor. Not only is this CPU really quick, it uses a lot less electricity to perform calculations thus allowing us to achieve a 9 hour battery life! Sweetness. You can have this Netbook on all day without being plugged in.
- For those of you with "fat fingers" this Netbook comes with a full size keyboard! No compressed keys here guys.
- 160 GB hard drive with some pretty cool technology for those of us that drop stuff by accident...and impact sensor! The impact sensor on the hard drive detects motion & speed. If the physical speed of the netbook is too fast (as in a drop from the table for example) it will automatically put the hard drive in a safe state.
- 1 GB of ram for Windows XP is perfect. With this amount of RAM you'll be able to load multiple websites, work on documents, listen to music or chat...all at the same time! You can also upgrade the ram to 2 GB should you need more.
- Many people buy netbooks for Skype. With this Toshiba netbook you'll be able to video chat via skype or any other instant messenger service.
- It has 3 USB ports, so you'll be able to attach up to 3 additional devices (like a phone or an ipod). The great thing about these USB ports is that you can charge your attached devices even when the netbook is turned off or sleeping!
- Your choice of network connections are here. The Toshiba Mini NB205-N210 has built-in support for Wireless (B and G signals) and 10/100 ethernet connections.
- You won't have to connect your camera just to look at those picture on the memory stick because the NB205-N210 has slots for memory cards (SD, SDHC and MMC).
- Listen to audio privately with the built-in headphone jack. The NB205-N210 also has a microphone jack in case you want to add an external mic.
- The Toshiba Mini NB205-N210 comes loaded with Windows XP home. The Windows XP OS is very light on Netbook hardware, which allows you to do the things you want to do quickly.
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Reviews
I purchased the NB 205 two months ago. For the first several weeks all was well but then freeze ups began occurring. There was no pattern but the netbook has to be manually shut down and restarted quite often. I had added AVG and their scan showed no viral infections. I called Toshiba and twice their low level techs could do nothing...not even strip the computer to factory conditions. A higher level tech was supposed to call and several days later they did call but I was not there and now must get back in line. Fred Meyer will not take it back so right now I am stuck with a very undependable machine.
I was surprised with the finish of the product as well as the time battery duration. I've done a lot of research, and this netbook is probably ranking on the top five.
I love this netbook. It is exactly what I was looking for. It runs great. The small size is easy to get used to. It's got a long battery life of course.
I guess mini computor explains it. It lacks volume in sound and needs to have more memory added. But it is good to travel with to hold pictures and to see what they look like.
Mines actually shipped with Windows XP installed instead of Windows 7 Starter, which is what I preferred anyways. Did not need to upgrade the RAM to 2GB because I use XP and ran mostly firefox, microsoft office, itunes, videos, etc. If you're going to game, use photoshop, install windows 7 ultimate or other heavy apps then upgrade to 2GB RAM. Battery life on this netbook is ridiculously long. Definitely survives for up to 9 hours. I'm in class/on campus from 11-7 or 8 most days and I don't need to bring the charger ever. But the charger is also very light and small so it's not a burden to carry around. I really enjoy the chiclet keyboard - i dont hit the wrong key as much. Took about a week to get used to the keyboard (fullsized which is rare on a netbook), but now I can type faster on this keyboard than my normal laptop (dell xps). I can pretty much write down word for word what someone says (great for taking notes) with few typos, which I can't do on my dell keyboard without hitting the wrong key. Only negative is the audio speaker, which is on the bottom of teh laptop and basically nonexistent. But if you plug in speakers/headset it works fine. All in all this is a really good netbook. I would say better than asus. I've had it for about 2 months and haven't had any problems. Oh also the design is very cute (way cuter than asus's pink one). I've gotten many many compliments on the look :)