Toshiba Portege A200

Sturdy construction build, Harman Kardon speakers, performed solidly in all areas ;

The workmanlike design is unlikely to appeal to fashion aficionados ;

For connectivity, the A200 comes equipped with four USB 2.0 ports, VGA and S-Video, FireWire, the aforementioned card reader and an Express Card slot. A 56Kbps modem is also installed

Cheap price, excellent usability, large hard drive for price bracket

Low battery life, slow processor

Although the Satellite A200 is a fairly good unit, its competitors often provide faster network connectivity at similar prices. For a healthy mix of cheap pricing, good size and plenty of hard drive space, the A200 is a solid choice.

Battery does not last very long and gets very hot

Looks great and does most things

Was expecting Word and powerpoint and such programmes but never came. What a hassel. Be careful

A comfortable design, large screen and it seems to respond quickly.

The battery is almost useless, lasting no more than about 15 minutes.

all round very good even for non PC person like me

battery runs out in 30 min

the screen keeps becoming small in the middle of doing something and this is really annoying

BATTERY

I bought this item for a friend who was completely computer illiterate. Now he is doing all the things he wants to thanks to the ease of operation and modern software, a little help and a fair bit of practise

None evident yet

The laptop is slim compact and light, it has a good screen resolution and gives a sharp image, it looks good and should not date easily.

The battery life does not last long enough although the size of the screen would make it different.