The Toshiba Satellite Pro P100 is an excellent multi-media desktop
replacement laptop. It sports many innovative features which will immediately
convert many users into admiring fans. However, like any object of our
affections, the Satellite P100 does have some flaws. A close examination of all
the features and flaws of the Toshiba Pro100 will give you some indication if
this is the laptop for you, especially if youre in the market for a PC desktop
replacement.
The Satellite Pro100 laptop was recently introduced by Toshiba to compete in
the lucrative PC marketplace. If you can fit all the performance and features of
a full size PC into a laptop, why not go for a smaller sexier package? Has
Toshiba succeeded in producing a better desktop PC? Enquiring minds want to
know!
Lets give the Toshiba P100 a closer look and point out all the pluses and
minuses, the pros and cons of this new multi-media desktop replacement
powerhouse. Lets consider the pluses first.
This laptop looks great.
Theres no denying it, the Toshiba Satellite P100 looks good. This laptop has
style. It lives up to its name -- Professional. The Toshiba Satellite P100 is
black with a matte silver interior off-set with a black keyboard. The design is
sleek, simple and clean. Everything fits. Quite frankly, in the looks
department, it has to be rated a 10 or very close to it.
Now everyone knows a laptops looks should not be your first consideration
when buying a laptop, but from a marketing angle this factor may play a bigger
role than all the impressive specs and technical performance this laptop
posesses. In todays world, looks and style does count; dont let anyone try to
convince you otherwise. Besides, this classy laptop package will be displayed
prominently in your home or office -- its impressive looks will turn a lot more
heads than your run-of-the-mill PC.
This laptop is fast.
Sporting the new Intel Core Duo T2400 1.83GHz processor on a 100GB SATA (5400
RPM) hard drive with a 667MHz FSB or System Bus. The Satellite P100 is
pre-loaded with 1 Gig of RAM (expandable to 4 Gigs). You probably already know
RAM is the main factor in determining the speed of your computer.
Plus, with a 128MB NVIDIA GeForce Go 7300 graphics card this laptop will
easily handle all business applications and will even handle many of the older
games... but please note you may need to upgrade to a gamer-centric model,
such as the Toshiba Satellite P105-S921 with NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS for
playing all the latest games.
The NVIDIAs GeForce Go 7300 video processor has 128 MB of dedicated memory
and can borrow extra memory from the systems RAM with Turbo Cache. Up to 512
MB of total video memory.
This laptop offers top performance.
The new Intel dual core processor makes simultaneous multi-tasking quick and
painless. Double your power. It can process multiple applications, and carry out
some of the most demanding multi-threaded programs. It is also Windows Vista
compatible for those who are thinking ahead.
The Toshiba P100 does offer more than enough performance to easily handle all
the chores and tasks of a regular PC. In many cases, it will out perform many
current PCs.
This laptop runs cool and quiet.
The Satellite P100 runs very cool -- for the first week or so this laptop was
placed on a thin plastic tablecloth, just to check if there would be any
overheating. None. Good underbody ventilation.
This laptop is also very quiet -- there is only the occasional whir from the
fans. Like a high price auto gearing up, well not really, but you wont mind the
sound.
This laptop offers great viewing pleasure.
Featuring a 17 inch LCD Widescreen TruBrite display thats crisp and clear,
the visuals on this Toshiba laptop holds up against many higher priced laptops.
Toshiba is known for its high quality screens and this laptops display is no
different. The images are sharp and the colors are brilliant. Native resolution
for the display is 1440 x 900 pixels. And the screen is clear and viewable from
all angles.
Watching DVDs and Videos on this laptop may become addictive because of the
excellent viewing graphics and sound. The widescreen makes watching 16:9 ratio
aspect movies more enjoyable and because youre sitting close to the laptop, you
get surprising good visuals.
The 100 Gig hard drive and the DVD Super-Multi Drive for burning DVDs will
come in handy for fully enjoying all those movie downloads. The dual layer DVD
burner which burns DVD-R or DVD+R discs at a maximum of 8x. The Toshiba P100
also comes pre-loaded with the InterVideo WinDVD Creator 2 Platinum and Sonic
Record Now.
