There seems to be a flood of budget-priced 13-inch laptops on the market today as consumers try to find the perfect balance of portability, performance and price. And Toshiba Satellite T235 laptop is one of the device, which features an AMD Turion II Dual-Core K625 Processor, a 320GB hard drive, an ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4225 integrated graphics engine, 4GB of RAM, and a 13.3-inch LCD screen. Toshiba Satellite T235 laptop also features Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n, a built-in Webcam (with included face recognition software) and microphone, and this laptop  runs the 64-bit version of Windows 7 Home Premium.

Appearance design

Screen

Toshiba Satellite T235 laptop sports a nice 13.3 inch widescreen display at the resolution of 1366×768pixels, and is pretty bright. Through the screen is bright and crisp, it may be not be desirable for outside use at a sunny day.

Screen lid

Toshiba Satellite T235 laptop features a shiny, patterned cover with a tapered edge. The screen cover of Toshiba Satellite T235 feels durable and doesn’t suffer from much flex under pressure, although plastics used on the screen lid are prone to scratches.

Size and weight

Measuring 12.7 x 8.8 x 1 inches, the Satellite T235 is a lot thinner than last year’s 1.4-inch thick Satellite T135, with a weight of only 3.8 pounds, making it easy to carry everywhere.

Keyboard

The keyboard designed in a matte finish in eye-catching silver color. The keys of Toshiba Satellite T235 laptop are generously spaced, offer strong tactile feedback, and have no flex at all. Using this keyboard, we were able to achieve a score of 92 words per minute on the Ten Thumbs Typing Test, which matches our all-time high score.

Touchpad

The touchpad of Toshiba Satellite T235 laptop sports a smooth surface that continues the Fusion pattern, while the two mouse buttons and front lip are a glossy, pattern-free chrome. The touchpad of Toshiba Satellite T235 laptop also supports multi-touch gestures such as pinch-to-zoom and the two discrete mouse buttons provide good tactile feedback without feeling stiff.

Interface design

The right side of the notebook has an HDMI output port, an eSATA/USB 2.0 combination port (with sleep and charge, always a nice touch), and a multi-card reader.

The left side features headphone and microphone jacks, two USB 2.0 ports, a VGA output port, and an Ethernet port.

Upgradable internal hardware

If you are interested in upgrading the internal components on your T235D you’ll be happy to learn that the system memory and hard drive are easy to locate beneath a single cover plate on the bottom of Toshiba Satellite T235 laptop. Toshiba Satellite T235 laptop even makes upgrades easier by using a single screw to secure the access panel. Remove that one Phillips head screw and you’ll have access to the hard drive and RAM. No warranty void if removed stickers were found anywhere, so it should be safe to swap out basic components without risking your warranty coverage.

Temperature performance

The temperature showing following is Fahrenheit temperature.

Temperature test result of Toshiba Satellite T235′s keyboard surface.

Temperature test result of Toshiba Satellite T235′s back.

Battery test

Toshiba Satellite T235 laptop powered by a 6-cell Li-ion 61WH battery, and according to the official the battery can run more than 6 hours. Is it true? Let’s check it through the following test.

In this test, we have set the screen brightness to 70%, open wireless network, set the power management in the window 7 to “balance”. Finally we get life time of hours 34 minutes, basically reach the expected. Of course, if we just search some web pages or listen to some music, then the real battery life time will be much more than that.

Performance test

As we all know, Toshiba Satellite T235 laptop equipped with a dual-core 1.5GHz processor-K625 with powerful performance, and comes with ATI Radeon HD 4225 integrated graphics. Although the games handling performance of Toshiba Satellite T235 laptop can not be compared with the mainstream high-end models, but is able to cope with general application.

And now let’s have some test to see the actual strength of this device.

(1) WPrime 32m comparative test result

WPrime is a kind of program that can force the processor cycle, its advantage is to support multi-threaded, dual-core processor. Therefore, compared to Super-Pi, Wprime’s test result has a higher accuracy.

(2) PCMark05 comparative result

PCMark05 can be used to test the whole performance of a laptop.

(3) PCMark Vantage comparative result

(4) 3DMark06 comparative result

3DMark06 can test laptop’s display performance

Disk performance test result

Toshiba Satellite T235 Laptop Specifications:

• 1.5GHz AMD Turion II Neo K625 Dual-Core Mobile Processor
• 4GB PC3-8500 DDR3 (2 x 2GB)
• Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
• 13.3″ WXGA HD TruBrite LED Backlit display (1366×768)
• 320GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive
• ATI Radeon HD 4225 Graphics
• 802.11b/g/n, 10/100 LAN
• 6-in-1 card reader
• 6-Cell Li-ion 61WH battery, 45W Power Supply
• Dimensions: (W x L x H) 12.7″ x 8.8″ x 0.8″/1.1″
• Weight: 3lbs 13oz (with 6-cell battery)
• Price as configured: $599.99

Pros of Toshiba Satellite T235 laptop:

l       Very aggressive price

l       Exquisite thin and lightweight

l       Excellent battery life

l       HDMI and eSATA included

l       Excellent keyboard with wide touchpad

Cons of Toshiba Satellite T235 laptop:

Pentium processor is not the best of breed.

Conclusion

In terms of performance, Toshiba Satellite T235 laptop equipped with AMD dual-core processors, high-quality integrated graphics, although not keep up with the mainstream of the game models, the daily web browsing, high-definition video playback can fully easily cope with. Toshiba Satellite T235 laptop features high quality with reasonable price, and available in black, vibrant red and silver.

Toshiba Portégé T230 is available in three colors: rosy, black and white. We are about to review on the rosy one. The materials of Toshiba Portégé T230 are the same as T310. The bright surface of Portégé T230 applies the popular Imprint technology to form regular grid pattern, which is different from Satellite L Series of Roman style.

Toshiba Portégé T230 Screen

Toshiba Portégé T230 adopts 13.3-inch 16:9 LED-backlit wide LCD screen with maximum resolution of 1366 × 768. At the same time the screen frame has the same color as the cover. And the narrow frame matches well with the screen. Compared with previous generations T130 series, Portégé T230’s most different feature is two-color design. The bright silvery operating area and the rosy top cover as well as screen frame shape strong visual difference.

Toshiba Portégé T230 Web Camera

Toshiba Portégé T230 Keyboard

Smart floating style keyboard looks neat and refined, different from the familiar wide-touch keyboard. Combining with the silver keycaps, the entire area seems metallic. In our practical use, as the key length and space are designed reasonable, they provide comfortable handfeel and the silver surface is not easy to leave fingerprints.

Toshiba Portégé T230 Touchpad and Palm Rest

No longer to use the popular all-in-one design, Toshiba T230 uses the traditional split type touchpad. And the touchpad area is large enough for good use. The sleek left and right buttons highlight the operating area. Integrated with grid pattern and convex treatment, Toshiba T230 palm rest features great tactile sensation, while this design allows the surface to avoid leaving fingerprint.

Toshiba Portégé T230 Interfaces

Toshiba T230 left side design: power supply, heat vents, HDMI, e-SATA/USB 2.0, and Six-card reader (SD / SDHC / xD / MMC / MS / MS Pro), while the right side design: security keyhole, RJ-45, VGA, 2 × USB2.0, audio input / output.

Heat vents are designed in the left side in order to avoid the impact for right-hand while operating. Meanwhile this design provides adequate air circulation, thus ensuring the whole heat dissipation.

Toshiba Portégé T230 Indicator Lights

Toshiba T230 status indicator lights are set on the front right side. They are external power status, starting-up status, battery charging, hard disk reader, card reader, wireless networks and mobile network lights, which are more convenient for users to know the status of operation.

Toshiba Portégé T230 Specs:

• Intel Core i3-330M Core Processor, 1.2GHz
• 3MB L3, 1066 MHz FSB
• Up to 8 GB DDR3 (1066 MHz)
• 2.5-inch HDD up to 500GB (with HDD 3D impact sensor
• 500GB SATA Hard Drive
• Touchpad with Gesture Support
• 13.3-inch Clear SuperView HD display with LED backlighting, 1366 x 768 resolution
• Intel HD Graphics, 729 MB shared video memory
• Integrated Intel HD graphics
• Bluetooth 2.1 +EDR
• WLAN (802.11 b/g/n)
• 10/100Mbps Ethernet LAN
• 3 x USB 2.0, 1x eSATA / USB combo port with Sleep-and-Charge
• Multi-Card Reader
• HDMI Port
• Built-in 1.3 MP webcam with Face Recognition
• Tiled keyboard with Touchpad with Gesture Support
• 6-cell Li-Ion Battery
• Dim – 322 x 223 x 17.6/26.2mm
• Starting from 1.75 kg

Toshiba Portégé T230 Performance

Toshiba Portégé T230 sports the latest Intel Pentium dual-core U5400 processor with 1.2GHz and 3MB cache, together with Intel HM55 chipset, 2GB DDR3-1066 memory, 320GB SATA hard drive and Intel Toshiba HD integrated graphics, and pre-installed a Windows 7 Home Basic 32-bit operating system.

First of all, we utilize PCMark Vantage to test performance of Toshiba T230. In the resolution of 1024 * 768, we get the final score of 2341 points, in which the highest one is Music Score of 3248 points and the integrated graphics scores 1647 points.

Then we use CINEBENCH R10 to test the performance of Pentium Dual Core U5400. The final result for multi-core is 2631 points. Compared to the familiar Intel Core i3-330UM, the CPU using 32nm process technology features dual-core and dual-thread without hyper-threading.

Toshiba Portégé T230 Heat

It could be a big challenge for Toshiba Portégé T230 in heat dissipation for its compact and slim body. At first we use EVEREST to check the temperature of internal Portégé T230 in low-load condition. Due to the integrated graphics, we continue running CINEBENCH R10 to reach the high-load state so as to check the core temperature inside. At the same time, we choose thermal FLUKE imager to test the surface temperature of keyboard and bottom areas.

Toshiba T230 surface area of keyboard reaches 40.5 ℃ in high-load condition.

Toshiba T230 surface area of bottom reaches 52.7 ℃ in high-load condition.

Through the test, Portégé T230 internal core temperature of the central processor is 44 ℃in low-load condition and 53 ℃ in high-load condition. Overall, Portégé T230 dose a good job in heat dissipation and temperature control.

Toshiba Portégé T230 Battery Life

Toshiba Portégé T230 is equipped with a 10.8V, 61Wh 6-cell lithium battery. We use BatteryMark to test its battery life. We adjust power management to energy-saving mode, open wireless network, and adjust the screen brightness to 40%. Finally we get the results of 6 hours and 48 minutes, which may be satisfactory and very suitable for travelling.

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The overall design of Toshiba NB255 has not changed much compared with Toshiba NB300, Toshiba NB255 comes with a rounded appearance, and only some details changed. Toshiba NB255 we got is in black, the shell of this NB255 is in glossy design, there are convex pattern carved Roman “II” over the shell surface.

Toshiba NB255 black design

The middle part’s concave “TOSHIBA” logo is using the same black color instead of other colors; it gives us simple low-key feel but highlight the logo. It is precisely because of its convex surface of the Roman pattern design; it is easier to some extent to avoid the problem of collecting fingerprints.

10.1 inches Toshiba NB255 netbook

The overall design of the Toshiba NB255 bottom side

Toshiba NB255 comes with a 10.1-inch 16:9 wide LED backlit screen, which supports a maximum resolution of 1024 × 600. In the top of the screen, it has a built-in webcam, user-friendly to meet the daily network video applications. The screen frame comes with black ABS plastic material.

Roman pattern TOSHIBA Logo Design

Built-in webcam above the screen

Toshiba NB255 weight

Toshiba NB255 with the standard lithium battery weighs 1.085kg, and with a mini-travel power adapter, Toshiba NB255 weighs only 1.429kg. As a netbook, its performance in terms of portability is good. Speaking of portability, many consumers will think of a more portable tablet PC, both neck and neck in performance, the differences may be the mode of operation, and entertainment applications etc.

• Toshiba NB255 chiclet-style keyboard

The keyboard set of Toshiba NB255 netbook is actually a chiclet-style version, the keys feel too good to the tips of the fingers. Personally I don’t love chiclet-style keyboards; however I need to acknowledge they appear quite dazzling. If you like the appearance and feel of the chiclet-style keyboards, you will end up satisfied when using the NB255.

Toshiba NB255 overall control area design

Touchpad seems quite simple, and there is nothing special, matte surface feels comfortable. It is worth mentioning that the left and right button design is separate design, thereby it is increasing the area to ensure a good touch percussion feel.

Toshiba NB255 wide keyboard design

Toshiba NB255 keyboard details

Left and right touchpad button design

The middle shaft power switch design (no light indicator)

And the palmrest part also uses the same design as the shell, but palmrest is matte treatment, it still raised a Roman design patterns “II”, not only to enhance the touch of the hand, but also for add texture.

The left side ports of the Toshiba NB255

The right side ports of the Toshiba NB255

Front side card reader of Toshiba NB255

Front side status indicators of Toshiba NB255

On the left side of Toshiba NB255, there is VGA port, heat vents, audio input / output, RJ-45, USB 2.0 ports, while the ports are arranged on the right side of Toshiba NB255: safety lock, external Power connector, 2 × USB 2.0 ports. For netbooks, such interfaces have been well equipped to meet the needs of the user’s daily use.

•Ordered hardware equipment

Toshiba NB255 hardware has improved greatly when compared to the previous NB300 netbook, especially the CPUt. Toshiba NB255 is equipped with Intel Atom N455 processor, clocked at 1.66GHz, with 1GB DDR3-1066 memory, 250GB Hitachi 5400 SATA hard drive, and Intel GMA X3150 integrated graphics, while pre-installed with Windows 7 Home Basic 32-bit operating system.

Toshiba NB255 CPUID Detail

Toshiba NB255 CINEBENCH R10 test results

We use PCMark Vantage to test the performance of the Toshiba NB255. In the 1024 × 768 resolution, we get the final results of 1129, and in the sub-item scores, the highest score is for the Music Score : 1434 points, the lowest score is produced by 1GB DDR3-1066 memory: 418 points.

Toshiba NB255 PCMark Vantage test results

Toshiba NB255 CPU internal core temperature is at 64-82 ℃. The keyboard surface maximum temperature is at the area above left palmrst, the maximum temperature reached 41 ℃. Bottom side overall temperature performance is satisfied, the temperature is 44.7 ℃.

Toshiba NB255 keyboard surface temperature: maximum temperature 41 ℃

Toshiba NB255 bottom surface temperature: maximum temperature 44.7 ℃

Toshiba NB255 BatteryMark test result: 3 hours 05 minutes

Toshiba NB255 is equipped with a 10.8V, 25Wh, capacity of about 2,300 mAh lithium battery; we use the BatteryMark to test its battery life. We adjusted the power management system to the energy-saving mode, turn on wireless network, and adjust the screen brightness to 40%. Finally we get the test results for the 3 hours 05 minutes, this result did not give consumers too much surprise.

Toshiba AC100 is tiny. Measuring just 21mm at its thickest point, it has a slim-lined chassis which is backed by being very lightweight –Toshiba AC100’s weight is 1.9 lbs (0.86 kg).

It is reported that Toshiba AC100 netbook features a 10.1 inches screen—an ultra-bright LED screen which pipes out 1024 x 600 resolution. Toshiba has given the AC100 a yellow and black design, making Toshiba AC100 eye-catching.

Toshiba AC100 is equipped with Android 2.1 operating system, not a conventional OS like Windows 7.

And when you play with the OS it is plain to see that some things need working on. Such as: you type using the real keyboard for inputting things like web addresses and a virtual keyboard pops up on the screen.That said, Android with its wealth of widgets and apps is a joy to use regardless of what machine you are using it on.

Toshiba AC100 comes with built-in NVIDIA Tegra 250 1.0GHz frequency dual-core processor, 8GB memory, 512M memory, HDMI output. Toshiba AC100 also offers Bluetooth and 802.11 b / g / n wireless network card, two USB2.0 and HDMI ports, 130-megapixel camera,

Toshiba AC100 supports for 8-hour battery life, standby 180 hours.

Toshiba AC100 has pre-installed a number of apps. There’s an app to view YouTube videos, Opera Mini web browser to view the internet at speed and Fring, a VoIP service, etc.

At present, Wi-Fi version Toshiba AC100 is at the price of £ 293, 3G version will be sold through operators, which will be sold in Japan with 40,000 yen.

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Satellite C600 is 14-inch, and in the size of 343x234x30-35mm. Toshiba C600 weighs 2.034kg with battery and 2.434kg with adapter. It is clearly that Toshiba Satellite C600 is not portable laptop for you carrying around.

Pros: Relatively low Price
Cons: Fewer interfaces can not meet demand

Toshiba Satellite C600 notebook specifications:

Processor: DualCore Intel Pentium P6000
Code: Arrandale-3M
Core / thread: 2 / 2
Frequency: 1.86GHz
Frequency range: 9x-14x
External Bus: 1066MHz FSB
L1 Code Cache: 32 KB per core
L1 Data Cache: 32 KB per core
L2 Cache: Core 256KB/3MB each
Processor Instruction Set: MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, EM64T

Motherboard: Toshiba Satellite C600
Chipset: PCH: Intel Ibex Peak-M HM55
Memory Type: SO-DIMM DDR3-1333
Maximum expansion capacity: 8GB
Configuration Memory Type: 1xSamsung M471B5673FH0-CF8 (2GB SO-DIMM DDR3-1066)

Integrated graphics: Intel (R) HD Graphics
Core Code: Intel GMA HD
Core frequency: 467MHz
Memory capacity: 768MB

Disk controllers: Intel (R) 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset Family 6 Port SATA AHCI Controller
HDD: TOSHIBA MK3265GSXV (320 GB, 5400 RPM, SATA-II)
ODD: TSSTcorp CDDVDW TS-L633C ATA Device

Sound Card: Conexant Cx20585
Speaker: two speakers at the top of the left and right keyboard

Cable Network: Atheros AR8152 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller
WLAN Network: Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter
Bluetooth: N / A
Infrared: N / A

Display size: 14 (16:9) LG Philips LP140WH1-TLA1
Resolution: 1366 × 768
Backlight Type: LED

Camera: 2 million pixels
USB Ports: 2 USB 2.0
IEEE1394: N / A
eSATA: N / A
Video Interface: 1 VGA
Audio interface: a headphone jack, 1 microphone jack
Card Reader: SD Card Reader
Size: 343x234x30-35mm (length x width x thickness)
Weight: 2.034kg, travel weight (including adapter): 2.434kg

Fewer interfaces

▲Toshiba Satellite C600 is still coming with a glossy screen and matte frame.

▲Satellite C600 C face style is exactly the same as the Toshiba L series laptop.

▲Toshiba Satellite C600 left palmrest: processor, operating system and the Energy Star logos.

▲ C600 touchpad was rectangular, the area of the main general operating handle also more general

▲ Satellite C600 right palmrest logos

▲ Toshiba C600 right side speakers

▲ C600 has no independent shortcut keys.

▲Toshiba C600 left side ports: only the power port and optical drive

▲Toshiba Satellite C600 right side interfaces are much more than left side

Toshiba Satellite C600 provides users with 2X USB2.0, 1X D-SUB, 1X RJ45, one set of audio input and output interfaces and a card reader. Satellite C600 is not very good to meet the mainstream applications needs of users.

▲ C600 provides a second memory slot for expansion

Hardware configuration

Toshiba Satellite C600 is equipped with Intel Pentium dual-core P6000 processor, clocked at 1.86GHz, 3 cache to 3MB, TDP 35W.

▲    Toshiba Satellite C600 processor specifications

Satellite C600 is also equipped with HM55 chipset, it can support up to six SATA 3Gbps ports (including eSATA), 8 PCI-E 2.0 x1 ports , 14 USB 2.0 ports, Hanksville GbE MAC Gigabit Ethernet Controller , Matrix Storage Technology, High Definition Audio, Management Engine Ignition Firmware technologies.

▲    Toshiba Satellite C600 graphics card specifications

▲ C600 comes standard with a 2GB DDR3 memory

Toshiba C600 comes standard with a 2GB DDR3 memory: Samsung M471B5673EH1-CF8 DDR3 1066MHz memory, for 32bit operating system users, such memory capacity can be sufficient to meet most of the mainstream applications, and runs large-scale 3D games. As C600 provides users with an additional memory slot, so even if running 64bit system, users only need to buy 2GB memory to upgrade it.

▲    Memory Specifications

Toshiba Satellite C600 we got is equipped with TOSHIBA MK3265GSXV 320GB hard drive.

Test overall performance

We mainly use the SYSmark2007 Preview and PCMark Vantange, SiSoftware Sandra Professional v2009 software to test Toshiba Satellite C600; BAPCo SYSmark2007 Preview includes E-Learning, Office Productivity, Video Creation, 3D Modeling four modules.

▲ Satellite C600 SYSMARK test scores

▲    Satellite C600 PCMARK test scores

▲ 3DMARK test scores

Battery

Toshiba Satellite C600 productivity 2007 battery life rating is 206 minutes, performance qualification is 193, and DVD 2007 Battery Life Rating is 152 minutes.

▲    C600 Standard Battery

Toshiba Satellite M600, as upgrade of M500, has a breakthrough in design. Matte finish together with glossy edge makes Toshiba Satellite M600 laptop more stylish and anti-fingerprint. What’s more, Satellite M600 adopts Nvida optimus graphics card automatic switching technology. It is GT330M that balances well between battery life and efficient performance. And Satellite M600 inherits the previous Harman Dayton audio to revolutionize your entertainment experience.

Screen, Keyboard and Touchpad

Using the most popular matte texture material, Toshiba Satellite M600 laptop turns to be more durable and wear resistant than piano baking finish M500 which would leave scratches in use. The same as Satellite M600 cover, its matte finish silvery palm rest shines in the light.

Toshiba Satellite M600 14-inch HD screen decorated with piano baking finish frame

Satellite M600 continues to use the proud Harman Toshiba Dayton speakers. If you are not audiophiles, we believe Toshiba M600′s speakers are sound enough to meet your daily enjoyment.

Toshiba M600 200W pixel camera together with pickup MIC on the left

Having reviewed Toshiba M600’s screen and sound, then let’s have a look at Satellite M600′s shortcuts setting above the keyboard Those shortcuts are power switch, ECHO power plan, media center, play / pause, rewind, fast forward, mute and volume control keys. And Satellite M600 chocolate keyboard feels good while typing. In addition, it’s quiet to knock, even at night it will not affect others.

Satellite M600 grinding materials touchpad and big shiny buttons design match well with striped palm rest.

Commendable security

Although Toshiba Satellite M600 is aimed at positioned as home entertainment laptop, fingerprint identification system is also adopted. Setting up fingerprint password can prevent the loss of documentation.

Toshiba Satellite M600 touchpad control switch, which can effectively prevent accidental misuse.

Interfaces

Toshiba Satellite M600 layout of interface is acceptable, but it gives up previous convenient volume control knob.

Toshiba M600 left side interface: a slot-in drive, two USB2.0 and RJ45

Toshiba M600 multi card reader is designed in front-end for user to plug the digital memory card easily.

Toshiba M600 right side interface: E-SATA, HDMI and Express Card slot

As E-SATA is close to HDMI as well as similar appearance, users may insert a wrong interface

Toshiba Satellite M600 power connector on the right

It is not ideal that Toshiba M600’s heat outlet is designed on the right, where your hand suffers the wind.

Toshiba Satellite M600 sinking spindle design with the max opening angle of 130°

Configuration

Toshiba M600 sports Core 2 i5-520M processor with 2.407GHz and 2GB DDR3 memory. As Toshiba M600 adopts new NV Optimus switching technology for the first time, it may perform great in 3D games and even high-definition play. Equipped with Toshiba 500GB SATA 7200RPM hard disk Toshiba M600 shows the positioning of audio and video entertainment.

In PCMarkVantage test, Toshiba M600 graphics processing performance is not so satisfactory. But Toshiba M600 deals well with video play, 2D rendering, or general 3D processing. Above all, Toshiba M600 has upgraded to meet daily application and audio and video entertainment.

In 3D test, its excellent scores promise running most popular 3D games at ease.

We use HD Tune Pro to test 500 GB Toshiba SATA hard drives. According to the test, it got the maximum read speed of 80.6MB / s, average read speed of 60.8MB / s, response time of 17 milliseconds. Hard disk reaches 35 ℃ during the test, which is desirable.

In CineBench R10 test, Toshiba Satellite M600 i5 520M scores 6810 points. Compared with the previous generation processor, it has improved greatly.

As for battery life, we use BatteryMark 4.01 to test. Toshiba M600 is equipped with a 48Wh battery which lasts for 3 hours and 39 minutes in the test. It is worth mentioning that due to the automatic M600 graphics switching, it is set to integrated graphics mode to test battery life, which has effectively improved the life time.

Summary:

The new design and high-performance Toshiba Satellite M600 laptop is just the ticket for who pursue perfect audio and video experience. Moreover, Toshiba M600 has added ECO’s energy management, so that you can effectively manage your notebook’s power consumption to achieve the purpose of energy saving.

Toshiba Portege R700 comes with the latest Intel’s i3-350M dual-core processor, 2GB memory and 320GB storage space.  Toshiba R700’s biggest selling point is that it comes with ultra-thin double-layer DVD burner while it is just 9.5 thick.  Metal and honeycomb structure is very firm; 1.422Kg laptop is light for us to carry around. Toshiba Portege R700 standard 6 cell 66Wh battery can provide 6 hours battery life. If you are a business man, Toshiba Portege R700 is a good choice for you.

* Magnesium metal and plastic material

Toshiba Portégé R Series is known for ultra-portability. The launch of the R700 has improved in the appearance, magnesium metal: wire drawing process, and honeycomb design, the portable camera body for a great beauty products and pressure resistance.

Toshiba Portege R700 has improved in the appearance material

Seamless integration of magnesium metal and plastic material is the biggest characteristic of the Toshiba Portege R700, magnesium metal material is used for main part of the shell; plastic material was used for anterior side of the shell.

Magnesium metal material is used to do the main part of the Portege R700 shell

Seamless integration of magnesium metal and plastic material is the biggest characteristic of the fuselage R700

Toshiba Portege R700 use the current LED backlit screen with a resolution of 1366 × 768, and the thickness of magnesium metal shell evenly matched with the Sony laptop, the screen frame section also adopted ” Concave “design, which is very consistent with palm rest.

Portege R700 uses the current screen backlight LED

13.3-inch size and advantages of lightweight magnesium makes Portege R700 becomes more conducive to users to carry, especially for the annual rush out of the business people, 1.422Kg Toshiba Portege R700 is really easy to carry.

13.3-inch size, with high voltage and light two advantages

Toshiba Portege R700 weight: 1.422kg

* 86 keys ergonomic keyboard

13.3-inch Toshiba Portege R700 embedded 86 key ergonomic keyboard designs that are using the current mainstream chocolate suspension keyboard, which is estimated to follow the trend out of consideration. Fortunately, the common space, delete and such buttons are in large size, this played a crucial role in user’ experience.

Embedded in 86 key ergonomic keyboard

Toshiba Portege R700 keyboard with piano paint Process

Shortcut buttons and speakers above the keyboard

In order to enhance the user’s experience, Toshiba R700’s enlarge the touchpad size. And above the touchpad, there is a dedicated shortcut key for disable the touchpad when connecting an external mouse.

Toshiba R700′s touchpad

Toshiba R700 touchpad shortcut key

Toshiba Portege R700 features the mainstream interfaces such as HDMI, two USB ports, eSATA; eSATA interface is compatible with R700 USB function,

Toshiba R700 HDMI, eSATA interfaces

On the right of Toshiba Portege R700, there is a built-in 9.5 mm double-layer DVD burner, this burner is removable design but still need to tighten the screws then it can be removed off the back of laptop body.

Toshiba R700 built-in 9.5 mm thick double-layer DVD-burner

Toshiba R700 removable drive

Tunnel cooling innovative new cooling technology

Toshiba R700 uses the back cover as a protection cover

Speed wind tunnel type of cold heat technical diagram

Major heat components are designed in close to the cooling fan

Such high-performance platform designed new cooling system has a good cooling of still only one of its advantages. Another advantage is that it can be directly reduce the thickness of the machine.

Toshiba R700 fans and cooling modules and not in the same location

Toshiba Portege R700 heat sink, heat pipe is copper; the advantage is high thermal conductivity.  The fixed heat pipe and heat sink’s silver metal was aluminum alloy, it can provide sufficient rigidity, and it is lighter, the price is cheaper than pure copper material.

Heat pipe at one end is embedded within the heatsink

* Modular design –lightweight honeycomb structure of the Toshiba Portege R700

Another reason why Toshiba R700 is so thin is the modular body design. The so-called modular design, in fact, is what you see in the external interface, the wind drives etc are independent individual. They are connected with motherboard by cables to achieve certain functionality. The goal is to reduce the board size, leaving more space to accommodate parts.

Portege R700 modular design of the internal body

The board themes is similar to adult men the size of the palm

In order to ensure that the machine has high strength compression factor, Toshiba R700 inside the body shell also features a new honeycomb structure integrated design.

Toshiba Portege R700 Honeycomb design shell

Toshiba R700 interface part is also the modular design.

Toshiba R700 interface part is also the modular design.

Now we can experience the actual performance of Portege R700 cooling and battery life.

Toshiba R700 is disassembled.

* The full load test– the perfect performance of thermal endurance

Toshiba R700 body surface temperature of the keyboard is very good, the maximum temperature is only 36 degrees, and the entire keyboard’s average temperature is 33 degrees.

Toshiba R700 keyboard temperature

Toshiba R700 bottom side temperature

The cooling capacity directly determines the battery life. Toshiba R700 comes with a six-cell 66Wh standard battery, the battery life is 370 minutes (about 6 hours).

Toshiba Portege R700 six-cell 66Wh standard battery

MobileMark2007 test up to 6 hours battery life

*Software test

Toshiba Portege R700 we got is equipped with i3-350M processor, clocked at 2.26GHz, using 32nm process technology, with dual-core processing power and four-thread support HT Hyper-Threading technology, thermal design power, TDP 35W.

Processor i3-350M and  GMA graphics test

CINEBENCH R10 test performance– processor i3-350M

Windows 7 system experience index was 3.8 points

3DMark06 tests GMA integrated graphics performance

PCmarkVantage test machine performance

SYSmark2007 test machine performance

Toshiba Satellite L650D comes with 15.6-inch 16:9 wide LED backlit LCD screen, which supports maximum resolution of 1366 × 768 pixels. On the top of the screen, there is a built-in webcam for user-friendly Internet video applications. While the camera design also has subtle changes, the camera is embedded design instead of convex-type design.

Toshiba Satellite L650D black version

Satellite L650D shell Roman pattern design and Toshiba Logo

Satellite L650D built-in camera

Toshiba Satellite L650D bottom side design

Toshiba L650D weight

Toshiba Satelltie L650D with standard 6 cell Li-ion battery weighs 2.526kg; and with a standard power adapter, its travel weight is 2.953kg. As a 15-inch models, the portable design is not the most important starting point. Compared with the size of models, Toshiba Satellite L650D in portable performance is almost the same.

• Details improved, and more comfortable

Toshiba Satellite L650D keyboard design is still the same. Compared to previous generation products, the keyboard layout has also some change. The palmrest and touchpad space have been improved, allowing users to use it more comfortably in daily use. Despite the change in keyboard layout, the keyboard still feels comfortable.

Satellite L650D overall control area design

Meanwhile, Toshiba Satellite L650D is also equipped with a numeric keypad to facilitate the user’s daily use such as the daily input password or data entry and other operations. In addition, key cap has matte treatment, the texture is good; and the key space is lager, for larger fingers male users, the handle is relatively good.

Toshiba L650D Numeric keypad design

Toshiba Satellite L650D larger touchpad design

Satellite L650D still using most popular inbody touchpad design, moreover, there is a touchpad lock; it can be more convenient for users to avoid typing errors and error touching the touchpad.

Toshiba L650D touchpad lock key

Toshiba Satellite L650D stereo speakers above the keyboard

Satellite L650D power switch above the keyboard

• Rich interfaces to meet daily needs

Toshiba Satellite L650D left side interfaces: security keyhole, RJ-45, VGA, eSATA / USB 2.0 combo port, HDMI high definition output, audio input / output interface.

Toshiba Satellite L650D right side interfaces: external power supply, DVD burner, two side by side USB2.0 ports.

Heat vent is designed on the left side to avoid affecting the user’s right hand.

Toshiba Satellite L650D left side interfaces:

Toshiba Satellite L650D right side interfaces

Multi-in-one card reader is on the front side of Satellite L650D, which supports the new SD 4.0, and USB 3.0 interfaces. It can provide users with faster data transfer rate, through the use of SDXC card (and common-size SDHC card), users can get the maximum 2TB capacity, fastest 35MB / s of transmission capacity. However, at this stage SDXC card price is expensive.

Satellite L650D multi-in-one card reader

On the left of the front side of Toshiba L650D, there are various status indicators: external power supply, power status, battery charge, hard disk the data card reader and wireless network status indicators. Facilitate the users to view their own laptop’s status.

Toshiba L650D left palmrest labeling

Toshiba Satellite L650 standard 6-cell lithium battery

Toshiba Satellite L650D is rich in interfaces, which can meet the current needs of the user’s daily use such as VGA, HDMI high-definition interface, and eSATA interface. Satellite L650D based on AMD VISION platform provides users with more choice and lower the price further to fully meet the market demand.

Toshiba Satellite L650D is equipped with AMD Athlon II P320 dual-core processor, clocked at 2.1GHz, with AMD M785 chipset; 2GB DDR3-1066 memory; 320GB Toshiba 5,400 rpm SATA hard drive; and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4570 512MB graphics card; and pre-installed with Windows 7 Home Basic 32-bit operating system.

Toshiba Satellite L650D CPUID Detail

First, we use PCMark Vantage to test the performance of the Toshiba Satellite L650D. In the 1024 × 768 resolution, the final result of Toshiba Satellite L650D is 3431, the sub-item scores, the highest Music Score is 4124 points, the lowest 2GB DDR3-1066 memory score is 2301 points, while Satellite L650D’s entry-level ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4570 was 2724 points.

Satellite L650D PCMark Vantage test result: 3431 score

Toshiba Satellite L650D CINEBENCH R10 test result

We use CINEBENCH R10 to test AMD Athlon II P320 dual-core processor. The single-core processor is 1833 points, multi-core processor is 3538 points. From the above two tests, we can know that this AMD dual-core processor performance comes as the entry-level performance that can meet the user’s general application requirements.

Toshiba Satellite L650D 3DMark Vantage Test Result

Through 3DMark Vantage to test its graphical capabilities, the total score of Toshiba L650D is E4854, in which GPU score is 5691 points, CPU score was 3368 points. (Note: Entry test resolution of 1024 × 768).

Note: 3DMark Vantage test total is divided into four grades, namely (Entry, E), (Performance, P), (High, H), (Extreme, X).

Through our practical test, Toshiba Satellite L650D internal core temperature of CPU is 46-63 ℃, while the graphics processor is 51-68 ℃. The keyboard surface highest temperature is on the left which is close to the heat vent, the maximum temperature reached 42.0 ℃. The surface around palmrest heat dissipation is better. The highest temperature at the bottom is also on the left nearing the heat vent, reaching 43.5 ℃.

Toshiba Satellite L650D keyboard maximum temperature –42.0 ℃

Toshiba Satellite L650D bottom temperature maximum temperature —43.5 ℃

Through the above test, you can see Toshiba Satellite L650D temperature control and cooling performance is no bad, and 15 inches laptop has some advantages in internal temperature control compared to 14, 13-inch laptops.

Satellite L650D BatteryMark test result: 2 hours 08 minutes

Toshiba L650D features a 4400 mA, 10.8V and 48Wh lithium battery. We use the BatteryMark to test its battery life. First, we adjusted the Windows 7power management system to power saving mode, open wireless network, and adjust the screen brightness to 40%. Finally we get the test results for the 2 hours and 08 minutes.

Summary

Toshiba Satellite L650D overall design has no much difference with 14-inch L600, and there is some detail differences compared with L500 series. At the same time, as the 15.6 inches laptop, it is equipped with easy to use numeric keypad. The Satellite L650D is equipped with AMD Athlon II P320 dual-core processor that fully meets the needs of the user’s daily use. all in all, Toshiba Satellite L650D is a laptop with high value.

Toshiba Satellite L600-15S is the top-level product of L600D series, and also a laptop using three-core processor. Satellite L600-15S is available in black and silver, which was named the Mercury silver. It is low-key but in a stream of stylish atmosphere.

There are just three such kinds of screws below the battery, do not be afraid to confuse them.

Toshiba Satellite L600D laptop is very simple to disassembly, screw specifications are only two kinds: F3 and F5.

There is another screw needed to be removed after removing the drive.

A number of readers want to know why Satellite L600D hot is low. So I will show his product workmanship and interior design by dismantling it to see what kind of treatment can achieve such a low heat.

Toshiba Satellite L600D C panel and keyboard disassembly

The first step in dismantling the keyboard is to remove the decorative ribbon which is fixed by clamp on the keyboard, and it is easy to dismantle.

After the completion of disassembly, we will see three screws fixed Satellite L600D keyboard and are labeled by F5.

Removed the three screws, you can remove the keyboard of Satellite L600D.

On the back of the Satellite L600D keyboard, there is a single piece of metal used to waterproof and reinforce the structure

Toshiba L600D C side panel is completely using plastic materials

Remove the clamp on the edge of panel and the C side panel can be removed.

Before disassembly, we need pay attention to the touchpad cable (left) and speakers cable (right).

Toshiba L600D C side panel back side

On the back of the touchpad, the cables functions from the left to the right side are connecting the motherboard cable，touch pad turning off cable and touch pad and buttons connected cable.

On the top left of the back panel, you can see the speaker as well as coverage of the metal patch, which can help heat radiation and shield electromagnetic radiation

On the back side of right palmrest, there are many stiffeners used effectively to enhance the strength of the panel.

The metal patch on the left side of the panel can also prevent the electromagnetic radiation

The right corner of the back side.

Toshiba Satellite L600D motherboard disassembly and bottom layout analysis

Removed the keyboard and C panel, we can see on the bottom side of the Satellite L600D that the left side is the big motherboard, and on the right it is a small motherboard; they are connected by via cable.

Below the right keyboard and palmrest, there is the location of the drive and did not use stiffeners.

On the up left side of the Satellite L600D bottom side, you can see the wireless antenna, a small motherboard, connecting cables and the screen fixed metal clamp.

On the up left side of the Satellite L600D bottom side，you can see the fixed presser foot, power switch, screen cable jack and the cooling fan

Satellite L600D motherboard’s surface is covered with transparent plastic

Toshiba Satellite L600D power switch is connected with the motherboard by via a cable.

Pressure foot area of the screen is relatively large so that can provide users with a good degree of screen stability.

Toshiba Satellite L600D small motherboard is covered with black tape front

Toshiba Satellite L600D small motherboard hosts for the VGA and a USB interface.

The other side of the small motherboard, we can know that the workmanship is fine.

Toshiba Satellite L600D bottom structure disassembly and analysis

Satellite L600D motherboard is on the left side of the laptop, and the right side is relatively an open space.

The main heat components are in the left side which is also consistent with our testing this product temperature is higher than the right side.

Remove the motherboard; we can see the space between the bottom of the fuselage and the motherboard is relatively large which is in the direct guarantee space for heat dissipation.

From the body, we can see the bottom of the details of the bolt hole of the high fixed higher on the board formed an effectively increase the space for heat radiation.

From the side view, we can see the space for heat dissipation between the bottom of the fuselage and the motherboard.

Air inlet on the fuselage is covered with metal mesh to against electromagnetic radiation.

Dismantling motherboard, layout and structural analysis

Front side of Toshiba Satellite L600D motherboard, processor, Northbridge, graphics card and memory are covered by heat sink.

The back side of motherboard, we can see the other two memories, network card, sound card, reader chips were all designed in this side.

The iron for fixed heat sink and processor

Details of the various parts of motherboard

The main power supply part of the motherboard

Memory slot and power supply part nearby the battery-powered interface

Power supply part near the hard disk, reasonable layout enhances the heat radiation space.

Memory slots and the power supply part near the processor

Removed the heat sink, we can see capacitance near the processor to be covered with thermal grease film

Dismantling the core hardware and interfaces photograph

Readers chip RTS5159 from Realtek

Memory on the back of the motherboard

Toshiba Satellite L600D sound card chip

Toshiba Satellite L600D Fast Ethernet Card Chip

Satellite L600D AMD SB850 Southbridge chipset

Satellite L600D AMD triple-core processors AMD Phenom ™ II P820 Triple-Core Processor

Toshiba L600D ATI Northbridge chipset 785GX

Toshiba L600D ATi Mobility Radeon HD5145 discrete graphics chip and two memory

Toshiba L600D card reader slot

A set of audio input and output interfaces on Toshiba L600D

From left to right, there are USB2.0, USB2.0/eSATA, HDMI and RJ45 Interface

Toshiba L600D wireless network card and MiniPCIE slot

Toshiba L600D AMD triple-core processors AMD Phenom ™ II P820 Triple-Core Processor front side

Toshiba L600D AMD triple-core processors AMD Phenom ™ II P820 Triple-Core Processor in the back

Two large heat sink cover with two processors, graphics cards and memory.

FORCECON axial fan

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A sleek, stylish and ultrathin laptop, Toshiba Satellite T210, gives you tremendous mobility with great battery life rating. Besides, Toshiba Satellite T210 features a beautiful fusion chrome finish in a choice of colors. And Toshiba T210 delivers excellent performance you’d find in this review.

Toshiba Satellite T210 11.6” diagonal HD TruBrite® LED backlit screen gives you that added workspace.

LOGO “TOSHIBA” in the center of Toshiba Satellite T210 cover

Satellite T210 diamond lattice pattern design

Satellite T210 comes with HDMI, D-SUB connector and eSATA (shared with USB), together with three USB and all- in-one card reader.

Satellite T210 left side interfaces

Satellite T210 right side interfaces

Toshiba T210 system indicator lights

Satellite T210 touchpad has the same pattern as cover

Satellite T210 power button on the top left

Satellite T210 raised tile keyboard and Toshiba named it ice crystal keyboard

Part of Satellite T210 screen adopts 200 lumens HIGH BRIGHT CSV panel

Satellite T210 camera for 3 thousand pixels

Toshiba Satellite T210 Specs:

Processor: Intel U5400

Screen: 11”HD HBCSV LED

RAM: 2GB DDR3

Hard disk: 320GB (5400rpm)

System: Windows 7 Home Premium

You can easily replace the hard drive or memory on your own when opening back cover of Toshiba T210.

Toshiba T210 is equipped with 10.8V, 61Wh, 4400mAh battery.

Toshiba T210 adopts INTEL Core i5-520um processor.

Toshiba T210 CUP-Z

Toshiba T210 wPrime

Toshiba T210 FriztChess Benchmark

Toshiba T210 CrystalMark 2004R3

Toshiba T210 Nuclearus Multi Core

Toshiba Satellite T210 CINEBENCH R10

Toshiba Satellite T210 CINEBENCH R11.5

Toshiba Satellite T210 PCMARK VANTAGE

Toshiba has designed software for wireless network to let you know exactly all the wireless networks around your computer.

Toshiba Satellite T210comes with TOSHIBA的HDD PROTECTION that can move head to a safe position when hard drive is vibrating.

According to BATTERYEATER test, Toshiba Satellite T210 battery life lasts for 150 minutes.

Toshiba Satellite T210 is designed for streamlined ultrathin, more screen area, long battery life rating and travel-friendly. Toshiba T210 offers affordable mobility and full-featured performance for everyday computing.

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