TOSHIBA SATELLITE X200 REVIEW – THE NEW ENTRANT FOR THE DESKTOP REPLACEMENT SECTOR

Everyone wants high-quality performance, but there are few who can in reality have the funds for the premium. Introducing the Toshiba Satellite X200-219 with a price range around the £900 mark and honest performance for both desktop and gaming functions, it could be an exceptional find.


Design


The X200 weighing at 3.9 Kg is not on the sleeker side of the notebooks. The laptop is so much of a desktop replacement and it even resembles so close to the desktop rather than the notebooks. Our last grievance with the X200 is the red condition indicator lights along the frontage of the machine. They're on the intense side, which can be disturbing if you're trying to get some work done devoid of distraction.


Performance


The X200 is planted with the slightly elder Intel Core 2 Duo T7500 clocking at 2.2GHz. When combined with a realistic 2GB of RAM, it proved it could keep up with the bundle when it comes to recital. It managed to accomplish performance standards so high which places it up there with some of the highest notebooks we've witnessed.


It's also predominantly inspiring when it comes to gaming, featuring not one but two NVidia Geforce 8600 GT graphics accelerator chips in an SLI arrangement. As a result it's no shock that it was capable of showing spiking capabilities in its field. That's normally high for a semi-portable unit.


Toshiba has been chiefly munificent when it comes to ports and connectivity options with 6 USB sockets accessible. It's also bendable in terms of video connections with High definition media interface, VGA and S-Video on offer. Regrettably, the Toshiba still sustains on to a HD DVD drive regardless of the much needed Blu-ray's victory, but it's still enhanced than just a customary DVD writer.


Like many similar sized notebook, the X200 is never designed for life on the road. You're possibly never going to get a lot of fluid out of desktop replacement variants, but the X200 is chiefly feeble. Battery life of 1 hour 13mins is definitely disturbing.


Overall


With a price tag of sub-£1000, the X200 renders tremendously good performance for the amount spent principally when it comes to gaming. Would have been great if the HD drive had been Blu-ray type, but the lack of 1080p display is less justifiable and the battery life is pretty horrendous.


Pros

+ Good value for money
+ Decent performance when compared to other desktop replacement.


Cons

- Battery life is poor
- No Blu-ray drive option


Value For Money

Our Rating

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