Toshiba Mini NB205-N325BN 10.1-Inch Sable Brown Netbook - 9 Hours of Battery Life (Windows 7 Starter)
Mini Laptops 101 - Compare Mini Laptops With Standard Laptops
What are mini-laptops? These small but mighty miracles are actually the smaller cousins of the standard laptop. If you think you've never seen one, then only the times when you came on to a computer store and marveled at how cute that laptop.
Mini-laptops are fast becoming a global sensation, because in addition to being easy, they are also light on the pocket. But how do they compare against a standard laptop?
Over the years, the development of adissected, reduced laptop has developed, and as is the standard laptops, most mini-notebooks now come with an operating system (Windows or Linux), basic software, extensive storage, entertainment options and Internet connectivity. Nevertheless, the minis standard laptops are based on these characteristics clearly:
Price
Mini-laptops are in the range of $ 100 to $ 500, which make them very affordable to virtually anyone. Standard laptops cost $ 800 to$ 1500 and higher.
Weight
They weigh only about two pounds, while standard laptops weigh generally closer to six pounds.
Screen
Mini-laptops have screens three or four inches wide, while standard laptops have 15-17 inch display.
The good thing about netbooks is that they have significant memory from 512 to 2GB, with storage space ranging from 16 GB to 160 GB. If you exceed the storage capacity of your files, you can very easily extendwith flash drives and memory cards.
With these small laptops, you can easily create MS Office documents, read e-mails, watch movies, listen to music, take photos and chat with your friends and surf the Internet, among others.
Probably the only downside to these little laptops that they have smaller keyboards than standard laptops. Some computer users might find it uncomfortable to type on smaller key for a longer period.
Whether Mini –Laptops go than the standard laptops of the future remains to be seen. But it is doubtful that the standard laptops will be obsolete. It looks like there are certain jobs that are large screens and more processing power that the power required exceeds the current generation of ultra-portable notebook computers. Tasks that are currently unsuitable for a mini-intensive graphic design and 3D-rendering jobs.
Click here to compare to mini-laptops, such assuch as the popular Acer Aspire One and ASUS Eee PC904.
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Toshiba Mini NB205-N325BN Reviews and Ratings (Top 10)
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Top #1 Toshiba Mini NB255-N245 10.1-Inch Black Onyx Netbook (8 Hour BatteryOverall Rating (6/10) |
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| Review by Donald C. Lumagui Jr. (USA) 2010-07-26 This is the first time I bought a cheap computer for my life. This is my seventh computer and I would say that is a good performance for a low-cost laptops. I use it at school and work as a paramedic and works well. And 'practical in my work. It is also resistant to scratches, the first thing I drew no bright ski... Read more reviews | ||
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Top #2 Toshiba Mini NB255-N245 10.1-Inch Black Onyx Netbook (8 Hour BatteryOverall Rating (6/10) |
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| Review by Abekawamochi (MA, USA) 2010-07-23 This is on NB255-N245. I am returning mine, which I have never done. Given her good reputation, I don't want think this product represents the Toshiba quality and assume I got a lemon. This is the reason I gave 2 stars instead of 1. The problems I have are; 1. Fn key suddenly stops working and I have to reboot the uni... Read more reviews | ||
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Top #3 Toshiba Mini NB305-N440WH 10.1-Inch Frost White Netbook (8 Hour BatteryOverall Rating (6/10) |
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| Review by Abekawamochi (MA, USA) 2010-07-23 This is on NB255-N245. I am returning mine, which I have never done. Given her good reputation, I don't want think this product represents the Toshiba quality and assume I got a lemon. This is the reason I gave 2 stars instead of 1. The problems I have are; 1. Fn key suddenly stops working and I have to reboot the uni... Read more reviews | ||
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Top #4 Toshiba Mini NB305-N410BN 10.1-Inch Java Brown Netbook - 11 HoursOverall Rating (8/10) |
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| Review by L. Santos (USA) 2010-07-22 I bought a Toshiba laptop and to my surprise the touchpad did not work properly from day one. After hours on the phone explaining the problem and doing a thousand procedures I had to ship it to Toshiba. The problem is that they lost my computer and they don't do anything to solve the problem. I have called them more than 30 times already and they h... Read more reviews | ||
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Top #5 Toshiba Mini NB305-N440BL 10.1-Inch Royal Blue Netbook (8 Hour BatteryOverall Rating (6/10) |
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| Review by Weagle (GA) 2010-07-18 Count me as someone who is disappointed. I did my research and bought the laptop and memory recommended for the upgrade, the same day (a week ago now - NB305440BL), and tried to install, are frustrated at the second attempt at installation, and finally back to memory. You have the Toshiba site and found that the... Read more reviews | ||
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Top #6 Toshiba Mini 300 Series NB305-N310 10.1-Inch Netbook - Black OnyxOverall Rating (8/10) |
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| Review by Sean Albro (Seguin, TX, US) 2010-07-28 I love the portability of the Toshiba Mini, but the keyboard often requires hitting a letter several times to get it to appear. I can not tell you how frustrating it is to have to continually go back to retype something often having to hit the key pretty hard. This review should have only taken me 2 minutes to type but actually took me 4 because I ... Read more reviews | ||
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Top #7 Toshiba Mini NB305-N410WH 10.1-Inch Frost White Netbook - 11 HoursOverall Rating (8/10) |
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| Review by L. Santos (USA) 2010-07-22 I bought a Toshiba laptop and to my surprise, the touchpad does not work properly from day one. After hours on the phone explained the problem I had while thousand ships, Toshiba cases. The problem is that they lost my computer and do nothing to solve the problem. I called over 30 times already, and h... Read more reviews | ||
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Top #8 Toshiba Mini 300 Series NB305-N310 10.1-Inch Netbook - Black OnyxOverall Rating (8/10) |
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| Review by Naomi M. Weingart (Westport, CT United States) 2010-07-22 I bought the NB305 after reading several favorable reviews. Unfortunately, it runs very slowly and the speakers are awful. If you want to use skype with someone and you are in a public place like a hotel lobby you can't hear the speakers. I downloaded a new driver for the soundcard and it did no good. I called tech support for Toshiba and they were... Read more reviews | ||
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Top #9 Toshiba Mini NB205-N325BL 10.1-Inch Royal Blue Netbook - 9 HoursOverall Rating (8/10) |
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| Review by kaan (USA) 2010-07-11 i am very happy with my netbook. it looks elegant and attracts the attention, everybody ask me where i bought from, how much.. my only issue, when i use internet explorer, suddenly pages go back even though i don't push the back button,i checked touch pad but i couldn't find anything that will solve the problem. Hereby i use now Google chrom... Read more reviews | ||
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Top #10 Toshiba Mini NB305-N440BN 10.1-Inch Java Brown Netbook (8 Hour BatteryOverall Rating (2/10) |
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| Review by L. Santos (USA) 2010-07-22 I bought a Toshiba laptop and to my surprise the touchpad did not work properly from day one. After hours on the phone explaining the problem and doing a thousand procedures I had to ship it to Toshiba. The problem is that they lost my computer and they don't do anything to solve the problem. I have called them more than 30 times already and they h... Read more reviews | ||
