Toshiba NB300 Netbook Review

04. Feb, 2010 1 Comment

Toshiba recently released 2 new netbook models back in January following on from the success they had with the Toshiba NB200. These 2 models, then mini NB300 series and NB305 series, and the only main differences being the design and the price, plus the addition of the blue-tooth in the NB305 netbook. Both netbooks are great for around the £300 mark we we think this is a good price for the spec you get. We would personally recommend the NB305 for the extra £30 you might pay extra, because the design is nice and the blue tooth can be very useful if you are using this on the move a lot for transferring pictures from your phone. They both are well designed and very portable with great battery life, up to 11hours. Features have improved from the NB200 model such as the ultra mobile textured design and available in cosmos black unlike the more expensive model which comes in a nice textured brown or white. Go here for the Toshiba NB305 Netbook Review

The Good
Toshiba have improved performance by adding in the latest Intel Atom N450 processor which also makes it thinner and uses approx 20% less energy. Features a full size keyboard with large touch pad and multi-touch control make it easy to use. A 250GB Hard drive as standard, 10.1″ TruBrite display 1,024 x 600 with LED back light. Comes installed with the latest Windows 7 Started Edition with improved performance.

Toshiba have also continued to use the nice USB sleep and charge feature like the NB models allowing you to charge USB devices when the laptop is in standby, so if you are on the move and run out of battery charge for your mobile phone or PDA which uses USB, then this is very useful.

The Bad
The NB300 model doesn’t come with blue-tooth as standard but then for most netbook users, this isn’t a big problem. Especially for the price you can get these for. The 1GB memory could also make things slow when trying to do more resource intensive tasks like watching HD movies. Haven’t said that not only the memory would make this perform much better as most of the Atom chips face similar issues.

Spy Conclusion
If you do not need to use for HD movies, but mostly for Internet browsing and general office/email on the move, then you can’t go far wrong for your bucks.