Toshiba Mini NB205-N312/BL 10.1-Inch Royal Blue Netbook – 9 Hour Battery Life
- Intel Atom N280 1.66GHz Processor
- 1GB DDR2 RAM
- 160 GB Hard Drive
- Windows XP Home, 5800 mAh 6-Cell Battery
- 10.1″ Display
Product Description
Our affordable, super-compact 10.1-inch Toshiba mini NB205 is a stylish companion PC that raises the bar when it comes to portability. It’s also the first mini laptop that lets you enjoy all the benefits of today’s fast-moving digital world, putting you in touch with your favorite people, sites, networks and digital media in ways and places you never imagined. Though small enough to throw in a purse or bag, it’s designed with smart features like a full-sized k… Read More… | See Price.
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March 14th, 2010 at 5:48 pm
I got this netbook in part because it was advertised as having an led backlit display and was touted as being a “green” laptop. However after I bought it, I realized that it was anything but. I turned it over to find that it said the following. “Lamp contains mercury. Dispose in accordance with local, state and federal regulations.” As we all know, led’s don’t contain mercury, ccfl’s do. So there you have it… in writing on the back of the netbook — this laptop is ccfl backlit inspite of being advertised as LED backlit. Also, it said in the manual that handling the cord will expose you to lead, a chemical know to the state of California to cause cancer, birth defects or reproductive harm… lovely. I tried asking Toshiba’s “technical support” about it and they were worthless.. couldn’t even pronounce led. Needless to say, I returned it as soon as possible.
Rating: 1 / 5
March 14th, 2010 at 7:05 pm
I would have recorded a video review with my new mini laptop but it was broke.
First off I did not buy this item it was a raffle prize. When I first hooked it up to the charger and started charging it I couldn’t even wait to play with it. So I turned it on right away and noticed there was a huge vertical distortion line that ran the entire length of the monitor. Needless to say I was able to load windows and attempted to connect to the internet where I intended to troubleshoot the problem. That is when I realized the WIFI was also inoperable. On top of this when the laptop was moved an inch or so it would pop up with an “error” or status message stating the hard drive experienced some sort of jostling and the heads were going to a “safe place”. I can only assume the interior gnomes got motion sick and sabotaged my notebook in transit, and just to be mean gnomes, they continued to sabotage my new mini.
Anywho, if you intend to get any results from Toshiba don’t bother instead walk into a closet and scream into the blackness or better yet buy this item from a reputable dealer like Amazon who I love and stands behind their sales. So before you buy this item and let it sit around for more than 15-30 days try it out and make certain it is not DOA or you will lose the only support this laptop has. I mean only the warranty on this thing is loaded with awesomeness that wreaks of more attention to legal documents than product quality.
I have 2 Dell systems and have no problem getting a hold of someone to help me there. I do get transfered about 30 times but in the end I get some service and that is more than I can say from Toshiba.
Once I receive my replacement mini I will amend my review.
Sincerely mini-less in Johnsburg IL
Rating: 1 / 5
March 14th, 2010 at 9:54 pm
Purchase Netpc on 8/12/09 and Toshiba refuse to upgrade me to Windows 7- because it came with Windows XP preinstalled! Now they are selling them with Windows 7 preinstalled go figure.
Rating: 1 / 5
March 14th, 2010 at 11:12 pm
Built in camera appeared to be a Chicony 2.0 USB camera, and had visibly lower quality than other laptop cameras in the store. Does anyone know the resolution of the camera versus other cameras? Perhaps it is lower draw by design to preserve battery life.
Rating: 4 / 5
March 15th, 2010 at 1:14 am
We bought a Toshiba N205 netbook to take on vacation and boy are we disappointed! In a nut shell, if you are thinking of buying a netbook don’t buy a Toshiba product. Here’s why:
The keyboard and touch pad are troublesome. The cursor jumps around uncontrollably when you try and type. That makes the netbook useless when we try and use it for email. Ack!
The built in speakers and microphone are so under powered that we can’t use it for Skyping our friends and family. Ack! Ack!
Toshiba’s customer service stinks. Ack! Ack! Ack!
Our advice, if you need a netbook, look for a different product.
Rating: 1 / 5