Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #900 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Toshiba
• Model: PLL20E-00200JEN
• Released on: 2009-05-21

Manufacturer's Description

The Toshiba Mini NB200 offers a new mobile computing experience. The NB200 is a mini laptop with a 10.2 inch screen. It is great for browsing the Internet and an affordable option for education. It’s small design and ease of use is ideal for children. Not only is it a Compact Design the NB200 really does offer multi-purpose functions you would expect from any laptop Including 3* Sleep N Charge USB Ports.

With a 10.2 inch screen and only 1.33kg in weight the NB200 is the perfect portable mini-laptop. With its light weight the NB200 can be carried around comfortably; fitting perfectly into your handbag or hand luggage. The Slim Line Design is ideal to use at Home, In Education, at work or even on the Road. The NB200 also comes with a near size keyboard, so this will ensure you type with ease without missing any keys.

The NB200 equipped with a 6 cell battery gives up to 9 hours battery life. Comfortably connect to your Net book wherever you are, without the worries of having to connect to power. The NB200 is ideal for long journeys which would allow you to work and play on your net book, it really is the perfect travel companion.

Sleep N Charge USB

There is no need to carry around multiple charging accessories when you have your NB200. With 3* Sleep N Charge USB ports you can charge your mobile phone, mp3 and other digital gadgets even whilst your Netbook is switched off. With up to 9 hours battery life charge your gadgets and browse on the Internet at the same time.

Wi-Fi

The Integrated Communication uses configfree for automatic detection of available network connections. It enables you to connect to the Internet at home, office, hotel, café and even at the airport using 802.11 b/g technology.

Integrated Web Camera

The NB200 offers an Integrated Web Camera. The Web Camera and microphone allows you to talk to friends and family face to face online, also enabling you to take still pictures, video clips and audio notes. Communication is made easy; socially network with friends and family from the comfort of your own home or on the go.

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Customer Reviews

Brilliant
I purchased one of these recently after seeing one in action and this unit is a significant impovement on the NB100 and the Asus/EeePC alternatives including the larger screen and significantly improved battery life.

Working with laptops, I've always been hesitant about netbooks but this machine builds it up perfectly, it's functional, easy to use and relativly straight forward to use. Significant advantages including the Intel Atom processor makes it very quick to browse, and also I believe this is the first netbook to have a built in HDD recovery partition so if you need to recover the system, you don't need a CD Drive.

Thanks to a Windows XP official download (not included) this system also supports .iso mounting and playback, so if you have a PC with a CD Drive you can create an .iso image and use a USB device to run software.

Only real disadvantage is the fact it does not come with a recovery CD in the box, but it does have the tools to create discs on the system. I would definatly advise getting an external CD/DVD drive if your getting a netbook, if anything software-related were to happen to damage the operating system it's the first thing your gonna need.

Overall I would definatly recommend this unit, and with the extended battery life (max of 9 hours - not really tested this yet but I have been installing software for 4 hours and still have 65% battery life) I would go for this model over the slightly cheaper model.

After a few days
I've now had this netbook for a few days, and I can say that I'm thoroughly impressed with it. The main selling points for me were the keyboard, the screen and the battery life, so I'll mention them individually below.

Keyboard:
The keys are individiually spaced out with a gap between them, meaning you won't make many sitakes by hitting two keys at once as you may on other netbooks. The lay out is almost full sized too, so you don't feel that your fingers and hands are cramped, even after long periods of usage (using MSN for example).

Screen:
It's very bright and clear, and despite the glossy cover to it, I have had no problem viewing the screen at all.

Battery Life:
I haven't been able to get 9 hours out of it yet, but the battery life is certainly long enough for constant usage throughut the afternoon and evening. I'm sure if I were more careful (reducing the brightness, less graphically intense web browsing etc), I'd be able to eek out about 9 hours.

The webcam and built in microphone is very good for Skype usage and is still quite good in low-light conditions. The inbuilt speaker is pretty feeble, but again, it's good enough for use with Skype. The touchpad is quite large and easy to use with the side of the touchpad enabled for scrolling use.

This is the perfect computer if you're just using it for communication, youtube and some office work. It's light and doesn't get that warm so it's also perfect to have on your lap while watching tv.

I've also purchased a 2Gb ram chip which was very easy to install - just one screw to a flap on the underside.

Overall, this is a netbook which has learned from it's competitors mistakes in a neat, good looking package, which I would recommend to anyone.

Excellent machine
I too did my research, wading through the reviews and specs of Acer, Samsung, Lenovo, Toshiba, Asus and others. The reviews of the NB200 were all positive, so I decided on this model, and I am very glad I did. The fit and finish is excellent - the textured lid of the NB200-10Z is much better than the finger-print attracting shiny black plastic of other machines.

Like another reviewer, I knew the built in speaker was poor, my solution is the same - I have purchased the awesome little (tangerine sized) XMI X-mini II Mini Speaker. The built in speaker is fine for windows' beeps and noises, but you wouldn't want to listen to music through it.

I also purchased a very slim external DVD rewriter and after downloading the K-lite codec pack I could watch DVDs full-screen with no problems.
The battery life is great, I am looking forward to taking this on a long flight later in the year.

I was nearly going to wait for the NB200-123 with built-in 3G, but it will be £90 more expensive - save some money and buy a PAYG 3G dongle or use the bluetooth feature on your phone.

I use the hibernate feature all the time, just close the notebook, it takes around 10 seconds for windows to be ready again when you open it.

The power of the NB200 surprised me, I was not expecting much more than web browsing and word documents, but I am pleased to say I am able to run my 2D CAD software, iTunes, full-screen videos etc with no problems, it is a very impressive machine. My only regret is that I didn't buy one sooner.