Toshiba portege M200 ：notebook's performance and tablet PC's function

Toshiba portege M200 ：notebook's performance and tablet PC's function

• Processor manufacturer: Intel


• Processor model: Pentium M


• Clock speed: 1.6 GHz


• RAM installed: 256 MB


• Wireless LAN: Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 3B (802.11b)


• Hard drive size: 60 GB


• Graphics processor: Nvidia GeForce FX Go5200


• Graphics RAM: 32 MB


• Display diagonal size: 12.1 in


• Dimensions (W x H x D): 29.5x3.32x24.9 cm


• Weight: 2 kg


• Toshiba Portege M200 battery : Li-ion, 11.1V, 4400mAh
  
• Operating system: Windows XP Tablet PC Edition

The Toshiba portege M200's successful combination of notebook performance and tablet functionality make it one of the best on the market.The Toshiba Portege M200 offers a nice balance of features that lets it successfully walk the line between ultraportable notebook and tablet PC. It's neither the biggest nor the lightest convertible tablet we've reviewed, but it successfully integrates a nice array of features into a decidedly svelte, ultraportable design.

Design:

It's neither the biggest nor the lightest convertible tablet we've reviewed, but it successfully integrates a nice array of features into a decidedly svelte, ultraportable design.The M200 has understated design with a silver plastic screen housing and a black main-unit housing.The M200 has a moderate complement of ports. In the rear AC, 2x USB2, and VGA out on the left and and 56K modem and 10/100 Ethernet on the right. It also has an IRDA and one PCMCIA slot. The wireless switch unfortunately controls both Bluetooth and 802.11 . The Portege M200 comes replete with an Intel Pentium M 1.5GHz processor, an Intel 855PM system chipset, and a Wi-Fi-certified Intel Pro/wireless LAN 2100 802.11b adapter, making it a true Centrino. The Toshiba Portege M200 is also easy to control as a tablet. Its well-designed pen and sensitive thin film transistor (TFT) display makes navigating and writing on the screen as easy as using the keyboard and the mouse.

Feature：

One of the most basic differences between the M200 and your average 12" laptop is the crazy spring-loaded stylus that comes out the side! The portege M200 has another unique feature - an built-in accelerometer! This accelerometer allows the notebook to be tilt-aware. The most useful feature enabled by the built-in accelerometer is the automatic orientation feature. On other Tablet PCs, you have to push a button to go through the various orientations. But thanks to the accelerometer, all you need to do now is merely hold the M200 the way you want and press the Screen Orientation button! And hey, Presto! you get the orientation you want.

Performansce:

The Pentium M is also a speedy enough processor .It runs off an 1.5GHz Intel Pentium M processor and after upgrading the standard 512MB of memory to 1GB of PC2700 memory, my working experience was just fantastic!Even after loading many copies of Visual Studio .Net, the system is no less responsive. Even running Virtual Machines for testing was possible without much deterioration in performance.As far as graphics performance is concerned, the portege M200 has a NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5200 GPU under the hood. Gaming is definitely a possibility with the M200. I play Unreal Tournament 2004 and City Of Heroes on this Tablet PC all the time. Of course, only at a screen resolution of 1024x768. The GeForce FX Go5200 is no heavyweight as far as mobile GPUs are concerned but my games are playable so I'm not complaining! At 12.1 inches, the Toshiba Portege M200's TFT display is small, especially considering its 1,400x1,050 SXGA (Super Extended Graphics Array) resolution. Fonts and icons are predictably tiny, but the display's vibrant colours and wide viewing angle make it a pleasure to use.

Toshiba portege M200 Battery Life：

Now, this brings us to the all important, all encompassing question for all Tablet PCs - how long does this Tablet PC last?
My estimate? Three hours worth of note-taking, voice recording and encoding at meetings, with WiFi off. But your mileage may vary a lot from my estimate. Toshiba portege M200 Battery original code is : PA3176U, PA3084U.

In the end the Toshiba battery portege M200 is definitely worth checking out if you are in the market for a Tablet PC or an ultra-portable notebook. It is more expensive than other ultra-portables in the same class but that's because of its additional capabilities as well as its Tablet features. If you give this Tablet PC a shot, you'll never want to return to a normal notebook again!

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