The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Which Toshiba notebook has all of this:

    Discussion in 'Toshiba' started by jps10, Feb 23, 2008.

  1. jps10

    jps10 Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    11
    Messages:
    43
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    I'm looking for a Toshiba notebook, most likely used [FleaBay, CL, or this forum] but not sure which model. I'm thinking Satellite U200-205?
    Bold items are absolutes, or I'll stick w/my IBM X31, love it but I want a mouse pad too.

    Needs:
    Non-Tablet
    sub 4.5 lb
    Intel Duo or Pent Cent
    12" wxga
    min 2gb ram, min 80gb hdd
    dvd-cd multi-burn
    internal wireless
    internal Blutooth
    Illuminated keyboard [Thinklight]

    Very flexible on ram and hdd type, though it would be nice to have 2.5" pata type due to wide availability.

    Thanks for your consideration,
    Patrick
     
    jps10, Feb 23, 2008
    #1
  2. meekus

    meekus Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    9
    Messages:
    161
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    If you want a laptop with an illuminated keyboard, you basically have only two choices: yet another ThinkPad or a MacBook Pro.

    That said for a non-tablet laptop with a 12.1" 4:3 XGA LCD (WXGA is n/a), internal wi-fi and bluetooth *and* an illuminated keyboard, check out Lenovo's latest ThinkPad X61. Toshiba still doesn't make a strong contender that can truly beat the ThinkPad.

    One more thing PATA 2.5" HDDs are freaking old-sk00l. Most every modern laptop currently shipping has a SATA HDD.
     
    meekus, Feb 23, 2008
    #2