Toshiba Satellite E200 is beautiful 'weird'

Toshiba's laptop attracts users thanks to its fancy design while hardware configuration is also quite good .

Toshiba Satellite E200 is a laptop that is highly portable with a light weight of only 2.24 kg even though the screen is up to 14 inches and easy to carry. In addition, the model also impresses users with a fancy design and equipped with good hardware configuration.

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Satellite E200 has an attractive design.

Toshiba Satellite E200 owns 14-inch LED backlight screen with resolution of 1,366 x 768 pixels with WXGA standard, 16: 9 ratio. The test version is configured with 2.4 GHz Intel Core i5-520m processor, 4GB DDR3 RAM memory, NVIDIA GeForce G310M graphics card with 512MB VRAM, 500GB hard drive and read / optical drive Burn DVD with LabelFlash disc label printing technology.

The device measures 348.5 x 243.2 x 30.5-30.9 mm, weighs 2.24 kg with the included 6 cell battery (2.4 kg including Adapter) and comes pre-installed. Windows 7 Home Premium (64bit).

Satellite E200 has started selling in Vietnam with reference price of VND 26,860,000.

General assessment

Advantages
- Beautiful design
- Good hardware with Core i5 processor and discrete graphics card.
- Handy light sensor
- Backlit keyboard
- Hard drive shockproof Disadvantages
- No Express Card slot
- No controls for entertainment.
- High price.
- Easy to stick fingerprints.
- Heat dissipation is not good

Part 1: Design, keyboard, sound

Design

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The machine has a glossy plastic case and a large black plastic connector on the back.

Most impressive at Toshiba Satellite E200 is in design. This model possesses elegant curves at all edges suitable for female users. The connecting edge of the big black plastic machine behind is also the place to store the connectors and make sure every time you open or close the screen.

Satellite E200 measures 348.5 x 243.2 x 30.5-30.9 mm, weighs 2.24 kg with 6 cell battery included (2.4 kg including Adapter). The upper case and the armrest are all made of glossy plastic and still sink nicely but are quite easy to stick fingerprints.

The device has a full range of connection ports but is limited in the number of USB ports. On the left side is the USB port and headphone jack, microphone. Meanwhile, on the right side of the device include HDMI port, eSATA / USB combo, USB and optical drive to swallow the disc. The rear hinge part is LAN, VGA and power jack.

Keyboard, touchpad

The keyboard of E200 has a traditional and typical design of Toshiba. The distance of the keys is wide, the bounce is good for comfort and is easy to get used to. In addition, with the backlit system, the E200 can still be used well in the night with this keyboard.

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E200 keyboard is quite good.

Because there is only a 14-inch screen, this model does not have a side number film table but instead is a series of multimedia touch shortcuts on the right. However, when manipulating, sometimes the user still accidentally touches the key sequence is quite inconvenient.

Although the size is quite small, the operation of the E200 touchpad is still very accurate and sensitive even for multi-touch features. However, the two mouse buttons still feel a bit heavy when used.

Part 2: Screen, performance

Screen

Toshiba Satellite E200 is equipped with Clear SuperView technology screen with 14-inch LED backlight with a resolution of 1,366 x 768 pixels WXGA standard, 16: 9 ratio. The screen is very good with a sharp image in the right color even though it is slightly darkened. The phenomenon of shadow still occurs and is the disadvantage of most laptops today when viewing dark scenes or images.

The most interesting point in the E200 is the ability to manually increase and decrease the screen brightness thanks to the light sensor on the machine. When used outdoors, the brightness of the device is maximized to minimize the possibility of being difficult to follow.

Performance performance

Toshiba Satellite E200 version tested with configuration including Intel Core i5-520m 2.4 GHz processor, 4GB DDR3 RAM memory, NVIDIA GeForce G310M graphics card with 512MB VRAM, 500GB hard drive and DVD read / write optical drive with LabelFlash disc label printing technology.

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Score when marking with Windows Experience Index system.

With the hardware above, this model reached 5 points (taking the low score is clicked due to the speed of the hard drive) when dotted with the Windows Experience Index system on Windows 7 Home Premium (64bit) installed on the device. On a scale of detail, microprocessor reaches 6.7 points, RAM memory is 5.9 points while graphics capability is 5 points and game graphics reaches 6 points.

Meanwhile, if using the 3DMark06 grading program to test the graphics power, the Satellite E200 achieved 3,662 points, much higher than the average of Intel Core i5 processor laptops with 1,900 points. However, this point is still nothing compared to the Lenovo Y460 Core i5 but the card is stronger with 7,482 points. The E200 is almost on par with the Samsung R580 (with 3,889 points) and outstrips the Dell Inspiron 14 (with 1,485 points). The above average figures are taken from Laptopmag page.

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Results with 3DMark06.

When testing a number of games that required average graphics like PES2010, the machine achieved a stable speed of 48 frames / sec with the highest setting. As for the game that requires a bit more graphics, Burnout Paradise, in the default setting, the Satellite E200 only averaged over 20 frames per second.

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Play PES2010 game.

E200 can watch HD standard video and play it properly to the entire screen. Meanwhile, with Full HD 1080p video, the device also runs smoothly and tests at different times without any problems and output to this standard-supported TV via HDMI port.

Part 3: Heat sink, battery life

Sound

Satellite E200's speaker system is designed on the near side of the front edge. The sound quality of this speaker is only average. The volume is only enough to hear in a small room of less than 20m2, suitable for individual users and there is no high requirement on this issue.

Battery life

Battery equipped with Toshiba Satellite E200 is 6-cell type but 63WHr capacity is higher than other types commonly found in other models. To fully charge this 100% battery from 7%, users need to take nearly 3 hours.

Testing HD video and leaving the brightness at medium level and not using connections like Wi-Fi or Bluetooth, the E200 only averaged nearly 3 hours continuously. Meanwhile, if playing games continuously, this time will be reduced to more than 1 hour and 30 minutes, and increase to more than 3 hours if only surfing the web, using Wi-Fi and simple applications.

Radiators

Toshiba Satellite E200 design heat sink slot on the left side of the machine, this is also the location with the highest temperature and easy to feel even when the machine does not use heavy graphics applications. In addition, the touchpad plastic is the hottest on the surface, which makes the user feel uncomfortable.

Satellite E200 is also very difficult to use on the thighs because the underside of the machine is very hot, especially when working in a room without air conditioning, this is even more evident.

Part 4: Compare with some other models

Compare prices with models with Core i5 processors and discrete cards

Toshiba Satellite E200 Model Compaq Presario CQ41 Acer Aspire 4740G-524G50Mn Price 26,850,000 VND More than 18,000,000 VND About 17,000,000 VND Core i5 520M processor 2.4 GHz Core i5 520M 2.4 GHz Intel Core i5-430M 2 , 26 GHz Graphics card Nvidia GeForce 310M ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4350 Nvidia GeForce 310M Port connecting 2 USB 2.0 ports, eSATA / USB combo, card reader, VGA, HDMI 2 USB 2.0 ports, eSATA / USB combo, card reader , VGA, HDMI 3 USB 2.0 ports, card reader, VGA, HDMI Optical drive Yes (disk swallowing) Yes Yes Weight 2.24 kg 2.24 kg 2.3 kg

Table 2:

Toshiba Satellite E200 HP Pavilion DV4-2114TX Dell Inspiron 14 (1464) Price 26,850,000 VND Approximately 23,000,000 VND More than 16,000,000 VND Core i5 520M 2.4GHz Intel Core i5-430M 2.26GHz Core i5 520M 2.4 GHz Graphics Nvidia GeForce 310M ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4550 ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4330 Ports connect 2 USB 2.0 ports, eSATA / USB combo, card reader, VGA, HDMI 3 USB 2.0 ports, eSATA / USB combo, card reader , VGA, HDMI 3 USB 2.0 ports, card reader, VGA, HDMI Optical drive Yes (disk swallowing) Yes Yes Weighing 2.24 kg2,2 kg2,3 kg