Toshiba NB100 review

No frills here. This is a square-jawed netbook, eschewing fanciful curves for a rugged design. It’s small, easy to use, packed with software, but can it cut it with the the big, erm, small boys? Let’s find out

Pros
The Toshiba NB100 doesn’t have a fanciful design, hell, it doesn’t even have a fanciful name. But that doesn’t stop this from being an awesome netbook. First things first: this is what netbooks should be – small. It’s smaller than most of its rivals, weighing in at just over a kilogram! he other great boon here is the Ubuntu Netbook Remix OS – it’s amazingly simple. Even Big Brother contestants could get their heads around it. Maybe. The screen, maybe small, but it’s extremely glossy, plus it’s super-cheap! Awesome.

Cons
Okay, that design is bland. And it only has an 80GB hard drive. But that doesn’t mean that this isn’t an amazing performer. And yes, the screen is only 8.9-inches big, but we already explained how super-glossy that is. The only other real downers are the size of the keyboard (understandable given the size of the machine) and the fact that this chiefly runs on Linux rather than Windows XP.

In summary then…
In a market that’s swelling up like an over-fed baby, the Toshiba NB100 is a classic netbook. The 8.9-inch screen may be smaller than we’d like, but it’s amazingly glossy and will attract attention from envious onlookers. The keyboard, equally may be small, but that’s almost a necessity to keep the size of the NB100 down. And talking of which, this is light at barely 1kg, saving your thighs from the pounding they take from other more hefty netbooks. Overall, then, the NB100 has a simple look, but that external appearance is just hiding a wealth of inner talent. But best of all… it’s cheap. A brilliant machine.

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