Exclusive First Look: Toshiba Satellite U300-113

Posted on 6 Aug 2007 at 16:03

It's usual to expect to have to pay a lot more for an ultra-portable notebook, but with Toshiba's ultra-portable U300-113 you can get a computer that weighs just 2kg for less than £700. While cheap notebooks often look ugly, the U300-113 has a stylish silver and black chassis and attractive dark-blue lid.

The 13.3in screen's pretty good and comfortable to use for long periods of time. Ultra-portables often suffer from cramped keyboards, but the U300-113's is pretty good. Some keys, such as the Function keys, are a little small, but it's still possible to type long documents comfortably
As ultra-portables are designed to be used away from the mains and carried around all day, battery life is critical. This is one area where the U300-113 let us down slightly, though. Running for just over three hours in our light-usage test, it's barely enough power for a short-haul European flight, let alone a day's worth of computing.

Still, for £700 it's not bad value and you can find out how well it performs by reading the full review in our November issue, on sale from Thursday September 13th 2007.

Author: Alan Lu

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