Thread: The New Toshiba NB 100 PC Laptop

Another dinky 8.9-incher, the NB100 has a keyboard that appears to be identical to the similarly sized models from Asus; if you don't get on with those, you won't like this one either. Looks-wise, the glossy silver top and keyboard surround give the Tosh an executive feel, which contrasts with the playful bias most netbooks display. With their lack of grunt and small screens, these aren't really corporate tools, but if they were, the Tosh is the one the suits would have. That's not the oddest thing about it though: space is at a premium on a net book, but so much of it seems wasted here. Before you get to the lumpy battery pack, there's a ridge of almost half an inch of the main chassis behind the monitor hinge.





It would be common sense to move the screen back and make the trackpad or keyboard bigger. Like the Similarly small Dell, there's an option to buy the NB1 00 with the Ubuntu variant of Linux installed rather than Windows XP, and while this does bring the price down further, there's a sneaky reduction in system RAM to 512MB, which will affect overall performance. That brings the price down considerably, but even by netbook standards 512MB is pretty mean. Bluetooth is notable by its absence, too.