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Have you had a chance to hands on with the Pinetrail HP Mini systems? It would be good to see how they stack up, too.]]>Jan 15th 2010 4:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/toshiba-mini-nb305-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/toshiba-mini-nb305-review/Jan 15th 2010 4:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/toshiba-mini-nb305-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/toshiba-mini-nb305-review/Jan 15th 2010 4:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/toshiba-mini-nb305-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/toshiba-mini-nb305-review/Jan 15th 2010 5:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/toshiba-mini-nb305-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/toshiba-mini-nb305-review/Jan 15th 2010 5:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/toshiba-mini-nb305-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/toshiba-mini-nb305-review/
However, one minor issue that remains unchanged is the placement of the keyboard keys. Details: http://bit.ly/toshiba-mini-nb305


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What no one mentioned in this review or any of the others is the impact of Windows 7 on the benchmarks and battery life. Windows 7 is probably undercutting performance in both areas about 10 - 20 percent and while it may not be as flashing it works better for computers like this.]]>Jan 15th 2010 4:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/toshiba-mini-nb305-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/toshiba-mini-nb305-review/Jan 15th 2010 4:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/toshiba-mini-nb305-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/toshiba-mini-nb305-review/Jan 15th 2010 4:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/toshiba-mini-nb305-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/toshiba-mini-nb305-review/Jan 15th 2010 4:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/toshiba-mini-nb305-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/toshiba-mini-nb305-review/Jan 15th 2010 4:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/toshiba-mini-nb305-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/toshiba-mini-nb305-review/
Well there are Apples right next to it.]]>Jan 15th 2010 5:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/toshiba-mini-nb305-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/toshiba-mini-nb305-review/Jan 15th 2010 5:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/toshiba-mini-nb305-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/toshiba-mini-nb305-review/Jan 16th 2010 2:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/toshiba-mini-nb305-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/toshiba-mini-nb305-review/Jan 15th 2010 4:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/toshiba-mini-nb305-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/toshiba-mini-nb305-review/Jan 15th 2010 5:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/toshiba-mini-nb305-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/toshiba-mini-nb305-review/Jan 15th 2010 11:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/toshiba-mini-nb305-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/toshiba-mini-nb305-review/
Thanks!]]>Jan 15th 2010 5:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/toshiba-mini-nb305-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/toshiba-mini-nb305-review/
There were some videos out there showing it playing COD4 as well.]]>Jan 15th 2010 8:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/toshiba-mini-nb305-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/toshiba-mini-nb305-review/Jan 15th 2010 9:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/toshiba-mini-nb305-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/toshiba-mini-nb305-review/Jan 16th 2010 2:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/toshiba-mini-nb305-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/toshiba-mini-nb305-review/Jan 15th 2010 5:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/toshiba-mini-nb305-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/toshiba-mini-nb305-review/Jan 15th 2010 5:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/toshiba-mini-nb305-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/toshiba-mini-nb305-review/Jan 15th 2010 5:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/toshiba-mini-nb305-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/toshiba-mini-nb305-review/
"Many have been asking about the lack of HDMI ports on these new netbooks, and while we'd welcome the additional port for easily hooking up to a larger monitor or HDTV, it's obvious Atom alone can't handle even 720p videos, and thus it's been left off the list."

What!?!?
My NB205 plays 720p without skipping a beat! Just download KMPlayer, CoreAVC, config and you are done!!!! This should be edited in the review!

Thanks.]]>Jan 15th 2010 5:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/toshiba-mini-nb305-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/toshiba-mini-nb305-review/Jan 15th 2010 6:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/toshiba-mini-nb305-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/toshiba-mini-nb305-review/Jan 15th 2010 7:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/toshiba-mini-nb305-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/toshiba-mini-nb305-review/Jan 15th 2010 8:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/toshiba-mini-nb305-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/toshiba-mini-nb305-review/Jan 15th 2010 8:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/toshiba-mini-nb305-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/toshiba-mini-nb305-review/Jan 15th 2010 8:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/toshiba-mini-nb305-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/toshiba-mini-nb305-review/http://forum.pocketables.net/showthread.php?t=2148]]>Jan 15th 2010 8:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/toshiba-mini-nb305-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/toshiba-mini-nb305-review/Jan 16th 2010 2:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/toshiba-mini-nb305-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/toshiba-mini-nb305-review/Jan 15th 2010 5:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/toshiba-mini-nb305-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/toshiba-mini-nb305-review/Jan 15th 2010 5:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/toshiba-mini-nb305-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/toshiba-mini-nb305-review/Jan 15th 2010 5:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/toshiba-mini-nb305-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/toshiba-mini-nb305-review/Guys you showed the sn for w7. Isn''t that bad??]]>Jan 15th 2010 5:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/toshiba-mini-nb305-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/toshiba-mini-nb305-review/Jan 15th 2010 5:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/toshiba-mini-nb305-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/toshiba-mini-nb305-review/Jan 15th 2010 6:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/toshiba-mini-nb305-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/toshiba-mini-nb305-review/Jan 15th 2010 7:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/toshiba-mini-nb305-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/toshiba-mini-nb305-review/
Sony makes a netbook with a 10" screen that has 1366x768 resolution. And there are many ULV and Atom laptops/netbooks with 12" screen with 1366x768 resolution (or 1280x800, which is even better in my opinion).]]>Jan 15th 2010 8:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/toshiba-mini-nb305-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/toshiba-mini-nb305-review/
The HP 311 has the same screen size/res, and with ION could be a killer combo. Just wish more netbook makers would do the convertible tablet thing. ]]>Jan 15th 2010 8:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/toshiba-mini-nb305-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/toshiba-mini-nb305-review/People are plenty aware...it's one of the fastest growing markets of the last two years, hard to miss. Try optimizing your vertical space. Chrome does a good job of this by default.

On something like Firefox you can switch icons to small, do single square icons for bookmarks and put them on the navigation bar, merge status bar with the address bar, merge stop and refresh buttons (why have both?), turn off tab bar when you only have one webpage open(maybe uses windows instead of tabs), hide your taskbar. It's small stuff hear and there but it adds up.

For anyone trying HD flash, download it first, not let it buffer, download it (figure it out). It's usually a mp4 file. Grab Media Play Classic or KMPlayer with CoreAVC codecs and you'll get smooth playback (works for mkv too).]]>Jan 15th 2010 9:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/toshiba-mini-nb305-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/toshiba-mini-nb305-review/
99% of netbook owners will NOT know the resolution of the screen. You're giving people way too much credit.

Those are all good suggestions (chrome, firefox-smaller buttons, etc). But here's a better suggestion, get a Sony that has 1366x768 10.1" screen, or any of the 11.6" models that have the forementioned resolution. You can mess with optimising codecs for HD playback, but here's a better suggestion - GET A ULV 11.6, which will pull of HD much better than any atom (you can optimise it just the same, and it'll work even so much smoother). And ULV machines cost around 400 bucks as well.

The only good reason for netbooks to exist is absolute minituarization (7"-8" screens). HD playback is THE VERY WRONG reason to get a netbook (be prepared for dissappointment). And a 10" is just big enough, that I'd recommend getting a ULV 11.6", that'll run circles around any netbook in any cpu benchmark.]]>Jan 15th 2010 9:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/toshiba-mini-nb305-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/toshiba-mini-nb305-review/Well I meant it's a large market, meaning a lot of people have bought netbooks already so all those people realize the resolution is low, or for some reason they realize less stuff is displayed on the screen. You're talking about prospective buyers who havent ever used a netbook or something.

And yes I agree, buy a 11.6 CULV machine. Higher resolution, plays flash HD video already but they all have graphics chipsets that will be supported by flash 10.1 later. Dell 11z (C2D 1.3 ghz, 4gb memory) goin for $475.

But it seems the 10" netbook cannot be killed, so just tryin to help people who already have them/still want to get them.]]>Jan 15th 2010 11:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/toshiba-mini-nb305-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/toshiba-mini-nb305-review/Jan 16th 2010 11:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/toshiba-mini-nb305-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/toshiba-mini-nb305-review/
I did a few upgrades to mine - replaced the HDD with a 128 GB SDD, upgraded memory to 2GB and installed Win7 Ultimate. I am pretty happy with it so far. ]]>Jan 16th 2010 7:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/toshiba-mini-nb305-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/toshiba-mini-nb305-review/where did u order/customize your toshiba? I want to get one. Thanks]]>Jan 16th 2010 9:41PM