I bought this mini netbook for my daughter who is going to college in the fall. I had planned on buying her a Toshiba Satellite laptop because I own one and is very happy with it. But it is quite heavy even at 5 lbs plus the batteries (I have 2 since they don't last very long), the adapter, and the mouse, to be lugging around campus. Since these netbooks are all the rage, I checked them out and I found the Toshiba Mini NB205-N210 fits her needs but the biggest advantage is the portability. She'll surely be carrying textbooks and this netbook is so thin and small that it could even fit into a small tote bag. The battery life is extra long - she's used it for more than 9 hours without recharging. It has extra USB ports she uses to charge her MP3 player and her cell phone. The keys are the same size as a standard laptop and not cramped like the other netbooks. The screen is clear and colors vibrant.
The only thing that is lacking is the speakers, which the bigger Toshibas are excellent for, but one can't really expect that in a small computer like this. But if you have excellent earphones, even the good bud earphones, the sound quality is really good. Since netbooks don't come with CD-rom drives, installing programs from CDs is not possible unless it's copied to an USB drive. You can also purchase a portable disk drive and attach it to the netbook. Some people complained about the battery sticking out in the back but it's so negligible that my daughter doesn't mind it at all. We also did not have any problem logging on to our wireless network. I would definitely recommend this netbook as a best buy.Get more detail about Toshiba Mini NB205-N210 10.1-Inch Black Netbook - 9 Hour Battery Life.
