Great deal on Toshiba Mini NB205 – only $309/$299 – won’t last for long

In my late night wondering on Amazon.com i spotted this very good deal on the Toshiba NB205. You can get it for only $309 (or even $299 for some versions) and I’m very sure the offer won’t last for more than a couple of days tops (if not hours), as the regular retail price for the device is $399.

It is true, this is the older generation Toshiba Mini, but still a very good netbook. In fact, i too have one of these for more than a year now and it has not yet failed me in anyway. I’m not going to get into details, but here are the main things you should know about the device:

The good ones:

• it’s very solid built and looks decently good (still, there are better looking ones on the market)
• comes with a matte case
• has good hardware: Intel N280 processor, 1 GB of RAM, 160 GB hard-drive (can be easily upgraded with an extra 1 GB of memory)
• has Windows 7 Starter as the OS
• has a not that glossy 10 inch display that can be used outside (although not in direct sun light)
• has a 6 Cell battery capable of up to 9 hours of life on paper, more like 6-7 in practice
• comes with a metallic chiclet keyboard and good touch-pad
• is very reliable (i have mine for a year and there are no remarkable usage “scars”, the paint has not run off the palm rest on keyboard and the device still works as it did in the first day)

The bad ones:

• there’s only Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g and not the faster N version and there’s no Bluetooth
• the speaker is mono so sound quality is pretty poor
• it’s not the latest generation model

Toshiba NB205 available on sale -a deal i won't miss

And no, it’s not, but there’s not really that much of a difference between the two. The new NB305 has PineTrail hardware which provides no increase in performances, but slightly better battery life. Also has better connectivity options but costs 90/100 bucks more. You can read my review of the Toshiba NB305 series right here, i really like the device and is worth the $399 it costs right now, but i’m more than convinced that the NB205 won’t disappoint you, especially for this price.

So hurry up, you can get it from Amazon for only $309/$299 from here. Only the Brown version is available for $309, while the Pink, White and Blue ones are even cheaper, $299 . But don’t forget this deal won’t last for long, this is clearly a sale offer and will only be available as long as the products are in stock.

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