![]() The Toshiba Satellite Pro M300-S1002V has a faster CPU than the Toshiba Satellite U405 and the benchmark numbers reflect the speed. Like the Satellite U405, the M300 has a wireless radio on/off slider on the front of the notebook, but no consumer IR port. The stereo speakers live above the keyboard and the system LED lights live on the front right corner below the keyboard. Curiously, the M300 as a business-oriented notebook doesn’t have a fingerprint reader while the U405 consumer notebook does. The keyboard feels good when typing and the touchpad and mouse buttons are large and easy to use. The Satellite Pro M300 has a standard 86-key US keyboard, a TouchPad and two mouse buttons. But the display is brighter compared to the U405 display when playing dark movie scenes. Color saturation isn’t impressive either. The viewing angle is good on the M300’s display but the LCD has a relatively low contrast even at the darkest setting blacks aren’t black. The 14.1-inch TruBrite TFT LCD display has 1280 x 800 native WXGA resolution and is glossier than the Satellite U405’s display. ![]() The Toshiba has a brushed silver finish with a black keyboard and black bottom, and it looks well built. Unlike the flashy fusion finish found on the Satellite U405, the Toshiba Satellite Pro M300 has a plain business notebook design. The list price for the M300-S1002V is $1,149 while the top of the line configuration with a bigger battery and Labelflash DVD labeling will run up to $1,535. If the specs don’t meet your requirements, Toshiba offers plenty of options for a customized model with processor speeds as high as 2.5GHz (Intel Core 2 Duo T9300), Windows Vista Ultimate, 4GB memory, 320GB hard drive and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3470 discrete graphics. The notebook has Windows Vista Business (32-bit) edition with an option to downgrade to Windows XP, which can be a bonus if your business IT infrastructure still favors XP. The Toshiba Satellite Pro M300 comes with a 160GB hard drive, a DVD SuperMulti drive, WiFi 802.11 a/g/n and Bluetooth v2.1 + EDR. We used the higher-end S1002 for this review and the benchmark tests. The EZ1001V has a slower processor (2.1GHz Core 2 Duo) and 1GB memory. There are two pre-configured models currently in the M300 series: the EZ1001V and the S1002V. The Toshiba Satellite Pro M300 sits in the middle of this line, targeting business users with its 14.1-inch display, Intel Core 2 Duo processor running at 2.40GHz and 2GB memory. The Toshiba Satellite Pro line has a broad spectrum of notebooks ranging from the 13.3-inch U400 to the 17-inch 元00. The notebooks in these two series often have similar specs and the main differentiators are that the Pro line has a more business-like design while the regular line has a more flashy design for consumers. Toshiba currently offers two Satellite lines of notebooks: the regular Satellite line and the Satellite Pro line. Reviewed Septemby Tong Zhang, Senior Editor Home -> Notebook Reviews -> Toshiba Satellite Pro M300 Toshiba Satellite Pro M300
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