Satellite A200 Family

[mkarwin]

As there's no such thread, answers to some questions are to be found across dozens of threads not solely dedicated to the notebook family in question I wanted to ask reviewers/owners how well do the rigs work in everyday life?

I'm quite interested in these aspects:
-> performance tests - both synthetic over-all tests (PCMark, SysMark, 3DMark06) and in-game tests in games such as DMoMM, SCCT/SCDA, TES4O, FEAR, Medieval2TW, SupremeCommander...
-> build quality, quality of buil-in devices, their usability
-> problems w/ hardware/software/drivers
-> XP and linux compatibility
-> battery life (power, battery-saver, medium modes)
-> overclockability

Thx to anyone able to fill us with information concerning these areas or other as well.

Cheers!