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Advantages:
Sleek design, very powerful, reliable, large screen and typical premium quality as expected from Toshiba
Disadvantages:
Heavy and a little large . this is a very protable lap top but you can't exactly throw it around due to it's weight and slightly larger then normal size
Toshiba is probably the most credible and reputable maker of notebook computers. The Tecra S1 is one of Toshiba's top of the line notebooks.
The notebook is very stylishly designed, better looking than Sony's notebooks in my opinion. The only bad points about the design is that the surface is easer to scratch then the softer surfaces of notebooks made by Dell or Acer, but this isn't a big worry.
The speakers, keyboard, pointing devices (2 of them), and power button are well located and the indicator lights on the front are extremely useful for determining what mode the lap top is in (ie. wirelesss mode, whether the battery is charging, whether the AC power is connected) after you've worked out what each light is for.
The notebook's biggest strength is it's power. It is a large hard drive (60GB), high amount of RAM (512MB) which means you can multitask and good quality sound and video. The Intel Centrino 1.7GHz processor is equivilent to the speed of a 2.5 to 3 GHz desk top computer. Extremely fast.
The Centrino processor also allows for longer battery life; 5-6 hours, about as long as you'll find on the best of notebooks these days.
One low point about this notebook is it's weight, it is rather heavy so it's not quite as portable as some of the other notebooks which you can throw around but it is still fairly portable. No big problems there. Although it is quite thin, It is also fairly large in size due to the very large screen.
You do pay a premium for Toshiba products but in return you get a product which is of high quality, durable and reliable. If you need reliability, go for Toshiba, otherwise you is better value to go for some of the less expensive brands.
The Tecra S1 is Toshiba's top of the line notebook so you'll pay more for it but if this is what you need it's well worth it! I've had it for 3 months and it's been perfect in every way. The only improvement I could think of would be for it to be lighter.
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Looks like a nice notebook. A bit expensive but the perfect machine!
hoahoa 24.02.2004 23:21
a monster of a machine this beauty.
clicheconsumer1 24.02.2004 11:57
Sounds like the kind of notebook I need to get. Bit boring but at least it's stylish... Oh and the review is very helpful. I know all the facts about this notebook but just need to know how it feels and what its like to use. Let me know if there's any problems with it, preferably before I buy one!
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