Advantages: every one wants one
Disadvantages: slightly bulky

...The Tecra 8000 Is an exellent laptop. Of all the laptops I come across the tecra is One of the best I have seen.If you want some thing thin and sexy then this is not for you.The benefit of buying this machine are certainly good value for money .first there is the 14.1 tft screen. Then theres the prestigious name.Toshibas are very easy to fix if you come across problems .You can install the hdd yourself. you can install the memory yourself and if you format the hdd the chances are that you will find the drivers for the graphics card and sound card on the win 98 cd.every time I have come across this laptop I have seen pure exellence. Only two issues on the downside one is the price and the other is its slightly bulky.... Read review

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Advantages: Fast, Great Graphics Chip, Light (2.6kg)
Disadvantages: Expensive, Sensitive to registry changes

...Why did I buy the Tecra 8100? First of all what I wanted was a desktop replacement machine, one on which I could do all my spreadsheet and word stuff as well as play games. I am an engineer so I need good connectivity options as well. The choice was:- Dell Inspiron 3800, 5000, 7500 Toshiba Tecra 8100 HP Omnibook 6000 The Dells are very good machines, I used to old an old 7000 series. The 3800 is light and quite quick, the 5000 has all the multimedia features you need, the 7500 has even more. But... The 3800 is not meant to be used as a desktop replacement, it doesn't have the oomph for that. The 5000 and 7000 are great machines but heavy. The HP Omnibook is the machine I would probably buy by choice except that it is very expensive and uses the ATI graphics card The Tecra is not as expensive as the Omnibook and uses... Read review

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Advantages: Very fast and reliable and a very long lasting battery
Disadvantages: Changing/upgrading the memory

...buy it, for this amount of money you can buy an even more powerful desktop !! And now the specs: Specs Technology - type : Intel® Centrino™ mobile technology including Intel® Pentium® M processor, Intel® PRO/Wireless 2100 network connection and Intel® 855PM chipset - clock speed : 1.70 GHz - front side bus : 400 MHz - 2nd level cache : 1 MB System memory - standard : 512 MB (my laptop came with 1GB memory) - maximum expandability : 2,048 MB - technology : DDR RAM Hard disk - capacity : 80 GB (mine has 120GB) - certification : S.M.A.R.T. CD-RW/DVD-ROM drive - maximum speed : 24-speed CD-ROM, 24-speed CD-R, 10-speed CD-RW, 8-speed DVD ( I had a CD-RW/DVD combo) Display - size : 14.1 " - type : TFT color display Graphics adaptor - manufacturer : Trident - memory : 32 MB - graphics... Read review

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Advantages: Light, versatile, packed with features
Disadvantages: It's still a laptop

....) ◄Bits and Bobs► The edges of the Tecra are loaded with discretely embedded features. There is an on-off switch for the wireless antenna, a system indicator panel, and a microphone jack. Two UBS ports, a PC card slot, an SD card slot, an S-video port, a Network port, and an i.LINK port are also provided. Other ports are provided for an RGB monitor and a modem, ang of course there is a parallel port. ◄Warranty► To date, I've had no problems with my Tecra M2. If servicing were necessary, it would be coordinated by my company's IT service. But if there are problems, the IT folks won't hesitate to tap the 3-year warranty for parts and labor. The battery has a 1-year warranty. ◄Price► My company purchased my Toshiba Tecra M2 though an arrangement that resulted in a hefty discount... Read review

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Advantages: Light, sleek and stylish. Great performance and great value for money.
Disadvantages: Largest screen size is 14.1 Inches.

...with laptops is the cooling as you can't fit a big heatsink and fan like on desktops so the processors tend to heat up a lot, especially on the 1Ghz models. If the processor gets too hot the system will hang or worse, the laptop casing will start to melt. I had the Tecra over a month and being a systems engineer and a Quake3 fan I really hammered the processor and it didn't hang once. Also it was cheaper than most of the other brands which is great value for money considering the performance.The 14.1" TFT screen is a joy to stare at and is very clear but I would have prefered a 15" especially as it has a built in DVD drive. The final selling point has to be the built in wireless adapter. For those of you in the know it uses WiFi technology which means you can walk into a company that uses WiFi technology for their networks and without having to plug... Read review

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Advantages: Cheap, reliable, durable, fast enough, large display
Disadvantages: Fairly heavy (in comparison to more modern laptops)

...I picked up a Toshiba 4100XCDT from Insight for £1000 (+VAT), and am very happy with the result - I wanted a cheap, durable, reliable laptop with in-built modem and CR-ROM. The main specs of the machine are as follows: Pentium II 400, 64 MB RAM, 6 GB Hard Disk Drive, 14.1" screen, 24X CD-ROM, V.90/56K Modem, Windows NT (SP4). These are more than enough for most uses of a laptop, even giving presentations (2.5 MB On-board graphics memory, and the CPU has 32K and 128K (L2) caches). The only downside is the weight, which is just under 3.2 Kilograms, but then, these notebooks haven't been manufactured for a while (2 years I think), so you can't expect them to be up to date. I upgraded mine to Windows 2000 immediately (which meant that the funky Toshiba tools and power management suites wouldn't work anymore, but you can download new ones off... Read review

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...I bought my Tecra 8000 to do computer consulting work on, so pretty much everything from using apps, games, development and web stuff. The machine has a really good, large screen, thought it doesn't go to very high resolutions without resorting to a 'virtual desktop' type arrangement which doesn't really work. The battery life is absolutely excellent, often putting in at least 3.5 hours, even 3 with constant DVD access going on. My machine came with a DVD drive and MPEG decoder which works excellently under win98 but attrociously under win2000 which appears to ignore the codec. Hard disk is large at 12gb and seems to have good access speeds. Sound system is reasonable, the speakers are a bit wimpy compared to a Thinkpad's and the onw board synth doesn't get recognised by a lot of music creation software. Graphically... Read review

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Advantages: Value for money, Light
Disadvantages: Old Model

...I chose this item as a second hand notebook as I saw the prices new machiness were fetching. However I was not in the slightest bit dissappointed. It has a great bright 14.1" screen and i9s pretty light. The 128MB RAM and 6GB hard disk are ample, thus allowing the PII366 to run at full speed. Second hand it can be picked up for under £800. Well worth it! If you want a totally reliable seecond hand machine, with a good back up support team, then this a the PC to chose. I use it for everything, and am yet to have any problems.... Read review

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Advantages: Very good spec for the money
Disadvantages: Love or hate design, Screen could be better.

...by Toshiba is the usual "Cloud Cuckoo Land" figure of 4.2 hours. Having said that I have with average usage (internet browsing, e-mail, and photo editing via Adobe) managed to achieve around 3.5 hours usage before needing to be re-charged. I have compared this with a few of my work colleagues with various makes of laptops who have reported 2.5 - 3 hours usage tops!, so comparatively I would say this to be pretty good. Technical Specifications: Dimensions 34.3cm x 24.2cm x 3.8cm (WxDxH) Weight 2.46 Kg Display 14.1" TFT WXGA (resolution 1200x800 - 24bit) CPU Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T7200 2.06 GHz Cashe 4 MB - L2 Cache RAM 1Gb DDR II SDRAM - 533 MHz System Windows XP Pro SP2 (Windows Vista Premium Ready... Read review

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Advantages: design; Computer power; Graphics; Connections; Accumulator termd
Disadvantages: it becomes very warm during continuous operation; Exhaust does jump very late, mostly at all not

...main memory (100er HIGH-SPEED PRINTER RAM). Big one 20 GB UDMA-66 fixed disk of IBM is completely sufficient for our purposes. I would designate mounting a Toshiba DVD disk drive which found his place in the right enlargement manhole in fact already as a state kind. Also films is be considered with it no problem, even if "movie theater feeling" is woken on a 14,1 inch LCD screen not just. However by built-in S-video exit is also here fast any hotel television set to the small home cine-projector at travel. One of the Highlights of the Powerbooks is the full graphics equipment. A crisp with 8 MB HIGH-SPEED PRINTER RAM'S and 2xAGP ATI Rage 128 guarantees racingly fast picture buildup in 2D and 3D. The 14,1 zollen TFT display the Powerbooks is indeed firmly at a solution of 1024x768 pixel at 16 bits of color depth limited however, lower... Read review

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