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11.20.07
Review: Toshiba Tecra A8
 By Darren Straight
For the past week I've had in my possession a Toshiba Tecra A8 Notebook which I have thanks to Talk Toshiba and it's Tecra A8 triallist programme in which they give bloggers, journalists and community leaders the chance to test out their laptops for a week (more if you request) in exchange for writing an honest, objective review on your blog, forum and community site etc.
So as my week of tetsing the laptop is now coming to an end, I thought I'd better give you my review of it.
First of all the hardware specifications for the Toshiba Tecra A8 Notebook are as follows (this was gatherd using SiSoft Sandra):
| Processor | | Model | Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU T7200 @ 2.00GHz | | Speed | 2.00GHz | | Cores per Processor | 2 Unit(s) | | Threads per Core | 1 Unit(s) | | Type | Mobile, Dual-Core | | Internal Data Cache | 2x 32kB Synchronous, Write-Thru, 8-way set, 64 byte line size | | L2 On-board Cache | 4MB ECC Synchronous, ATC, 16-way set, 64 byte line size, 2 threads sharing | | L3 On-board Cache | 2x 4MB Synchronous, Write-Back, 16-way set, 64 byte line size | | | Mainboard | | Bus(es) | ISA VL-VESA PCI PCIe PCMCIA CardBus USB FireWire/1394 | | MP Support | No | | MP APIC | No | | System BIOS | TOSHIBA 1.60 | | System | TOSHIBA TECRA A8 | | Mainboard | TOSHIBA Portable PC | | Total Memory | 1016MB DDR2-SDRAM | |
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| Chipset 1 | | Model | Toshiba America Information Systems Mobile Memory Controller Hub | | Front Side Bus Speed | 4x 166MHz (664MHz data rate) | | Total Memory | 1GB DDR2-SDRAM | | Shared Memory | 8MB | | Memory Bus Speed | 4x 132MHz (528MHz data rate) | | | Video System | | Monitor/Panel | Default Monitor | | Monitor/Panel | Default Monitor | | Monitor/Panel | Default Monitor | | Monitor/Panel | Generic Television | | Monitor/Panel | Generic Television | | Monitor/Panel | Plug and Play Monitor | | Monitor/Panel | Plug and Play Monitor | | Adapter | Mobile Intel(R) 945GM Express Chipset Family | | Adapter | Mobile Intel(R) 945GM Express Chipset Family | |
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About the Author:
Darren Straight a Microsoft Student Partner (MSP) and Windows Live Butterfly
Expert is a University of Kent Student who is an avid blogger and technology
enthusiast who loves the passion of beta testing new products and services
from Microsoft.
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