Thursday, June 23, 2011

Toshiba Tecra R840 Review Specification and Features


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For all tech geek, and notebook Lovers, one of new notebook maybe can be your choice, here is the Toshiba Tecra R840 Review Specification and Features. Enjoy Reading !! 

1. Simple and elegant 

With the notebook R840 , Toshiba's new look and features of line Tecra , always intended for use by business , after the recent redesign of the consumer line, the Portégé. The Toshiba Tecra R840 is the first laptop to undergo such a restyling, with a frame  more subtle and appealing.



The lid is colored black and is covered with a ribbed texture that helps prevent stains annoying fingerprints. Open the lid, supported by two garish plastic chrome hinges, discover the 14-inch display , surrounded by a matte black frame, on which risiese, as usual, even the webcam .

The Toshiba Tecra R840 extends for 34 cm long, 23.9 inches deep and less than 3 cm in thickness. The measures are therefore more restricted than previous products Tecra, but that affect, in part, the robustness: the frame is, in fact, made ​​of glass fiber reinforced, which guarantees a good robustness , but not great compared to products competitors. Toshiba has added, however, interesting features such as spill-resistant keyboard , against accidental spills of liquids, and for the hard drive accelerometer to protect data in case of accidental fall of the notebook.

The keyboard of the Toshiba Tecra R840 , recessed buttons on the frame and made ​​straight to the island to help you type quickly and safely. The layout is classic. The multitouch touchpad works just fine: the sensitive surface is 8.63 x4, 82 cm and gestures are customizable thanks to the bundled software, provided by Alps Electronic : You may, for example, tap one of the four corners of the touchpad to perform actions such as cutting and pasting. In addition to the touchpad, Toshiba has added to the system pointing stick . There is also a fingerprint reader , especially useful in business environments to protect access to your notebook.

2. Toshiba Tecra R840 Features (Do not think for entertainment)

Let's go back to talk briefly about the 14-inch display to analyze it in more detail: it is made ​​with technology LED and has a resolution of 1366x768 pixels . The visual quality and viewing angles are good, although the contrast values ​​have not particularly surprised. The Toshiba Tecra R840  is not a multimedia notebook , then Toshiba has paid particular attention to both the video and audio, seen that even the speakers are just decent .
      
Turning to the interfaces, the Tecra R840 houses on the right side, a DVD burner , an ExpressCard 34 slot, a media card reader 6-in-1 , a port USB 3.0 and an Ethernet jack, on the other side, we find a VGA port , a DisplayPort , a door combo USB / eSATA, USB 2.0 and audio jack for headphones and microphone. We count only 3 USB, then, and it lacks an HDMI port.

The webcam is not surprising in performance, but is sufficient for standard operations. Furthermore, in combination with the software Toshiba Face Recognition , allows you to record the distinctive features of a face and then grant access to the PC by placing the face in front of the camera.

3. Toshiba Tecra R840 Full Specification

The hardware configurations available for the Toshiba Tecra R840 are many and all use CPU Intel i3/i5/i7 and GPU AMD Radeon . The test configuration consists of a processor Intel Core i5-2520m , which operates at a clock frequency equal to 2.5 GHz , supported by 4 GB of RAM . The graphics processor is an AMD Radeon HD 6450M with 1 GB of dedicated memory, a hard disk from 320 GB to 7,200 rpm ago by storage.

The performance is more than good and the benchmark results reveal almost always above average . In real tests, the Toshiba Tecra R840 is always powerful, but it is still a machine designed for gaming.
They could not miss the Wi-Fi compliant with 802.11a/b/g and Bluetooth 3.0 + EDR . Very good the ' autonomy : the battery 6-cell lithium-ion battery has kept us away from the plug for a good 6 hours and 34 minutes (by browsing with Wi-Fi).

Ultimately, the Toshiba Tecra R840 is a thin and light laptop, the good battery and decent performance , especially in the office . The reluctance to multimedia, especially in the audio sector, should not be a deterrent, given the intended use of this notebook.


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