Toshiba Tecra A6

Notebook specifications

Notebook: Toshiba Tecra A6
Processor: Intel Core Duo T2300 (1660 MHz)
Graphics adapter: ATI Mobility Radeon X1400 (128 MB)
Display: 14.1 inch 16:10 (1280x800 pixels)
Weight: 2.3 kg
Average score: 70.8% - average
Average of 5 scores (from 6 reviews)

Reviews in English

64%Toshiba Tecra A6-EZ6411
Source: CNet
The good: Strong application performance for the money; attractive design and solid construction; roomy, comfortable keyboard; hard drive protection and spill-resistant keyboard provide peace of mind; fingerprint reader provides added security and convenience. The bad: Glossy screen coating bound to annoy business users; not configurable. The bottom line: The Toshiba Tecra A6 is a well-designed business laptop that delivers good performance for the money and a host of business-friendly security features, but its glossy display will prove to be a deal breaker for many.
Date: 03/22/2007
Rating: Total score: 64% price: 80% performance: 80% features: 80% display: 40%

70%Tosh takes the no frills approach, but has it worked?
Source: Pocket Lint
With the number of notebooks now on the market it is hard to imagine that at one time, Toshiba had the game all to itself. With over 21 years of experience in portable computing it knows a thing or two about mobility. The Toshiba Tecra A6 may not be the most striking or feature rich of machines on the market but it comes in at a comfortable weight with a battery life to match. If you’re on a strict budget and battery life is a priority, you’ll be glad of the A6. If you’re looking for a fully featured notebook with plenty of staying power, this is a great machine but you won’t find little extras as standard.
Date: 05/15/2006
Rating: Total score: 70%

70%Good looks and performance for a reasonable price.
Source: Laptop Mag
In this crop of conservatively designed notebooks, the 5.5-pound Toshiba Tecra A6 comes the closest to sexy. The glossy silver-metallic-flake paint job would look just as at home on an Audi, and we love the 14.1-inch widescreen panel. The Tecra doesn’t have a wireless broadband option, and performance and battery life were on the low side for this group. At only $1,149 (as tested), you get a lot for your money.
Date: 05/13/2006
Rating: Total score: 70%

80%Toshiba piles on the value in this secure, long-running business laptop.
Source: PC World
The Tecra A6-S513 is one of Toshiba's least-expensive business notebooks. Compact and relatively light, the $1149 (as of April 18, 2006) machine weighs 5.3 pounds. It has a 14.1-inch, 1280-by-768-pixel TruBrite wide screen, and runs for 3.9 hours on one battery charge. It would make a very good commuter notebook. The handsome black-and-silver portable is adequately though not extravagantly configured, with Wi-Fi, 128MB of shared video RAM, a removable 80GB 5400-rpm hard drive, a FireWire port, a five-in-one media-card reader, four USB ports scattered about the case, and a built-in right-side combination DVD-ROM/CD-RW drive.
Date: 05/05/2006
Rating: Total score: 80% price: 95% performance: 67% features: 70%

Toshiba Tecra A6 Review
Source: Notebookreview
The Toshiba Tecra A6 is quite a beefy notebook for its very low price, though I have a few minor gripes with it. The power of the Core Duo and Mobility Radeon X1400 ensure that this laptop will make short work of whatever I throw at it. Though the battery life isn't exactly brilliant it is good enough to get through a few hours of work done while on the run. If you're looking for a sleek, great value laptop with plenty of grunt yet still retaining portability it's hard to go past the Toshiba Tecra A6.
Date: 03/08/2006
Rating: price: 100% performance: 95%

70%Toshiba Tecra A6-S513
Source: PC Mag
All work and some play is the message Toshiba seems to be sending out with its Tecra A6-S513. The new laptop is aimed at those who split their time between corporate duties and leisure activities. The Tecra A6-S513 features several midrange components, including the Intel Core Solo T1300, and is priced ideally for professionals and students who want decent features for a reasonable amount of money. This system is fine for basic multitasking—such as working on Microsoft Office files while listening to music—but those who demand really high performance should look elsewhere.
Date: 03/03/2006
Rating: Total score: 70% price: 85%

Comment

ATI Mobility Radeon X1400: ATI Mobility Radeon X1400 is the successor of the ATI Mobility Radeon X600. The specifications are equal like with X1300, but probably it is faster clocked. It is a mobile video card with a performance above average and can represent newest games fluently, but not with all details. For office applications and for surfing it is no doubt sufficient.
>> Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.

Intel Core Duo: Intel Core Duo (successor of Pentium M), is a double core processor with a very good relation of performance to current consumption. The 2 MB L2 Cache are used common. The maximum current consumption of 31 Watts is only 4 W more then with Pentium M. Due to the low energy need is Core Duo also suited for subnotebooks. Further now it supports SSE3 orders. The performance can nearly be doubled for applications, which were designed for multiprocessors (compared with Pentium M).

T2300: The weak type T2300 is apt for office applications and for surfing.
>> Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.

14.1": 14 inch display size is a mixture between the small formats of subnotebooks and the 15 inch standard display.
The reason why so many people like displays with medium size is, that this size is not exhausting for the eyes, does not need too much current and the laptops can be kept quite compact.
>> To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.

2.3 kg: These sub-notebooks weight less than the average of all notebooks, but represent a heavier class of weight among the sub-notebooks. 13 inch displays are normal for this class of weight.

Toshiba: Toshiba is one of the biggest international notebook-manufacturer. There exist many reviews for Toshiba models. The ratings of German magazines are very positive, but the relation of price and value is evaluated rather average. The ratings according the features and display are also quite well for Toshiba notebooks.

>> Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.