Toshiba Tecra A7

Notebook specifications

Notebook: Toshiba Tecra A7
Processor: Intel Core Duo T2500 (2000 MHz)
Graphics adapter: ATI Mobility Radeon X1400 (256 MB)
Display: 15.4 inch 16:10 (1280x800 pixels)
Weight: 2.7 kg
Average score: 85% - good
Average of 1 scores (from 3 reviews)

Reviews in English

Reviews in German

Test Toshiba Tecra A7 Notebook
Source: Notebookcheck
Date: 07/06/2007
Rating: workmanship: 90%

fast and versatile
Source: Notebook/Organizer/Handy 12/06
Date: 11/15/2006
Rating: performance: 80%

85%chic single, fast twins
Source: PC Professionell 11/06
Date: 10/15/2006
Rating: Total score: 85% performance: 95% features: 85% ergonomy: 75%

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).

T2500: The strong Core Duo type T2500 is not only suitable for office applications and surfing, but also for games.
>> Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.

15.4": 15 inch display-variants are the standard and are used for more than the half of all notebooks.  15.4 inch display with 16:10 are the standard for notebook displays.
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.

2.7 kg: This notebook is lighter than the average of all notebooks. It is too heavy for sub-notebooks. 14 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.