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Toshiba Tecra M10 Series

Toshiba Tecra M10-1D7Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo P8400, Intel Core 2 Duo P8600, Intel Core 2 Duo T6570, Intel Core 2 Duo T9400, Intel Core 2 Duo T9600
Graphics Adapter: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500MHD, NVIDIA Quadro NVS 150M
Display: 14.00 inch, 14.10 inch
Weight: 2.4kg, 2.5kg, 2.65kg
Price: 800, 1000, 1700 euro
Average Score: 79.38% - good
Average of 8 scores (from 8 reviews)
price: 75%, performance: 78%, features: 65%, display: 65%, mobility: 73%, workmanship: 76%, ergonomy: 92%, emissions: 80%

 

Toshiba Tecra M10-10H

Specifications

Toshiba Tecra M10-10HNotebook: Toshiba Tecra M10-10H
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo P8400
Graphics Adapter: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500MHD
Display: 14.00 inch, 16:10, 1440 x 900 pixels
Weight: 2.4kg
Price: 800 euro
Links: Toshiba homepage
 Toshiba notebook section
 Tecra M10 (Series)
 Tecra M10-10H (Model)

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Average Score: 75% - good

Average of 2 scores (from 2 reviews)

 

Reviews

80% Toshiba Tecra M10-10H review
Source: Techradar English Archive.org version
A simply outstanding corporate laptop with power, comfort and quality. Toshiba's Tecra range is aimed at the corporate users, and the Tecra M10-10H is a 14.1-inch machine, offering a useful mix of portability and practicality. Unlike the consumer laptops here, it features standard TFT technology for the display. Where these matt-finish panels are often lacking in lustre when compared with glossy Super-TFT screens, the Toshiba's offers vivid colours. The Tecra M10-10H is an excellent corporate machine. Offering impressive performance, outstanding usability and a host of professional features, it's the ideal solution for small business use.
80, Leistung 80, Mobilität 80, Ergonomie 95
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 03/10/2009
Rating: Total score: 80% performance: 80% mobility: 80% ergonomy: 95%
70% Toshiba Tecra M10-10H notebook
Source: Pocket Lint English Archive.org version
The M10 doesn’t offer anything innovative, and has few standout features, but as an all-round package it’s a useful, well made and powerful business machine. It’s a shame the latest features - such as 3G/HSDPA - are omitted, but if all you need is a tough, reliable and comfortable laptop, then it may be worth putting the Toshiba on your shortlist. That said, at £700, it faces stiff competition from the likes of Dell’s Latitude E-series.
7 von 10, Verarbeitung gut, Leistung gut, Ausstattung mangelhaft
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 02/02/2009
Rating: Total score: 70% performance: 80% features: 50% workmanship: 80%

 

Toshiba Tecra M10-10I

Specifications

Toshiba Tecra M10-10INotebook: Toshiba Tecra M10-10I
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T9400
Graphics Adapter: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500MHD
Display: 14.00 inch, 16:10, 1440 x 900 pixels
Weight: 2.4kg
Price: 1000 euro
Links: Toshiba homepage
 Toshiba notebook section
 Tecra M10 (Series)
 Tecra M10-10I (Model)

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Average Score: 74% - average

Average of 2 scores (from 2 reviews)

 

Reviews

75% Toshiba Tecra M10 14in notebook
Source: Reg Hardware English Archive.org version
Some manufacturers, like Dell, believe laptop users, even supposedly non-frivolous business folk, prefer svelte, stylish notebooks. Not so Toshiba, at least if the the Tecra M10 is anything to go by.We can't fault the Tecra M10's performance, but with a relatively feeble battery pack and a look that's more Nineties than Noughties, this notebook failed to excite. Just the sort of thing to give to staffers who might otherwise get ideas above their workstation.
75, Leistung 80
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 04/24/2009
Rating: Total score: 75% performance: 80%
73% Toshiba Tecra M10-10I review
Source: CNet English Archive.org version
The Toshiba Tecra M10-10I is attractively priced, and offers a strong range of security and data-protection features. We're not so impressed by the lack of a webcam and mobile broadband, but these can be added -- at a price. So long as you don't intend to carry this rather bulky laptop too often, its high-quality screen and excellent keyboard, plus a solid set of internal components, should make it a serviceable workhorse.
73, Preis 80, Display 80, Mobilität 80
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 02/20/2009
Rating: Total score: 73% price: 80% display: 80% mobility: 80%

 

Toshiba Tecra M10-S3411

Specifications

Toshiba Tecra M10-S3411Notebook: Toshiba Tecra M10-S3411
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo P8600
Graphics Adapter: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500MHD
Display: 14.10 inch, 16:10, 1440 x 900 pixels
Weight: 2.5kg
Price: 1000 euro
Links: Toshiba homepage
 Toshiba notebook section
 Tecra M10 (Series)

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Average Score: 85.5% - good

Average of 2 scores (from 2 reviews)

 

Reviews

85% Toshiba Tecra M10-S3411
Source: Computer Shopper English Archive.org version
  In the end, Toshiba accomplishes what it sets out to with the Tecra M10. For $1,199, you get a well-equipped, all-business notebook, with everything a security-conscious user needs and without all the bloatware that can slow it down. The performance, while erratic from one test to the next, excels where it needs to: handling large documents, and multitasking. If you’re a small business owner who wants to take security into your own hands, put the Toshiba Tecra M10 on your short list.
85
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 06/01/2009
Rating: Total score: 85%

Foreign Reviews

86% Toshiba Tecra M10-1D7
Source: Notebookcheck German DE→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 09/20/2009
Rating: Total score: 86% performance: 79% display: 75% mobility: 77% workmanship: 86% ergonomy: 97% emissions: 80%

 

Toshiba Tecra M10-15J

Specifications

Toshiba Tecra M10-15JNotebook: Toshiba Tecra M10-15J
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T6570
Graphics Adapter: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500MHD
Display: 14.00 inch, 16:10, 1280 x 800 pixels
Weight: 2.4kg
Price: 1000 euro
Links: Toshiba homepage
 Toshiba notebook section
 Tecra M10 (Series)

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Average Score: 80% - good

Average of 1 scores (from 1 reviews)

 

Foreign Reviews

80% Toshiba Tecra M10-15J
Source: Notebookjournal German DE→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 06/19/2009
Rating: Total score: 80% price: 70% performance: 70% features: 50% display: 30% mobility: 50% workmanship: 50% ergonomy: 80%

 

Toshiba Tecra M10-1D7

Specifications

Toshiba Tecra M10-1D7Notebook: Toshiba Tecra M10-1D7
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T9600
Graphics Adapter: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 150M 256 MB
Display: 14.10 inch, 16:10, 1440 x 900 pixels
Weight: 2.65kg
Price: 1700 euro
Links: Toshiba homepage
 Toshiba notebook section
 Tecra M10 (Series)

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Reviews

86% Review of Toshiba Tecra M10-1D7 Notebook | Notebookcheck
Mobility, security and performance for business customers. With the Tecra family Toshiba bundles its business-line devices together, which should appeal to mobile business customers due to their security and performance features. For our test we had the model M10-1D7 available, which currently represents the flagship of the series, with an Intel Core 2 Duo T9600 processor and Nvidia Quadro NVS 150M graphics card.

 

Comment

Toshiba: Toshiba Corporation is a Japanese conglomerate or technology group. The company was established in 1939 and in 1978 Toshiba became the official company name. The company's products and services include power, industrial and social infrastructure systems, elevators and escalators, electronic components, semiconductors, hard drives, printers, batteries, lighting, logistics and information technology. Toshiba was one of the largest manufacturers of personal computers, consumer electronics, home appliances and medical equipment.


Only some 3D games with very low demands are playable with these cards.

Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500MHD: Onboard (shared Memory) GPU built in the GM45, GE45 and GS45 chipset (Montevina). Because of two more shaders and a higher core clock, much faster than the old GMA X3100. Still not advisable for gamers (DirectX 10 games not playable or only with very low settings). The integrated video processor is able to help decode HD videos (AVC/VC-2/MPEG2) , e.g., for a fluent Blu-Ray playback with slow CPUs.

NVIDIA Quadro NVS 150M: Based on the GeForce 9200M GS but optimized for the stable business use (special drivers and bios). Supports PureVideo HD to help the CPU decode HD videos. Compared to the NVS 160M, the 150M is slower clocked and supports only smaller resolutions (1680x1050 or 1600x1200). Memory speed: 400 MHz GDDR2, 700 MHz GDDR3

» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.


Intel Core 2 Duo: This is the Core Duo and Core Solo successor with a longer pipeline and 5-20% more speed without more power consumption. As an addition to the Core Duo design there exists a fourth decoder, an amplified SSE-unit and an additional arithmetical logical unit (ALU).

The Core 2 Duo for laptops is identical to the desktop Core 2 Duo processors but the notebook-processors work with lower voltages (0.95 to 1188 Volt) and a lower Frontside bus clock (1066 vs 667 MHz). The performance of equally clocked notebooks is 20-25% lower than Desktop PCs because of the lower Frontside bus clock and the slower hard disks.

P8400:

Middle class dual core CPU with a TDP of 25 Watt. For high end gamer the performance could be not sufficient (for class 1 graphic cards).

T9400:

The T9400 is a fast middle class dual core CPU for laptops and basically a Core 2 Duo P9500 with a higher TDP of 35 Watt.

P8600:

Fast but still not overpriced dual core CPU. For most games and multimedia applications sufficient and due to the 25W TDP even for smaller notebooks useable.

T6570: Entry level Penryn based dual-core CPU with a small 2MB level 2 cache and FSB800. Similar to the T6500 but featuring VT-x functions.

T9600:

High-end dual core CPU and similar to the Core 2 Duo P9700 but with a higher power consumption (35 W versus 28 W). Should be sufficient for all games of 2009.

» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.


14.00:

14 inch display size represents a middle ground between the small subnotebook formats and the screens of the standard 15 inch laptops.

The reason for the popularity of mid-sized displays is that this size is reasonably easy on the eyes, provides good resolutions with usable detail sizes, yet does not consume too much power and the devices can still be reasonably compact. 

In the past, 14-inch devices were very rare, but now they are the standard for laptops after the 15-inchers. 

» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.


2.4 kg:

2.65 kg:

With this weight, a laptop is rather heavier than average. Devices in this range shine more with screen size and performance than with mobility.


79.38%: This rating is not earth-shattering. This rating must actually be seen as average, since there are about as many devices with worse ratings as better ones. A purchase recommendation can only be seen with a lot of goodwill, unless it is about websites that generally rate strictly.

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

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Stefan Hinum, 2009-03-21 (Update: 2012-05-26)