Toshiba Tecra S5
Specifications
Notebook: Toshiba Tecra S5Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T7300
Graphics Adapter: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 130M
Display: 15.4 inch, 16:10, 1680x1050 pixels
Weight: 2.9kg
Average of 1 scores (from 3 reviews)
Reviews for the Toshiba Tecra S5
Foreign Reviews
Source: Notebook / Organizer / Handy - 3-4/08
Single Review, , Length Unknown, Date: 02/22/2008
Rating: performance: 90% features: 80%
Source: Notebook / Organizer / Handy - 1-2/08
Single Review, , Length Unknown, Date: 12/12/2007
Rating: price: 40% display: 80%
Source: Connect - 11/07
Comparison, , Long, Date: 10/22/2007
Rating: Total score: 86% performance: 88% features: 86% mobility: 69% ergonomy: 76%
Comment
NVIDIA Quadro NVS 130M: Business graphics card based on the 8400M chip with special drivers and bios that are optimized for stability and business applications (like SAP).
Only some 3D games with very low demands are playable with these cards.
» 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.
T7300: Mid-range (at the time of annoucement) dual core processor based on the Merom core. » 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. Nowadays, more and more 16:9 displays with 15.6 inch appear. 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 energy and the laptops can be kept quite compact.» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.
2.9 kg: This weight is average for notebooks. Therefore the numerous mass of laptops with 15 inch display fits in this class of weight.
Toshiba: Toshiba Corporation is a multinational conglomerate manufacturing company, headquartered in Japan. The company's main business is in Infrastructure, Consumer Products, and Electronic devices and components. Toshiba-made Semiconductors are among the Worldwide Top 20 Semiconductor Sales Leaders. Toshiba is one of the biggest international notebook-manufacturer. There exist many reviews for Toshiba models.
86%: This is a good rating above average. Nevertheless you should not forget, that 10-15% of all notebook-models get a better rating.
» Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.
