Dynabook Tecra A40 Series

Dynabook Tecra A40-J-12E

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Average Score: 89% - very good

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Dynabook Tecra A40-J - disassembly and upgrade options
Source: Laptop Media
Support, online available, Very Short, Date: 02/01/2022

Dynabook Tecra A40-J review – performance in the office and on the go
Source: Laptop Media
Surprisingly or not, Dynabook has built a really solid machine, especially when it comes to performance. And it has the cooling to back the processors up. In our opinion, they could have easily gone for the 35W Tiger Lake-H35 devices, or even AMD’s Zen 3 5000U processors. Unfortunately, the fingerprint reader is located inside the touchpad area. And the space above it and to its left is practically non-sensitive to touches, which is petty. However, what is even worse is the fact that the speakers here are no good. The mids are super muffled, while the lows are almost muted. Clearly, you won’t be satisfied, even if you’re not an audiophile. When it comes to the battery life, the laptop will last you about 10 hours of Web browsing, or 7 hours of video playback. This means it should last you a light workday on battery power, but if you throw anything heavier at it – bring a charger. At the end of the day, this business device brings a lot to the table. We think it has what it takes to battle the likes of the Dell Latitude 14 3420, or the Lenovo ThinkPad E14 Gen 2.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 02/01/2022

Dynabook Tecra A40-J - disassembly and upgrade options
Source: Laptop Media
Support, online available, Very Short, Date: 02/01/2022

Dynabook Tecra A40-J review – performance in the office and on the go
Source: Laptop Media
Surprisingly or not, Dynabook has built a really solid machine, especially when it comes to performance. And it has the cooling to back the processors up. In our opinion, they could have easily gone for the 35W Tiger Lake-H35 devices, or even AMD’s Zen 3 5000U processors. Unfortunately, the fingerprint reader is located inside the touchpad area. And the space above it and to its left is practically non-sensitive to touches, which is petty. However, what is even worse is the fact that the speakers here are no good. The mids are super muffled, while the lows are almost muted. Clearly, you won’t be satisfied, even if you’re not an audiophile. When it comes to the battery life, the laptop will last you about 10 hours of Web browsing, or 7 hours of video playback. This means it should last you a light workday on battery power, but if you throw anything heavier at it – bring a charger. At the end of the day, this business device brings a lot to the table. We think it has what it takes to battle the likes of the Dell Latitude 14 3420, or the Lenovo ThinkPad E14 Gen 2.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 02/01/2022

89% Dynabook Tecra A40-J 14″ enterprise laptop 2021 (review)
Source: Gadgetguy
Dynabook Tecra A40-J 14″ is an enterprise-quality laptop with an ultra-thin yet robust design and everything Enterprise wants – Window Hello, dTPM 2.0, 11th Gen Intel Core processor and it even has an anti-bacterial NPURE IPL1 Mystic Blue finish. It is part of the Tecra family – the A30-J 13.3″ and the A50-J 15.6″ with three Intel 11th Gen processors and nearly 30 model variations. Yes, you can get precisely what you want.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 09/19/2021
Rating: Total score: 89%

89% Dynabook Tecra A40-J 14″ enterprise laptop 2021 (review)
Source: Gadgetguy
Dynabook Tecra A40-J 14″ is an enterprise-quality laptop with an ultra-thin yet robust design and everything Enterprise wants – Window Hello, dTPM 2.0, 11th Gen Intel Core processor and it even has an anti-bacterial NPURE IPL1 Mystic Blue finish. It is part of the Tecra family – the A30-J 13.3″ and the A50-J 15.6″ with three Intel 11th Gen processors and nearly 30 model variations. Yes, you can get precisely what you want.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 09/19/2021
Rating: Total score: 89%

Dynabook Tecra A40-J-11J

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Dynabook Tecra A40-J - disassembly and upgrade options
Source: Laptop Media
Support, online available, Very Short, Date: 02/01/2022

Dynabook Tecra A40-J-11J review: A laptop that goes the distance
Source: It Pro
One indisputable strength to end on, however, is battery life. Dynabook has clearly taken the decision to add bulk and weight – 1.5kg is nothing special these days – so that it can include a meaty 53Wh battery, and in return the Tecra A40-J kept going for over ten hours in our video-rundown test. That’s a fine result for such a powerful laptop. If you’ve kept reading this far then we can only assume the screen quality hasn’t put you off, and there is one factor in its favour: a matte finish removes any problems with reflections. We still wish Dynabook included one of the excellent Sharp IGZO panels we’ve seen in its other Dynabooks, but look past this and you’ll find a fast, long-lasting machine for a highly competitive price.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 11/28/2021

Dynabook Tecra A40-K-101

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Average Score: 60% - poor

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60% Dynabook Tecra A40-K-101 review: Master of none
Source: It Pro
Overall, the Dynabook Tecra A40 is something of a middling entry to the business laptop space. Though it scored very well on performance, proving its worth as a portable workhorse, its other shortcomings make it hard to imagine a use case in which it really excels. Battery life and colour accuracy are the clear pitfalls here. Despite this, it's still a capable entry in the Dynabook range, if one without a clear purpose in mind. Light, equipped with a great keyboard and with more ports than you have peripherals, the Tecra A40 is a capable, if not indispensable, laptop for business use.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 10/26/2022
Rating: Total score: 60%

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Modern games should be playable with these graphics cards at low settings and resolutions. Casual gamers may be happy with these cards.

Intel Iris Xe G7 80EUs: Integrated graphics card in Intel Tiger Lake G7 SoCs based on the new Gen. 12 architecture with 80 EUs (Execution Units / Shader Cluster). The clock rate depends on the processor model. The Tiger Lake chips are produced in the modern 10nm+ process at Intel.

Intel Iris Xe G7 96EUs: Integrated graphics card in Intel Tiger Lake G4 SoCs based on the new Gen. 12 architecture with 96 EUs (Execution Units / Shader Cluster). The clock rate depends on the processor model. The Tiger Lake chips are produced in the modern 10nm+ process at Intel.

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

Intel Tiger Lake:

i5-1135G7: A quad-core, mid-range processor of Tiger Lake product family designed for use in ultra-light laptops. The i5 is manufactured on Intel's second-gen 10 nm process marketed as SuperFin and features an 80 EU Iris Xe G7 iGPU. Core i5-1135G7 has a base clock speed of 2.4 GHz as long as it is allowed to consume 28 watts.

i7-1165G7: An upper mid-range, quad-core processor of Tiger Lake product family. The i7 is designed for use in ultra-light (yet actively cooled) laptops; it is manufactured on Intel's third-gen 10 nm process marketed as SuperFin. The CPU cores run at 2.8 GHz (base clock speed @ 28 W TDP) to 4.7 GHz (single-core Boost frequency). This i7 features the 96 EU Intel Iris Xe G7 iGPU; it was the second-fastest CPU of TGL-UP3 line-up when Intel initially launched the series in 2020.

Intel Alder Lake-P:

i7-1260P: An upper mid-range Alder Lake family CPU featuring 4 performance cores and 8 efficient cores. This 28 W SoC is designed for use in ultra-light (yet actively cooled) laptops. Core i7-1260P's performance cores are Hyper-Threading-enabled for a total of 16 threads. This 12th Gen CPU runs at 1.5 GHz to 4.7 GHz and supports "Essentials" tier vPro features. Last but not the least, Core i7-1260P has a built-in 96 EU Iris Xe GPU, not unlike certain 11th Gen Tiger Lake-UP3 processors.

» 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.

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80.6%: This rating is slightly above average, there are somewhat more devices with worse ratings. However, clear purchase recommendations look different.

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

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