Toshiba Portege Z30-A-1E1

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Reviews for the Toshiba Portege Z30-A-1E1

Functionality, portability and build quality are the order of the day
Source: Laptop Media Archive.org version
We would like to give our final thoughts on two of the most important factors regarding business-oriented ultrabooks – the keyboard and the battery life. Firstly, the keys are a bit small to make room for the “F” buttons, but this actually isn’t a major problem and it’s easy to get used to it. In addition, the touchpad offers the much-needed comfort, responsiveness, and functionality, but we disliked the trackpad – it’s quite unpleasant to touch and feels awkward to use. Secondly, the battery life appears to be underwhelming. For a small, energy-efficient system a bit better battery performance was expected so in this aspect, the Portege Z30-A left us wanting more.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 05/25/2015

Foreign Reviews

Ревю на Toshiba Portege Z30 (A-1E1, 2015) – функционалност, преносимост и страхотно качество на изработка
Source: Laptop.bg BU→EN Archive.org version
Positive: Great design and quality workmanship; quality IPS display; good connectivity; comfortable keyboard and touchpad; compact and lightweight; excellent cooling system. Negative: Noisy fan.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 07/07/2015

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Model: The Toshiba Portege Z30-A-1E1 is a high performance, lightweight ultrabook with a sophisticated design. The chassis looks professional and clean with a classy hinge setup. Edges on the device are smooth and there is a lovely brush metal finish on the lid. The entire device comes in metallic steel grey and there is a black tile-style backlit keyboard. This comfortable keyboard has a non-slip matte textured finish while maintaining a slim profile and it has the added benefit of being spill-resistant. Users can select between Windows 8.1 or Windows 7 to be installed on the system. Display on the Toshiba Portege Z30-A-1E1 is a 13.3 inch Toshiba FHD non-reflective eDP panel.

At the heart of the ultrabook is an Intel Core i7-4510U clocked at 2 GHz, up to 16 GB DDR3L RAM, an Intel HD Graphics 4400 GPU and a 512 GB SSD. With this setup, the Toshiba Portege Z30-A-1E1 is powerful and responsive enough to be a daily driver. Other useful features on the device consist of an HDMI out, a FHD webcam, a card reader, Bluetooth 4.0 and three USB 3.0 ports. Audio quality is also good thanks to stereo speakers with DTS technology. The 1.2 kg Toshiba Portege Z30-A-1E1 comes with a 4-cell Lithium-Ion battery for up to 10 hours of mixed usage.

Intel HD Graphics 4400:

ULV integrated GPU (GT2) with 20 EUs found on certain Haswell CPU models.

Non demanding games should be playable with these graphics cards.

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

Intel Core i7: The Intel Core i7 for laptops is based on the LG1156 Core i5/i7 CPU for desktops. The base clock speed of the CPUs is relatively low, but because of a huge Turbo mode, the cores can dynamically overclock to up to 3.2 GHz (920XM). Therefore, the CPU can be as fast as high clocked dual-core CPUs (using single threaded applications) but still offer the advantage of 4 cores. Because of the large TDP of 45 W / 55 W, the CPU is only intended for large laptops.  

4510U: Haswell-based ULV dual-core processor clocked at 2.0 GHz with Turbo Boost support up to 3.1 GHz. Offers an integrated HD Graphics 4400 and a dual-channel DDR3 memory controller.» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.

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