TOSHIBA A9-S9013 THE NEW ‘TECRA’ REVIEW

Business Laptops are always looked up for some means to cut costs. The Toshiba A9-S9013 is build with the energy conservation concepts to put your company on the "green" path of evolution. Many business notebooks are captivating on this path already including the likes of Acer Travel-Mate, Dell Latitude, HP Compaq, and Lenovo Think-Pad now it's refreshing to know that Toshiba is burdening its part in adhering to these guiding principles.

Design
By appearance the A9-S9013 doesn't accurately exude brilliance; the graphite-textured external is neutral enough for the consumers to take you acutely. In fact, the color scheme on its opposition by the likes of HP Compaq 6910p, the Dell Vostro 1500, and the Acer Travel-Mate 4720-672 are uniformly black. If I had to choose a working system that would bring down yawning, I'd rather prefer to settle for archetypal black, as in the case of Lenovo Think-Pad T61 Wide-screen display. Some mass trimming on the A9-S9013 would be highly encouraged. Its 6.2-pound frame is rightly suited to the design scales of permanent desktop task, but if you decide to lug it on the road, make sure you find yourself a backpack that befits its quiet bulky dimensions (1.4 X 14.3 X 10.5 inches H X W X D).

Performance
The Toshiba-Tecra commonly known as the A9-S9013 is one of those business notebooks that you can effortlessly walk past lacking to give it a glance. The dark-gray outer surface blends right in with the finishes of stainless-steel appliances at your local Best Buy. Priced At $1,200, the 2.0-GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T7300 can lever with the computing tasks of a small business requirements, if you're keen to upgrade the system memory to 2GB from the present day levels of very stingy 1GB memory that comes loaded standard with it. And if your business concerns about the cost cutting down factor on power consumption and being in line to Mother Earth, the A9-S9013 is one of the little Toshiba notebooks that are rated Energy Star 4.0, RoHS, and EPEAT Gold acquiescent.

The unit comprises a full-size keyboard and with the dual pointing devices inclusive is even a fingerprint reader loaded to the side of the right palm rest. Using the pointing stick resembles the likes of rubbing fingers right against sandpaper, even though you would find the touchpad quite interesting to use. The 15.4-inch wide-screen is not the trendy glossy variant that characterizes multimedia usage rather it is tailored to office efficiency suites.

The 1GB of RAM is disappointing for a Windows Vista Business operating system. A For a silken experience, advancing the Tecra to 2GB is a sure-fire bet. Battery life is also less impressive with just back up capacity of 2 hours 45 minutes; it could have been a lot superior for a business notebook.

Overall
Ultra portables will have the easy sneaky time meeting Energy Star customaries because miniscule notebooks tend to utilize low-voltage components. The A9-S9013 actually utilizes a basic-voltage 2.0-GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T7300 processor unit, and it still manages to meet Energy Star prerequisites. Hence making it a quiet an impressive compilation overall.

Pros
+ Energy star rating of 4.0
+ Decent build

Cons
- Poor Battery
- 1 GB RAM insufficient for the OS used

Value For Money

Our Rating