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Tecra M2 Review @ PC Magazine

post #1 of 5
4/15/04 at 2:08pm
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Finally a review of the M2.

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149...129TX1K0000530
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post #2 of 5
4/15/04 at 2:17pm
Bleh... what a weak review. I was expecting something better...
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post #3 of 5
5/1/04 at 1:17pm
I have also read that review by pcmag. However, it is not really true. My Toshiba M2 can run for more than 4 hours with standard battery!!! The performance is very good and the system is stable and user friendly.

I want to share something here... the harddisk...

Toshiba M2 use Hitachi 5k80 series harddisk which has implemented "Load / unload technology". The HDD head will go to parking automatically when ideal. However, this makes the HDD always tick-tick-tick (working-parking-working-parking-........" when some program need to access the harddisk once every few seconds..... I need to turn off the auto-backup function in the Windows so as to stop this noise completely.

My colleague's HP nc6000, which also use 5k80, got the same problem as mine too.....

well.. anyway.. my M2 has no noise now... I really love it... the keypad is as great as IBM... so comfortable... good display and stable system.
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post #4 of 5
5/1/04 at 1:47pm
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Originally Posted by RayM2
I have also read that review by pcmag. However, it is not really true. My Toshiba M2 can run for more than 4 hours with standard battery!!! The performance is very good and the system is stable and user friendly.

I want to share something here... the harddisk...

Toshiba M2 use Hitachi 5k80 series harddisk which has implemented "Load / unload technology". The HDD head will go to parking automatically when ideal. However, this makes the HDD always tick-tick-tick (working-parking-working-parking-........" when some program need to access the harddisk once every few seconds..... I need to turn off the auto-backup function in the Windows so as to stop this noise completely.

My colleague's HP nc6000, which also use 5k80, got the same problem as mine too.....

well.. anyway.. my M2 has no noise now... I really love it... the keypad is as great as IBM... so comfortable... good display and stable system.
Do you think maybe you could write a full review? There arent any reviews of the M2 in these forums, from a user.
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post #5 of 5
5/2/04 at 1:35pm
haha.. i will try but i never write any review before... I am busy in the next week so i may do it couple weeks later...
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