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Tecra A4

post #1 of 9
4/14/05 at 10:13pm
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Can someone please explain why you wouldnt buy the tecra a4 (toshiba) over other similar notebooks?

15.4" widescreen
sanoma
customizable
GeForce™ Go 6600 128mb
solid notebook

just wondering...
im looking at 15.4 widescreens, good for gaming, solid/reliable, quality screen.
toshiba has excellent screens (the trubright ones)

link to notebook: http://www.toshibadirect.com/td/b2c/...HO&poid=290562
why isnt this laptop more popular?
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post #2 of 9
4/14/05 at 10:15pm
There is a Toshiba specific forum here...

But, in my experience at least, Toshibas are pieces of shit. We have 10 Toshiba Satellite laptops at work... only 1 of the 10 hasn't had multiple minor problems or a major problem yet. Of the other 9, two have been replaced completely and one is in right now... but been in for service for 2 weeks and will probably be replaced.

Supposedly the Tecra series is better than Satellite tho.
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post #3 of 9
4/14/05 at 10:45pm
Tecra series are hell much better than Satellite Series.

Tecra A4 is nice, except no DDR2. There is a nice Terca A4 review over by notebookreview.com
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post #4 of 9
4/14/05 at 10:45pm
It seems like a good lappy, but it will be about 4 thousand dollars more than the Z71V for not really much of anything :-/
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post #5 of 9
4/14/05 at 11:07pm
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wow, i just saw the Z71V
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post #6 of 9
4/14/05 at 11:12pm
z71v has higher resolution but no glossy screen
thats one of the reasons why im thinking about the tecra a4
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post #7 of 9
4/15/05 at 10:41am
'higher' resolution is an understatement though. I think the A4 has an absurdly low-res screen for being 15.4". If not for that it'd be pretty nice.
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post #8 of 9
4/16/05 at 5:03am
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i would buy the z71v if the screen were nicer. you cant pass up that trubright from toshiba. also, i like the wxga over the swxga. does someone know of a notebook similar to these notebooks with a glossy screen? thanks

EDIT: does asus have any glossy screens?
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post #9 of 9
4/16/05 at 5:42am
Dont know many nbs with similar specs / gloss. After seeing glossy nb screens, I decided thats what I needed.

Here are some reasons some people wouldnt buy the A4 though:
Toshiba is bitches, Well they only put 4200 rpm hd's in the A4, for whatever reason, and wont let you upgrade to a 5400 rpm hd even. They also wont let you configure it with a 1.816ghz proc, for some random reason.

The notebook is pretty harsh on the battery, from what I gather, not that any gaming machine isnt going to be.

Its like, 7lbs iirc, which is 1/2 heavier than the z71v.

Toshiba build quality doesnt really seem to be anything to write home about from what I hear. Even if they arent pluaged with problems like the sattelite series, there is still likely weakness in the back of the lcd, which is pretty common of the toshibas that I have heard about.

If you can get by those things, it should be a pretty good notebook. If WXGA+ with Clearview (or whatever) is enough for you, seems like it might be a good nb.

The only thing that is close (that I can think of) with a glossy screen is the Asus W3v, which is only 14 in widescreen.
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