Typical price: £685
What is it: Thin-and-light business laptop with 1.5GHz processor and 14-inch screen
What we think: The Tecra A5 offers sufficient performance and a decent array of features for most business users, but you can find less expensive options
What you need to know
Reviewed on: 16 September 2005
Tags: Toshiba, Toshiba Tecra A5, cases, Wi-Fi, travel
We like:
Light case; four USB 2.0 ports
We don't like:
Very loud keyboard; petite mouse buttons
You might also need:
More RAM will increase the Tecra A5's speed
CNET UK judgement:
The Tecra A5 offers sufficient performance and a decent array of features for most business users, but you can find less expensive options
Full review:
There's nothing wrong with the mainstream Toshiba Tecra A5 laptop. It offers a fairly light though largely nondescript case, lots of unremarkable components, such as a Celeron M processor and a DVD-ROM/CD-RW drive, average performance and battery life, and a decent price of £660. Unfortunately, none of these mundane attributes makes the Tecra A5 just so perfect you have to have it. For an especially cheap business-oriented portable, find an identically configured Dell Latitude D510; for a more expensive and full-featured package, go with the ThinkPad R52. Continue Reading...
Toshiba Tecra A5 History
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