Toshiba Tecra A6 Review

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The Toshiba Tecra A6 is one of the first of Toshiba's Core Duo based laptops available on the Australian market. Toshiba describes this as being a "desktop replacement" due to its high specs however the light weight of this laptop (approximately 2.3kg/5lb) and compact 14.1 inch screen makes it fit comfortably at the upper end of the thin and light spectrum.

The notebook offers the following specs:

Intel Core Duo T2300 (Dual core, 1.66GHz, 667MHz FSB, 2MB L2 Cache)

Intel Mobile 945PM Chipset

512MB DDR2 533 RAM (two slots, one free)

60GB 2.5inch SATA HDD (5400 RPM)

14.1" WXGA Widescreen (1280x800)

Dual layer DVD+/-RW, DVD-RAM drive.

ATi Mobility Radeon X1400 (128MB Dedicated video memory) PCI-E

Built in Intel 802.11A/B/G wireless and Bluetooth

4xUSB, 1xFirewire, 1xTV-out, 1xVGA out, 1xSD/MMC/Memory Stick Card Reader, 1xGigabit LAN, 1xInternal Modem, 1xDocking adapter, 1xHeadphone Jack, 1xMicrophone Jack

Integrated Fingerprint Reader

Intel High Definition Audio

Trusted Platform Module (disabled in BIOS)

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343mm(W) x242mm(D) x29.8/38.0mm(H) | 13.5"(W)x9.5"(D)x1.17/1.5"(H)

2.3kg (4.98lb)

Reasons for Buying

I was after a new laptop due to the fact that I was starting at University and that I wanted a more portable computer for everyday use. I also wanted something that would outperform my Pentium 4 desktop system.

Also I wanted a laptop that would last at least a few years and be Windows Vista capable while not being too expensive up front. With Intel's much under-hyped launch of its next generation processors only a few notebooks sold currently possess the new chip. In Australia, at the time of writing the only notebooks offering Core Duo processors are several ASUS and Acer models, and Toshiba's Tecra A6 and A7 range.

The Tecra A7 is very similar in specs to the A6; however it offers a 15.1 inch widescreen and has the Radeon X1600 graphics card along with several other advantages over its cheaper cousin. I decided against the A7 as the 15.1 inch screen is not as compact as the A6 and I also do not game very often, meaning the extra expense wouldn't be worthwhile for me. I decided to buy the cheapest configuration model of the A6.

Where and How Purchased

I bought this laptop for $2150AUD at a local computer store. It comes with a 1 year return to Toshiba warranty. This was one of the cheapest Core Duo laptops currently available in Australia and given the extreme specs it was an absolute bargain.

Build & Design

The Toshiba Tecra A6 has a silver painted lid and inner surfaces. The bottom, back, sides, screen and keyboard are coloured a flat black. The Toshiba logo on the lid is reflective and surrounded by a square of brushed metal. All in all, it looks quite modern and stylish.

The 5 system status LEDs on the front left are all a pleasing green colour and not too bright. However, the "Wireless On" LED is located separately on the front of the laptop and is orange and extremely bright. I find this quite annoying, especially in a dark room. I would have preferred it if Toshiba just used another system LED for showing the wireless status.

The laptop is quite light and fairly solid, I couldn't notice any flexing of the screen though the screen tends to "wobble" a tiny bit if the screen is pressed, but despite that the hinges feel very solid. The Toshiba Tecra A6 isn't quite as solidly built as some iBooks and IBM Thinkpads I've used in the past but is all in all quite acceptable and much better then some older Toshiba laptops I've used.

Toshiba e755 Pocket PC

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Long-time readers of this column know that my opinion is split about Microsoft OSs for mobile devices. I've been a fan (and user) of Windows CE on handheld PCs (H/PCs) and of Windows XP on Tablet PCs, but on pocket-sized devices I've historically come down squarely in favor of the Palm OS. Two recent events have forced me to reconsider my opinion. First, I had an opportunity to use a Pocket PC 2003 device with built-in 802.11b Wi-Fi wireless network support. Second, I discovered a backup flaw on Palm OS devices—and a larger problem became apparent as I went looking for solutions.

My wife and I both use older Palm devices, and I'm not quite ready to buy replacements. But when the time comes, I plan to give Pocket PCs a close look. Here's why.

Recent Pocket PC 2003 Hardware

I've used various earlier models of Pocket PC devices, but I haven't had the chance to test a Pocket PC 2003 device until this year. The device I tested is a Toshiba e750—a high-end model with a 400MHz Intel PXA255 processor, 96MB of RAM, and Windows Mobile 2003 software in ROM. Measuring 5.9" × 3.1" × 0.6" and weighing 6.7 ounces, the e750 fits nicely in a shirt pocket. The device's best feature, however, is its built-in wireless networking. I've used add-on Wi-Fi cards with older Pocket PC 2002 devices, but the built-in wireless functionality makes more of a difference than I expected. And to my surprise, the unit boasts reasonable battery such as Toshiba PA3250U-1BAS Battery, Toshiba PA3356U-1BAS Battery, Toshiba PA3291U-1BAS Battery, Toshiba PA3591U-1BAS Battery, Toshiba PA3641U-1BAS Battery, Toshiba PA3641U-1BRS Battery, Toshiba PABAS123 Battery, Toshiba PA3727U-1BRS Battery, Toshiba PA3534U-1BRS Battery, Toshiba PA3535U-1BRS Battery life, even when I'm using the wireless card. In fact, I have yet to exhaust the battery (which recharges when I place the device in its sync cradle).

Despite its long list of features, the e750 retails for less than $400. I got it as part of a package intended for private pilots of small airplanes, and the documentation instructed me not to enable the built-in wireless modem, which might interfere with onboard communications and navigation equipment. Why bundle a Pocket PC that features built-in wireless capability in a package that discourages the use of that feature? I posed that question to a vendor representative, who told me that some clients want the capability for use on the ground and that the cost is so low that they've decided to standardize on the e750.

That answer got my attention, and I spent some time playing around with the device in nonaviation scenarios. The more I played, the more impressed I became. Microsoft has significantly improved many Pocket PC features. In particular, the wireless network support is hugely improved over the last version I looked at. Connecting to my home office's wireless LAN (WLAN) was as easy as flipping the wireless switch on the bottom of the unit and tapping the Wireless Networks icon on the Control Panel System tab. As Figure 1 shows, the device detected Access Points (APs) for both me (LIONEL) and my next-door neighbor (linksys). The device also correctly identified my network as Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP)­enabled and asked me for a password. (The e750 also includes options for shared-mode network authentication, automatic key distribution, and 802.1x-based network access.) I connected to the Internet in just a few seconds.

As Figure 2 shows, Pocket Internet Explorer (PIE) now supports proxy servers, which are necessary for behind-the-firewall Web access at many organizations. I used a proxy server to access database search pages at the library of the University of North Dakota, at which I'm a graduate student. Aside from the need to scroll around the small Pocket PC display, the process was completely seamless and I was able to access everything that I typically reach from my desk.

The e750 requires a new version of Microsoft ActiveSync for synchronization with Windows Mobile 2003 devices (including Pocket PCs), so I downloaded the software, installed it, and was able to sync the e750 with my desktop by simply dropping the device into its sync cradle. Again, the process was seamless, and in a matter of minutes I copied my Microsoft Outlook Address Book, Calendar, and Inbox to the e750. And after a first sync through the cradle, I found that I could sync wirelessly. (I tested synchronization on my desktop PC, but in a corporate environment you could sync directly with a Microsoft Exchange Server system, as Figure 3 shows.)

Just a few days after I got the e750, I left on a 4-day business trip and brought the device with me. I was able to use the e750 at public Wi-Fi hotspots in the Sacramento, California, and Denver, Colorado, airports and in a Denver hotel. In each case, after I got the necessary credentials for wireless Internet access, the e750 provided full functionality, including Web browsing and wireless email—all at quite a high speed. Compared with the slow, text-only wireless email my old Palm VIIx provides, this functionality was a revelation.

As you can tell, I'm impressed with the e750. The features I've described are also available on other Pocket PC 2003 devices, although I can't vouch for the performance or battery life of other models.

Palm Problems

The same week that I started experimenting with the e750, a friend called with a problem. Like me, he runs Outlook on his desktop PC, but he felt that this setup was excessively complex—and expensive—for a home-computer user such as his wife. Palm devices come with a simpler personal information manager (PIM) called Palm Desktop, so he set that up for her. Unfortunately, she lost some items from her Palm device's calendar, and he was having difficulty figuring out how to restore backup data into Palm Desktop.

I assumed this problem would be simple to solve, primarily because my wife uses exactly the same setup. I started with a search of the palmOne Web site, and when that didn't turn up a clear answer, I tried Palm Desktop's online Help. No assistance there. Eventually, I turned to David Pogue's invaluable book Palm Pilot: The Ultimate Guide (O'Reilly, 1999), and I found the answer after a quick search. Without diving too deeply into the details (if you need them, feel free to email me), the gist of my discovery was that Palm Desktop uses separate databases for each module (e.g., calendar, address book, notes). Each database must be archived (or restored) separately. My friend had assumed that backing up the Palm Desktop data files on his wife's PC would provide a full archive of all data from a particular date range, but as of this writing neither of us has figured out how to restore any data—and we've both spent considerable time trying.

Of course, you don't have to use Palm Desktop—in fact, I'm willing to bet that most users don't. The CD-ROM that comes with new Palm devices includes a conduit (Palm's terminology for middleware that permits synchronization with a Palm-based PDA) for Outlook, so you can back up and restore data by using a .pst file in the usual way. I'm currently setting up that conduit for my wife. But I'm disturbed that Palm doesn't have a simple methodology for the PIM software it provides in the box with the device.

I'm also disturbed that the most helpful documentation about this problem came not from Palm but from a book that hasn't been revised since 1999. This concern leads me to the inevitable question: What's going on at Palm? I've owned Palm devices for more than 5 years, and I'm having increasing trouble understanding the company's product line and strategy.

Still, palmOne (the company's name changed last year) continues to support the low-bandwidth Palm.Net system that my old, reliable Palm VIIx uses. The Palm.Net system has one huge advantage over any other wireless network that I'm aware of: true nationwide coverage. Palm also offers devices that have built-in 802.11x support and Bluetooth, as well as the Treo line of smartphone devices that Palm acquired from Handspring last year.

Palm's problem is that it doesn't have a consistent strategy in the wireless Web arena. The Web-clipping approach of the low-bandwidth Palm.Net service isn't well suited to high-bandwidth connections such as Wi-Fi. As a Palm.Net user, I can't help but notice that some of the big names that once supported it no longer do. My Palm VIIx's The Wall Street Journal Online and Ask Jeeves applets, for example, are no longer functional. These companies have apparently decided that Palm.Net applications simply aren't worth the trouble.

Pocket PC Rising

I'm finding Pocket PC applications just about everywhere I look these days. I'm taking a graduate course in observational astronomy, and Software Bisque's TheSky, a popular "virtual planetarium" program, comes in a mobile version for Pocket PCs—but it isn't available for Palm devices. I work as a volunteer pharmacist with Liga International in Mexico and have been using Tarascon Publishing's Tarascon Pocket Pharmacopoeia software on my Palm VIIx for over a year—and now a Pocket PC version is available. And AirGator!'s NAVAir, the aviation software that the e750 came with, is available only for Pocket PCs—Palm devices aren't supported.

This trend seems to extend to general business and vertical applications as well. Pocket PCs and other Windows Mobile devices are looking better and better. And they're getting increasilngly popular all the time. Will this trend spell the end for Palm? I hope Palm survives and thrives—but I'm beginning to wonder about the company's future.

The Old Toshiba's Swan Song

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I went on a business trip to Tel Aviv, Israel, last week, which let me spend some final quality time with my old Toshiba laptop. As you might recall from an earlier column, I ordered a ThinkPad T20 in July—but I ended up canceling the order because the model I wanted wouldn't ship until September. As if to add insult to injury, IBM sent all the laptop accessories I had ordered—such as the extra battery like Toshiba Satellite A70 Battery, Toshiba Satellite A75 Battery, Toshiba Tecra 8000 Battery, Toshiba Tecra 8100 Battery, Toshiba Tecra 9000 Battery, Toshiba Tecra 9100 Battery, Toshiba Satellite 1900 Battery, Toshiba Satellite A60-662 Battery, Toshiba Satellite A65 Battery, Toshiba Satellite 2100 Battery, UltraPort camera, and CDRW—ahead of time to guard against being out of stock when the unit shipped. Somehow, having those parts but not the machine itself was more painful than having nothing at all. I've now ordered a Compaq Presario 1700, which seems to offer features similar to those of the ThinkPad at a significantly lower cost. We'll see.

For this final go-round with the Toshiba, however, I reinstalled Windows 2000 so that I could take advantage of its superior power management features on the agonizingly long flight. I wasn't disappointed: Together, the two standard batteries lasted a good 5 hours, and I actually had a third battery through a quirk of fate (I thought one of the batteries had died and ordered another; the extra battery finally came in handy). I used the flight to catch up on email: I answered more than 110 email messages on the 10-hour flight to Tel Aviv and cleared out hundreds more that were more than a month old. (If you've written me in the past and not gotten a reply yet, I apologize. My email is sometimes a black hole.)

Our plane was a 777, which offers tremendous seating space and some interesting electronics, including power jacks for laptops (although you need to buy a special adapter beforehand, which I didn't have) and personal TV sets on retractable arms that are controlled by a Nintendo-like remote control. The programming included movies, TV shows, and a variety of video games. But the most interesting thing was an in-flight display showing the current location of the plane on a map, the ground and air speed, the altitude, the distance and time remaining in the flight, and a variety of times related to the flight, such as the local time at origin and destination. It's fascinating to track the very plane you're on in realtime. I had to stop myself from staring at the display for extended periods.

International travel involves a few other computing considerations, of course. I purchased a set of international power supply adapters ahead of time, for example. Because Israel uses the same telephone jacks as the United States, modem access wasn't an issue. But I never used the modem anyway because the company I visited was online and had ample network connections. Once I arrived, I was online in seconds using DHCP, accessing the Web and getting email.

Throughout the trip, to be honest, I was pretty happy with Win2K's performance. The Offline Folders feature kept the My Documents folder synched up nicely, although a moment of faith was required when I got back and reconnected the machine to my home network. No need to worry: Synchronization appeared to work flawlessly. One odd little glitch involved Win2K's Date/Time settings: The system didn't list Tel Aviv, but it did list Jerusalem, which was close enough. But according to Win2K, Jerusalem is 6 hours ahead of Boston, when it's actually 7 hours ahead. The incorrect interval caused a bit of a headache, mostly for scheduling phone calls home. I'm a little concerned that the Date/Time feature wasn't correct, however: Perhaps it's a daylight-saving time issue.

Regardless, I was again reminded of Win2K's mobile prowess, which left me itching even more for a modern laptop. Hopefully, my Compaq buying experience won't be as painful as the IBM one was. I'm not optimistic.

Toshiba Regza AT1S0

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The original Toshiba Regza AT100 impressed us with its support for full-size ports and the ability to remove its battery and swap in a new one. Features that are still unmatched in mainstream tablets.

The 7-inch version (also known as the Toshiba Thrive 7-inch in some countries) is here now, but with its smaller form factor, can it possibly offer the same experience?

Overall, the Regza AT1S0 provides a very typical Honeycomb experience, with no word yet on whether an Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade is in the works.

The Regza AT1S0 comes packed with all the formerly impressive tablet hardware goodies we now take for granted. These include a 7-inch capacitive touch screen running at 1,280 x 800-pixel resolution, 1GHz Nvidia Tegra 2 CPU, 1GB of RAM, and 32GB of flash memory storage, with a 16GB version available as well. The gyroscope, accelerometer, ambient light sensor, Bluetooth 3.0, and 802.11 b/g/n network adapter such as Toshiba Portege M700 Adapter, Toshiba Satellite A10 Adapter, Toshiba Portege R600 Adapter, Toshiba Portege PPR65U Adapter, Toshiba Satellite A75 Adapter, Toshiba Qosmio G25 Adapter, Toshiba Qosmio F50 Adapter, Toshiba Tecra A1 Adapter, Toshiba Tecra A9 Adapter, Toshiba Tecra R10 Adapter, Toshiba Satellite R10 Adapter round out the hardware highlights.

Many Honeycomb tablets deliver haptic feedback for doing certain tasks. For example, pressing the home button delivers a quick vibration to the tablet, continuing to your hands. However, on the Regza AT1S0, the feedback feels less like a vibration and more of a sudden "pop" inside the device which we found a little disconcerting. We soon realized this was not a warning sign of its imminent detonation, but only its interpretation of the haptic vibration. It just felt weird, so we shut it off immediately anyway.

Performance And Battery Life

Navigating Honeycomb on the Regza AT1S0 felt fast, smooth, and its screen was noticeably more responsive than the 7.0 Plus', especially when swiping.

We experienced that same smooth swiping when surfing the Web; however, after a site was loaded, scrolling quickly down a page on the Regza AT1S0 produced lots of visible clipping. When surfing the Web, to make sure the 1GHz Tegra 2 CPU isn't wasting time drawing assets no one can see, it will only draw the assets on the screen and anything not currently on the screen will be drawn when you scroll to it. As a result, if you scroll too quickly you'll see assets draw in as the tablet attempts to keep up with your scrolling speed. On the 7.0 Plus, with its faster 1.2GHz Samsung Exynos CPU, clipping was virtually nonexistent.

While Samsung's proprietary PLS screen technology contributes to the 7.0 Plus delivering the highest levels of color reproduction on a 7-inch tablet screen, the IPS screen on the Regza AT1S0 still impresses. The Regza AT1S0's screen delivers wide viewing angles, a high brightness, and pretty good color reproduction, if not quite as good as the 7.0 Plus.

Riptide GP, a personal watercraft game available on the Android market, is great when comparing tablet GPU performance. Unlike Shadowgun, which seems to cap its frame rate, Riptide actually scales and depending on the speed of the processor running it, the game's framerate will be noticeably smoother or choppier. In our tests, the 7.0 Plus delivered an obviously smoother experience than the Regza AT1S0. Riptide on the Regza AT1S0 is still perfectly playable, it's just not as smooth.

For movie playback, both MKV and MOV movies we tried on the Regza AT1S0 wouldn't play. We received a warning that it couldn't handle those formats, but unlike the 7.0 Plus, which offered to convert the same files into formats that the tablet was compatible with, the Regza AT1S0 offered no such option.

The Regza AT1S0's 5-megapixel rear camera took decent still photos, but when compared with photos taken by the 7.0 Plus's rear 3-megapixel camera showing higher levels of color saturation, they looked a bit washed out. Shutter lag on the Regza AT1S0's camera was painfully slow, sometimes lasting up to 6 seconds, giving whatever moment you were all set to capture to be long gone by the time it snapped. The 7.0 Plus was, on average, about 2 seconds faster.

Video playback of recorded video wasn't as smooth as that on the 7.0 Plus; however, the 7.0 Plus seemed to wash out the image too much. Surprising, given the way it handled color in pics. The Regza AT1S0's recorded video color was much better balanced.

Conclusion

Seven-inch tablets aren't cheap. Well, full-featured 7-inch tablets aren't cheap. Though the Kindle Fire and Nook Tablet offer very controlled experiences, if all you want to do is read a book, watch some movies, play a game every now and then, and surf the Web, there aren't much better ways to spend US$200 to US$250.

If a less controlled 7-inch tablet experience is worth another US$200 to you, then make sure you get the one that offers the most for the money. While the Regza AT1S0 has more ports and a more responsive screen, the 7.0 Plus' faster performance and more thoughtful design make it a better choice. Ed: The Toshiba Regza AT1S0 is available now in South and Southeast Asia at a starting price of S$799 (US$611).

The 10-inch Regza AT100 got props for offering full ports and a swappable battery at a very decent price. Not including those same features here, misses the point. The Regza AT1S0 isn't a bad tablet; there are just much more appealing options out there for your cash.

Service And Support

The Toshiba Regza AT1S0 comes with a one-year carry-in warranty for the tablet and its battery. On its support Web site, you can extend the product warranty, browse frequently asked questions and other technical issues. Technical support is available via phone, though in case of hardware failure the unit has to be brought to a service center for repair.

Toshiba e750

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Toshiba has something of a reputation for building sturdy, neat handheld computers.In fact, most models tend to look the same and that is the case with the e750. This high-end model looks very similar to some of the poorer relations in the Toshiba range. A key physical difference between this and lower-cost models is the 3.8in screen - most Pocket PCs have 3.5in displays. The extra bit of display comes into its own if you like graphics-rich applications like viewing web pages or images. That said, no more information can fit on this screen than smaller ones as it runs at the same 240 x 320 resolution. Everything on the screen just appears a little larger.

The two really interesting features of the Toshiba are hidden from the casual observer. First, the e750 comes with Wi-Fi built in. This means you can join a wireless network in a suitably equipped coffee shop or airport departure lounge without fiddling around with an expansion card. It also means that both the memory card slots are available for adding extras.

The other special feature of the e750 is that it has a total of 96Mb of memory. The standard 64Mb which is split between storage for applications you add and space in which to run applications.

An Intel PXA 255 processor provides the speed and runs at 400MHz. This is the fastest handheld processor available. Toshiba claims 10 hours of life from the battery between charges - you can lengthen this by slowing the processor speed in the software - and if you really need more, a supplementary 30 hour battery like Toshiba PA3727U-1BRS Battery, Toshiba PA3534U-1BRS Battery, Toshiba PA3535U-1BRS Battery, Toshiba PABAS098 Battery, Toshiba PABAS099 Battery, Toshiba Satellite A200 Battery, Toshiba PA3729U-1BAS Battery, Toshiba Satellite P500 Battery, Toshiba Satellite P505 Battery, Toshiba Satellite P505D Battery is available.

There are other versions of the e750 available. The e750 Bluetooth model sells for around £40 less than the Wi-Fi version, while a version running the older Pocket PC 2002 edition still costs £499 but can be upgraded for free to the latest 2003 version at a later date if you fancy it. We can't think why you would.

If anything lets this handheld down it is the fact that Toshiba provides a meagre software bundle. Overall, though, if neat and stylish is what you like and you have the cash, the e750 is a nice handheld.

Toshiba Satellite Pro 6100

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While users of notebook PCs can boast portability over their desktop devotees, the notebook has traditionally come second best where processing power and graphics are concerned.

Although developments by AMD and Intel have increased the speed of mobile processors to compete with their desktop equivalents, graphics have always been a sore point - until now.

The Pro 6100 is Toshiba's latest newcomer to its Satellite range and enjoys a specification up there with the best we've seen from a notebook. At £2,500, we expect it to be good.

Starting with the processor, we were pleased to find Toshiba has made use of the new mobile Pentium 4. Unlike their desktop brethren, mobile Pentium 4s are built with a chipset that supports speedy DDR memory.

So the 256Mb of DDR memory built into the unit complements the 1.7GHz processor well, ensuring quick application loading times and fast data processing.

That said, any computer packing a price tag this large should be wearing twice that much memory. The 40Gb hard disk will last, storing everything from small office documents to large digital media files.

Intel has also tried to combat poor battery life by giving its SpeedStep technology a slight makeover. SpeedStep now slows down the processor when the notebook is running on battery like Toshiba PA3727U-1BRS Battery, Toshiba PA3534U-1BRS Battery, Toshiba PA3535U-1BRS Battery, Toshiba PABAS098 Battery, Toshiba PABAS099 Battery, Toshiba Satellite A200 Battery, Toshiba PA3729U-1BAS Battery, Toshiba Satellite P500 Battery, Toshiba Satellite P505 Battery, Toshiba Satellite P505D Battery and decreases system power when in sleep mode.

This provided a battery life of just under two hours. That may not sound like much but, considering the power of this monster, we were more than pleased with the results.

Where this machine really stands out, however, is in its graphics performance. Not only does it incorporate the Pentium 4-M, it sports the first nVidia GeForce4 420 Go graphics card we've seen.

This allows a previously unheard of maximum screen resolution of 1,600 x 1,200 and, when united with 32Mb of dedicated graphics memory, provides the best visual gaming experience we've encountered on a notebook.

Even while dodging bullets in the graphics-hungry Medal of Honor, we were met with a smooth display and jitter-free playing.

The Satellite Pro 6100 is well measured on the hardware front with a CD-RW/DVD-Rom combination drive making it possible to watch DVD movies on the clear 15.1in display or create audio CDs.

If you don't fancy the idea of squeezing around the notebook for a night of movie watching, you can employ the built-in S-Video socket to show the picture on a normal television.

The two stereo speakers moulded below the display sound good and the headphone socket is built into the front of the unit for convenience.

As expected, parallel, TV-out, serial, modem and network sockets can be found behind a flip-down cover at the rear of the notebook, while an SD Card slot, PC Card slot, PS/2 and two USB ports are positioned just next door.

Wireless connectivity is provided by the infrared port or Bluetooth connections.

Anyone brave enough to stump up for this beast will have the one-off choice of installing Windows 2000 or XP. We chose the latter, which looked great with the display set-up.

The Satellite Pro 6100 is the fastest, best-specified notebook we've seen to date. Even if it does cost a small fortune, we were still very impressed.

new direction with universal converged network adapter platform

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Emulex's "universal converged network adapter" platform represents a new direction for the company, one industry analyst told eChannelLine.

The company's new product, OneConnect, is a technical response to the ongoing headache in many IT shops of overloaded network traffic and a resulting sluggishness, stated Richard Villars, vice president, storage systems at IDC.

"It is a pretty straight forward development. There is a combination of trends that are all coming at once. One is the move of 10 Gigabit Ethernet into the data centers and the second is the pendulum swinging away from small volume servers dedicated to one application, to much larger intensive systems."

He stated it is becoming too difficult for systems to process both the work of virtual and physical servers containing intense applications and the network at the same time.

"I think for a lot of time there was a belief that servers were so underutilized for a host of reasons that you didn't have to worry about network overload."

The Emulex OneConnect UCNA platform supports Enhanced Ethernet protocols that support IP and storage networking, including TCP/IP, iSCSI, NAS and FCoE, and the major server architectures within a single hardware platform

The product essentially consolidates IP networking, Fibre Channel storage networking, and clustered low latency networking under one networking fabric, stated Shaun Walsh, vice president of corporate marketing at Emulex.

Simplified systems management and cost savings should result from the presence of fewer items such as adapters like Toshiba Portege M700 Adapter, Toshiba Satellite A10 Adapter, Toshiba Portege R600 Adapter, Toshiba Portege PPR65U Adapter, Toshiba Satellite A75 Adapter, Toshiba Qosmio G25 Adapter, Toshiba Qosmio F50 Adapter, Toshiba Tecra A1 Adapter, Toshiba Tecra A9 Adapter, Toshiba Tecra R10 Adapter, Toshiba Satellite R10 Adapter, switching and cabling in a converged network under OneConnect, he explained.

Universal networking is not a new concept, but this is the first product of its kind that is on the Ethernet, Walsh added.

"So, just as people have consolidated ten or 15 pizza boxes [i.e. single u rackmount servers] on a single physical server with virtualization, we can do the same thing with converged networks, where we can take three network fabrics and run them on all on the same physical piece of hardware."

Greg Schulz, senior analyst and founder of Storage I/O, noted that all of the converged adapter vendors (e.g. Brocade, Emulex, Qlogic and even Intel among others) have either made product announcements or statements of directions around their converged network and storage adapters.

"Look for more noise and activity as the industry shifts to a broader scale adoption of converged I/O, telephony, data and storage networking over the next couple of years."

Schulz stated that new connectivity architectures will be a great boon for common commercial and business applications.

Toshiba R400-S4931

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Despite recent rave reviews for its ultraportable convertible tablet, the Portege M200, Toshiba seems to have taken a step backward with its new Portege R400-S4931. It is for the most part a successful--and fashionable-looking--notebook, with good speed for its class. But its screen is too thick and unresponsive to work well as a notepad. Considering that some of its other features could have been better executed as well, recommending the this laptop would be difficult even if it didn't cost a jaw-dropping $3499 (as of April 11, 2007).

A sturdy magnesium-polycarbonate unit, the R400-S4931 weighs a light 3.8 pounds--not including a dual-layer DVD writer, which you have to attach separately as a USB peripheral. The quoted weight also excludes the unit's add-on 4000-milliamp battery, a 1.9-pound bottom slice included in the box and intended to augment the primary 4000-milliamp battery such as Toshiba PA3399U-1BRS Battery, Toshiba PA3395U-1BRS Battery, Toshiba PA3250U-1BRS Battery, Toshiba PA3356U-1BRS Battery, Toshiba PA3291U-1BRS Battery, Toshiba PA3506U-1BRS Battery, Toshiba PA3591U-1BRS Battery, Toshiba Portege 4000 Battery, Toshiba Satellite A10 Battery, Toshiba Satellite A100 Battery. We needed both batteries to achieve a run time of 5.5 hours from the R400-S4931 in our battery tests. Together, the batteries bump the system's weight up to almost 6 pounds.

These design choices don't especially detract from the R400-S4931 as notebook. It has a big, comfortably slanted keyboard (thanks to the battery slice) and a tremendously bright LED-backlit 12.1-inch screen. Fashionistas will appreciate the eye-popping black and white case. On the other hand, tablet users will find the extra weight a bit onerous, and keeping track of the extra pieces is a hassle.

Like many other wireless-capable notebooks, the R400-S4931 has no modem jack, but it also lacks a next-generation ExpressCard slot and a shared memory card slot. It is fully equipped for wireless communications, however, with integrated Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and Verizon EvDO cellular broadband. A one-line status LCD on the front of the unit uses wireless networking and Vista's new SideShow capability to keep on-the-go professionals zeroed in on their next appointment. The LCD synchronizes and displays e-mail and calendar notifications and status information such as Wi-Fi activity, battery life, and time, even when the notebook is in suspend mode or completely turned off. Because the LCD remains visible at all times, you can stay in the communications loop with just a quick glance.

For use as a tablet, the R400-S4931's screen easily turns 180 degrees and closes against the keyboard for writing, but there are no visual cues (like the arrow most tablets have) imprinted near the hinge, so you might turn it the wrong way. Tablet buttons are plentiful and easy to customize to make navigating your work in tablet mode easier. Not everything worked smoothly, though. Changing to tablet mode automatically rotates the screen to portrait mode, but changing the orientation after that can be troublesome. We had to press the orientation button beneath the LCD repeatedly while holding and jiggling the unit in its new position; and the picture took several seconds to change.

The screen's glossy, scratch-resistant coating makes the notebook display great, and writing on it in tablet mode was fairly easy once we got used to the extra thickness. But that glossy layer seemed to get in the way of taps. We had to tap hard and sometimes more than once to register choices.

Performance is another weak area for the R400-S4931. Equipped with a 1.2-GHz Core Duo U2500 processor and 2GB of RAM, it posted a fair WorldBench 6 Beta 2 score of 48. Its slow 4200-rpm hard drive probably contributed to its pedestrian performance.

The R400-S4931 is stylish, and its side LED and wireless-focused design may be trailblazing. But too many design inconveniences, along with difficult tablet input, make this model one of Toshiba's rare unsuccessful efforts.

Toshiba U305-S5127 All-Purpose Laptop

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Store-bought fare doesn't get much better than the Toshiba Satellite U305-S5127. It's a preconfigured retail-only Windows Vista Home Premium laptop that hits all the right notes for good portable computing: light heft, bright screen, nice price, and great battery life. It's all there. Even so-so speed and a slightly imperfect keyboard do little to mar the gotta-have-it vibe.

This glossy black, $1350 (as of 10/24/11) all-purpose laptop weighs 4.9 pounds and has a small but very bright 13.3-inch 1280-by-800 screen. The display was so bright that I suspected new LED technology at work in the background, but it is in fact a 250-NIT LCD (an above-average brightness spec) combined with TruBrite technology.

The notebook's battery like Toshiba PA2487U Battery, Toshiba PA3107U-1BRS Battery, Toshiba PA3383U-1BRS Battery, Toshiba PA3384U-1BRS Battery, Toshiba PA3285U-1BRS Battery, Toshiba PA3191U-1BRS Battery, Toshiba PA3166U-1BRS Battery, Toshiba PA3331U-1BRS Battery, Toshiba PA3098U-1BRS Battery, Toshiba PA3084U-1BRS Battery, Toshiba PA3729U-1BRS Battery, a low-profile bar attached to the rear, lasted an incredible 6.1 hours on one charge in our tests--2.2 hours longer than the 3.9-hour average of 14 currently tested all-purpose laptops. In fact, only three ultraportable notebooks we've tested have done better, with the pricey $2558 Fujitsu LifeBook T2010 holding the record of 6 hours, 58 minutes. Costing $1208 less than the T2010, the U305-S5127 gives a huge bang for the buck.

As for speed, this 1.8-GHz Core 2 Duo T7100-equipped unit with 2GB of RAM and shared video memory could have done a tad better. It earned a WorldBench 6 Beta 2 score of 68, six points lower than the average of 74 earned by 14 other currently tested all-purpose laptops. Still, it's plenty fast enough for word processing, e-mail, Internet browsing, light video and graphics editing, and movies.

The petite U305-S5127 comes fully equipped with many ports and connections, including a DVD burner and an ExpressCard slot smartly dovetailed on the sides, with a few others, such as an SD Card slot and a FireWire port, judiciously sprinkled on the front. Built-in antennas cover Wi-Fi and Bluetooth wireless communications, though not the wider-area mobile broadband. The U305-S5127 is not loaded with security features, but it does have a raised area on the bottom that helps protect the 200GB hard drive.

The matte-silver keyboard with its crisp black lettering is a standout both visually and functionally. Keys are slightly raised above the surface of the laptop so they don't touch one another, and they give the laptop an avant-garde look. At first, the tops felt too small to type on, but soon the keyboard's comfortable incline (thanks to the bar battery) and superb layout helped me adjust. Ctrl key freaks will love the fact that this key not only occupies the bottom-left corner spot but also is twice the usual size. If you rely on Ctrl to perform most combination-stroke shortcuts, this nicely designed key alone might be the deciding factor to buy the U305-S5127. Above the keyboard are a row of CD and DVD control buttons and a separate Internet launch button.

The speakers are too raspy to enjoy by themselves, but with headphones and play buttons at your fingertips, the U305-S5127 makes a decent DVD player for coast-to-coast-and-back-again entertainment. My only complaint is about the mouse buttons, which I found too small and forced too far apart by the fingerprint reader to be entirely comfortable. An external mouse handily fixes that problem, though. If you've been spoiled by business-level Microsoft Office applications, you might have to shell out a few more bucks to complete your purchase of the U305-S5127, since the notebook comes bundled with only Microsoft Works 8.5 applications.

Light, parsimonious in its battery consumption, and handsome to boot, the Toshiba Satellite U305-S5127 sells itself.

New Toshiba Tablet PCs

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Although the pen-based computing concept and Microsoft's latest attempt at it get good marks, information technology managers, analysts and others in the industry say machines running the software giant's Windows XP Tablet PC Edition OS need to improve in function and come down in cost before tablet devices achieve broad-based popularity.

The latest crop of gadgets is set to debut at a high-profile launch in New York on Thursday. Weighing 3 to 4 pounds and costing north of $2,000, the PCs use a specialized version of Microsoft's Windows XP operating system that's optimized for pen input.

Merrill Lynch Chief Technology Officer John McKinley said the current crop of tablets running Microsoft's software is by far the best pen-based computing effort to date. However, he doesn't see sales taking off right away. Among the reasons is that, as good as Microsoft's handwriting recognition is, it still has just as much trouble deciphering bad script as any other handwriting recognition program.

"There are no miracles," McKinley said in an interview. "I got a C in handwriting in grade school. Having used the tablet, I understand why I got a C."

Microsoft officials declined to comment for this story. In the past, the company has said it hopes to eventually convince a significant portion of corporate laptop buyers to choose a tablet PC.

"If you can get (a notebook) for about $1,800 with long life battery like Toshiba Satellite A70 Battery, Toshiba Satellite A75 Battery, Toshiba Tecra 8000 Battery, Toshiba Tecra 8100 Battery, Toshiba Tecra 9000 Battery, Toshiba Tecra 9100 Battery, Toshiba Satellite 1900 Battery, Toshiba Satellite A60-662 Battery, Toshiba Satellite A65 Battery, Toshiba Satellite 2100 Battery and high screen resolution, and for less than a 10 percent increment have your tablet (PC), I think a significant part of that market will find that a compelling value proposition," Microsoft group vice president Jeff Raikes said in a September interview.

For the most part, the devices running the new Microsoft OS fall into two categories.

Some of them, including models from Toshiba and Acer, are laptops with screens that can be twisted around backward and then folded down to create a tablet. Others are pure tablets, resembling an Etch-a-Sketch. Hewlett-Packard takes the middle ground between handheld and notebook, with a model that can operate as a laptop, but only with a plug-in keyboard.

Larry Singer, the chief information officer for the state of Georgia, said he likes the idea of a tablet computer for entering data, but says such devices don't really replace laptops.

"We don't see this as a replacement for a notebook," Singer said. "I really think it's replacing paper. It's (playing to) a different audience that doesn't have PCs now; people who do forms work in the field."

As Singer sees it, the devices could be used by people such as child-welfare case workers, who rely heavily on paper files. Case workers could take a tablet PC along on a home visit, for example. Rather than filling out a stack of paper forms, workers could enter and maintain case files electronically, speeding the process and potentially saving money.

Although the devices could have other solid uses, such as in schools, Singer said the current crop doesn't pass the durability test.

New Toshiba Thrive Tablet Online

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Office Depot (NYSE:ODP), celebrating 25 years as a leading global provider of office supplies and services, today announced pre-sale availability of the Toshiba ThriveTM Tablet. Customers can pre-order the Thrive Tablet today by visiting www.officedepot.com. Pre-ordered items will start shipping directly to customers on July 10. The Toshiba Thrive is available in 8GB* ($429), 16GB ($479), and 32GB ($579) models.

The Thrive Tablet delivers a full AndroidTM experience with robust multi-tasking and customization capabilities of Android 3.1 (Honeycomb). Optimized for tablets, Honeycomb delivers a simple user interface, five customizable home screens, plus a full suite of popular Google Mobile Service applications, including YouTube", Gmail", Google Maps", Music, Videos and more, in addition to the Android Market".

Powered by the NVIDIA® Tegra" 2 processor, the Thrive Tablet offers a convenient new way to connect, browse and enjoy videos, movies, games, photos, books and more. From its 10.1-inch diagonal high-resolution (1280x800) multi-touch LED backlit widescreen display, consumers can enjoy a more complete web experience with fast browsing.

The Thrive Tablet is equipped with a pair of high-resolution cameras, including a 2MP front-facing webcam and 5MP rear-facing camera. Stereo speakers tuned with sound enhancement technologies from Toshiba and SRS® Labs deliver more natural sound and enhanced clarity for entertainment and video chatting.

Dressed in a unique Easy Grip finish, the Thrive Tablet features a slip-resistant surface that is soft to the touch and comfortable to hold. The only tablet to offer a removable back cover, consumers can quickly personalize their tablet with color. A selection of interchangeable back covers in five vibrant colors Blue Moon, Raspberry Fusion, Lavender Bliss, Silvery Sky and Green Apple will be available for $19.99 upon launch. A removable battery pack offers further flexibility, giving consumers the ability to add or replace a battery like Toshiba Satellite A70 Battery, Toshiba Satellite A75 Battery, Toshiba Tecra 8000 Battery, Toshiba Tecra 8100 Battery, Toshiba Tecra 9000 Battery, Toshiba Tecra 9100 Battery, Toshiba Satellite 1900 Battery, Toshiba Satellite A60-662 Battery, Toshiba Satellite A65 Battery, Toshiba Satellite 2100 Battery as needed.

The Toshiba Thrive is one of the hottest tablets on the market and we are thrilled to make all three models of the Thrive available to Office Depot customers, said Randy Wick, Vice President of Technology Merchandising for Office Depot. The speed and functionality of this tablet, combined with the ability for a customer to personalize, makes the Thrive attractive to business professionals, students and everyone in between.

Designed for simple connectivity with other digital devices, the Thrive Tablet features a robust collection of familiar, full-size ports, including USB 2.0, HDMI and an SD Card slot, giving consumers the ability to quickly sync and share their content with other devices. Pre-loaded applications, including the Toshiba File Manager and PrinterShare", make it simple to manage files and connect to a printer over a wireless network.

Toshiba Portege R400-S4931 Convertible Notebook Review

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The Toshiba Portege R400-S4931 convertible notebook showcases the new mobile features of the Windows Vista Ultimate operating system and looks great doing it. But although it's one of the sexiest business laptops we've seen, it's also one of the most expensive—our review unit cost a whopping $3,499. Considering its high price, we were a bit disappointed in the ultraportable's limited performance and subpar Toshiba Portege 4000 Battery life. But if you can get past these shortcomings, this stylish tablet will turn heads and increase your productivity on the road.

With its high-gloss, white-and-black case, the 3.8-pound R400-S4931 rivals the style quotient of Apple's MacBook. Though the classy looks likely contribute to the steep price, it's refreshing to see such an eye-catching design in a business portable. Measuring 1.2x12x9.4 inches, the laptop's body is made from magnesium and polycarbonate ABS, giving it a very sturdy, solid feel. Its 1,280x800-resolution, 12.1-inch display Toshiba Satellite A100 Battery is center-mounted on a single rotating hinge with pins on the bottom left and right sides of the screen to lock it into place. Instead of being lit by lamps at the sides of the display, the LCD is backlit with 40 individual LEDs that give off even brightness across the panel. The technology makes for a very sharp, bright display, but the screen's antiglare coating is reflective to the point of distraction and collects fingerprints at even the slightest touch—not great if you're regularly swiveling the screen for use as a tablet.

The power button and a set of quick-launch control buttons line the bottom of the LCD, and a fingerprint reader is embedded in the bezel. Along the front edge of the notebook, you'll find Toshiba's Edge Display. Viewable in notebook or tablet mode, this organic-light-emitting-diode (OLED) screen gives you at-a-glance access to information such as unopened e-mails, calendar alerts, Toshiba Satellite A10 Battery-charge level, and wireless-signal strength. Consumers likely won't find much use for the Edge Display, but it's a useful addition for mobile workers, especially since you can get e-mail and calendar alerts when the notebook is closed and in standby mode. And Microsoft's Active Notifications, new with the Vista OS, are used to automatically synchronize e-mail and calendar events.

Three buttons next to the Edge Display let you change the information being shown on the Toshiba Satellite A70 Battery screen, and next to them is a switch for quickly turning off the integrated 802.11a/b/g wireless receiver. Wireless-connectivity options also include built-in Bluetooth and Evolution Data Optimized (EV-DO) from Verizon Wireless. (EV-DO requires a separate subscription.)

While the R400-S4931 has a lot of features, it's light on ports. It has only two USB 2.0 ports, headphone and mic jacks, a VGA monitor out, an Ethernet jack, and an older PC Card slot. You won't find a built-in optical drive, but our test unit came with an external Toshiba Satellite A75 Battery USB DVD burner. Toshiba also sells docking stations to go with the notebook. In the upcoming months, you'll also be able to pick up the Toshiba Wireless Port Replicator, a white, router-size device that uses ultra-wideband (UWB) technology to automatically connect the R400-S4931 to a display and peripherals whenever it comes within a few feet of the Replicator.

Despite its ultra-low-voltage (ULV) 1.2GHz Core Duo U2500 processor—which, by its nature, isn't an overly powerful CPU—business users will find the R400-S4931 more than adequate for productivity tasks. Processing power is matched with 2GB of DDR2 memory, an 80GB hard drive that spins at a relatively slow 4,200rpm, and integrated Intel GMA 950 graphics. The configuration drives the Vista Ultimate OS surprisingly well, and application performance is respectable. Just don't expect to use the notebook for rendering video or editing large images or graphics files.

Though it's a compact business notebook with a ULV processor, the R400-S4931 delivers the kind of subpar Toshiba Tecra 8000 Battery life we'd expect from a budget desktop replacement. In our application-performance and DVD rundown tests (using the external USB optical drive), the standard six-cell Toshiba Tecra 8100 Battery endured for less than two hours, averaging 1 hour and 40 minutes. Our review unit came with a secondary Toshiba Tecra 9000 Battery that attaches to the bottom of the laptop and basically doubles your time, but it adds over 10 ounces to the unit's weight and about half an inch to its profile.

Toshiba includes three years of parts-and-labor coverage—an industry standard for business systems, but still nice to see in an off-the-shelf model.

Toshiba updates its range to take aim at Apple

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According to market share figures published last week, Toshiba has been enjoying something of a revival of late and the latest models look pretty tasty. Not only has the outfit decided to go after Apple's Imac with its Qosmio D710 desktop all-in-one but the Dynabook N510 thin-and-light really catches the eye.

Toshiba seems to be placing the Dynabook somewhere between a netbook and a consumer thin-and-light device. The 11.6-inch screen has 1366x768 resolution making it just larger than most netbooks. Underneath it's a mixture of netbook-grade and laptop hardware powered by Intel's Pentium U5600 1.33GHz chip with 2GB of RAM and a 320GB hard drive. Toshiba claims the battery in the Dynabook N510 such as Toshiba PA3084U-1BRS Battery, Toshiba PA3729U-1BRS Battery, Toshiba PA3399U-1BRS Battery, Toshiba PA3395U-1BRS Battery, Toshiba PA3250U-1BRS Battery, Toshiba PA3356U-1BRS Battery, Toshiba PA3291U-1BRS Battery, Toshiba PA3506U-1BRS Battery, Toshiba PA3591U-1BRS Battery is good for 6.1 hours.

As Toshiba is pitching the device at consumers, the Dynabook N510 comes in white, brown or black. Although its weight of 1.48kg is low, considering its size and hardware specifications it is a shame that Toshiba was unable to get that closer to the kilo mark.

By the time Toshiba ships the Dynabook N510 over to the UK expect it to carry the Satellite Txx moniker, replacing the Satellite T110 and T130.

Toshiba's Qosmio D710 and Dynabook N510 go up against Apple's Imac and Macbook Air, respectively. If Toshiba can price the models competitively - that is, significantly less - than its fruit themed rival, then it has a good chance of climbing the sales charts further.

Toshiba has not yet announced when these machines will tip up in the UK or their prices.

Non-working Toshiba AC adapter

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Places the Toshiba AC Adapter/system board connector right under the right side of the left mouse click button, right where maximum flexing occurs. This eventually breaks a contact of this micro 80 pin connector from the system board and the symptoms are intermittent power on, screen crashes during normal operation, or no power up at all.

First, take the notebook apart. To do this:

- Remove DVD drive

- Remove Battery

- Remove the keyboard by popping the thin plastic strip above the F-keys and the two screws at the upper edge above the keyboard. Note these are B-4's (Rounded head short). Tip up the keyboard and remove the Toshiba AC Adapter ribbon cable by lifting the ends of the connector to unlock the connector and pulling the ribbon cable out.

- Disconnect the two speaker cables at the top left. One is a 3-pin connector with a blue and white wire and the other is a 2-pin Toshiba AC Adapter such as Toshiba Portege M700 Adapter, Toshiba Satellite A10 Adapter, Toshiba Portege R600 Adapter, Toshiba Portege PPR65U Adapter, Toshiba Satellite A75 Adapter, Toshiba Qosmio G25 Adapter, Toshiba Qosmio F50 Adapter, Toshiba Tecra A1 Adapter, Toshiba Tecra A9 Adapter, Toshiba Tecra R10 Adapter, Toshiba Satellite R10 Adapter .

with a red and white wire.

- Disconnect the display connector, a many-pin connector to the right of the speaker cables.

- Remove the two F-4 (Flat-head short) screws from the rear under the connector flip-down flap.

- Remove all screws from the bottom except those holding covers on with one exception: Remove cover with Torox screw and untangle wire inside. Put cover back on when this wire is free. Note that the screw size is marked on the cover at all locations.

- Be sure to remove the screw that is recessed where the DVD drive was removed.

- Gently lift the top cover and remove the mouse ribbon cable from the connector under it.

- Now, remove the top and place it aside

- Remove two screws from the Toshiba AC Adapter. One is near the top left of the module and the other is near the right edge where the thermister is. Note the location of this thermistor for reassembly.

Replace PC CMOS Battery

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All desktop and laptop computers use a special battery called a Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS) battery which stores information about your computer, such as the date and time, when the machine is powered off. Normally the laptop battery re-charges itself whenever the computer is turned on but if it stops working or becomes damaged you will need to replace it manually.

Unplug the power cord from the power supply on the back of your computer. Remove all of the extra cables for the mouse, keyboard, monitor, printer and speakers.

Use a screwdriver to unscrew the case screws on the side of your computer and battery such as Toshiba PA2487U Battery, Toshiba PA3107U-1BRS Battery, Toshiba PA3383U-1BRS Battery, Toshiba PA3384U-1BRS Battery, Toshiba PA3285U-1BRS Battery, Toshiba PA3191U-1BRS Battery, Toshiba PA3166U-1BRS Battery, Toshiba PA3331U-1BRS Battery, Toshiba PA3098U-1BRS Battery, Toshiba PA3084U-1BRS Battery. Put pressure on the side panel and slide it off the case

Locate the small circular battery, which will usually be either color or silver-colored, near the center of the motherboard. Check the model number on the top of the battery and then purchase a replacement through an online electronics store, such as: power-depot.co.uk , a1-battery.co.uk, or a local computer supply store. Make a note of the model information on the battery as you may need it to complete the installation.

Snap off the battery cover if your motherboard has one and then remove the CMOS battery by simply pulling it out of its holder.

Push the replacement battery back into the battery slot and pop the cover back down. Put the side panel back on the case, re-attach all of the cables, and then power on your computer to ensure the battery was correctly installed. Wait to see if the computer changes to a prompt asking for the battery information or if it boots directly to the desktop.

Enter in the battery model information you wrote down earlier if the prompt asks for it and then hit “enter” to finish the installation.

Difficulty Laptop Power Not Getting

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If your current laptop's power supply is succumbing, you will probably invariably start charging it to help you continue utilizing it. However, from time to time, you could get a notification appearing on your laptop screen that the Toshiba battery is not charging. This could be due to help two factors -- problem with all the battery, as well as possibly some sort of loose connection. So, for anyone who is faced with the problem of this laptop's power supply not obtaining, you would first need to identify what causes it so as to resolve the matter.

As lap tops are taken around while people proceed from one particular place in order to another, it truly is quite possible for any batter to have dislodged. Any time this transpires, the battery will never charge when linked to charger. To end the situation, you need to remove the actual battery and re-insert the item correctly.

Another reason behind the battery pack not charging is usually that the lifespan belonging to the battery may just be over. In this instance, you might need to purchase the latest one in addition to replace this old a single.

However, by far the most common reason behind the notebook battery such as Toshiba PA3399U-1BRS Battery, Toshiba PA3395U-1BRS Battery, Toshiba PA3250U-1BRS Battery, Toshiba PA3356U-1BRS Battery, Toshiba PA3291U-1BRS Battery, Toshiba PA3506U-1BRS Battery, Toshiba PA3591U-1BRS Battery, Toshiba Portege 4000 Battery, Toshiba Satellite A10 Battery, Toshiba Satellite A100 Battery not charging usually people often overlook the ability source. People forget to test whether the power source is actually connected and plugged the right way. Once anyone plug that in properly, the power supply should instantly start charging and also this is shown on my pc screen at the bottom right fretting hand corner with the screen.

If every one of the aforementioned steps usually do not resolve the situation, then there might be a problem with all the charger themselves. Here, you will have to get the latest charger for ones laptop's battery pack.

If all fails, then its about time to require your laptop to some repair shop to learn why your current laptop's battery is not really getting incurred.

Battery Life Boot Camp

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It’s one of the most-asked questions we get from readers: “How do I get more battery life out of my laptop?” Many complain that their notebook’s battery can no longer hold a charge and that they have to leave their laptops plugged in at all times. We spoke with Kevin Wentzel, technical marketing manager for HP, to get his advice for keeping your laptop’s battery in tip-top shape—and to keep you working (and playing) longer when unplugged.

1 Calibrate It

Calibrate the battery based on its usage. “Under the normal usage, batteries such as Toshiba PA3191U-1BAS Battery, Toshiba PA3166U-1BAS Battery, Toshiba PA3331U-1BAS Battery, Toshiba PA3098U-1BAS Battery, Toshiba PA3084U-1BAS Battery, Toshiba PA3399U-1BAS Battery, Toshiba PA3250U-1BAS Battery, Toshiba PA3356U-1BAS Battery, Toshiba PA3291U-1BAS Battery, Toshiba PA3591U-1BAS Battery should be calibrated once every three months,” Wentzel said. “However, a battery that is rarely discharged fully should be calibrated about once a month.”

To calibrate, turn off all hibernation or suspend modes, then charge the battery until full and unplug your notebook from the wall. Once the battery has completely drained and the laptop has automatically shut off, connect the AC adapter to the notebook again and charge it completely. Turn back on your power management settings, and the calibration will be complete.

Also, avoid battery-conditioning utilities. “They were really more applicable to previous generations of battery technology,” Wentzel said.

2 Don’t Overdo It

Remove your laptop’s battery if it’s going to remain plugged into AC power for more than two weeks straight. It’s unnecessary to plug in while you’re connected to the wall.

3 Dial Down the Brightness

“It seems obvious, but you need to turn down the display brightness while running off of a battery,” Wentzel advised. “I’ve done tests and have seen 15 to 30 minutes of saved battery life between a display at low brightness and at high brightness. Airplanes are usually dim environments, so it’s easy to keep the display brightness low.”

4 Hibernate is Better than Suspend

“The big thing that most people miss is using the display’s Suspend or Hibernate modes that come with their machines. Note that Standby keeps the notebook’s state in memory and uses some power, while Hibernate stores the machine’s state to disk and uses almost no power.”

Laptop Batteries: What Do You Need?

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Simple as it may sound, batteries are the biggest differentiator between laptops and desktops. Unplug a desktop from the wall, and it shuts down; do the same with a notebook, and it might last a day (or so HP and Dell claim with their 24- and 19-hour batteries such as Toshiba PA3191U-1BAS Battery, Toshiba PA3166U-1BAS Battery, Toshiba PA3331U-1BAS Battery, Toshiba PA3098U-1BAS Battery, Toshiba PA3084U-1BAS Battery, Toshiba PA3399U-1BAS Battery, Toshiba PA3250U-1BAS Battery, Toshiba PA3356U-1BAS Battery, Toshiba PA3291U-1BAS Battery, Toshiba PA3591U-1BAS Battery, respectively). Or, more realistically, anywhere from 90 minutes to 9 hours.

Regardless of capacity, all new notebook batteries are made up of lithium-ion cells and are rechargeable via A/C adapters. While some manufacturers make it more difficult than others to remove the battery, most make it simple to pop them in and out. This opens up the possibility for mobile professionals to tote a spare battery (sold separately). However, you are better off getting one battery that lasts a long time than lugging a spare; extra batteries are bulky, and you need to shut down your computer before inserting them.

In choosing or configuring a notebook, you may be presented with different battery sizes and capacities. We can help you decide which one is right for you. H

How Much Battery Life Do You Need?

If you plan to use your notebook away from your desk, you will want a bare minimum of three hours of endurance (with four to five hours being preferable), because even when carrying a notebook around the home or office, being chained to an outlet is extremely inconvenient. If you use your notebook in public places (coffee shops, outdoors, planes, etc), you want a minimum of four and a half hours of endurance (with six or more hours preferred).

Measuring Battery Capacity

While battery capacity is the most important factor affecting battery life, you can’t tell just from the battery specs how long a notebook will last. Some notebooks are more power efficient than others and, even with the same notebook, users themselves can have a big impact on battery life based on the power settings they use and the tasks they perform. For example, a quad-core gaming notebook may get less than two hours of endurance out of high-capacity battery, while a netbook with a lower-capacity battery can last more than nine hours.

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However, it’s clear that the more wattage a battery provides (usually measured in either milliamps or killowatt hours), the better. Most vendors do not advertise the amount of wattage a battery provides, but rather the number of cells inside the battery. And more cells almost always equals more juice.

Choosing the Right Number of Cells

While there are batteries with two, four, or eight cells, most come in three-, six-, or nine-cell packs. If long battery life is important to you, always choose the the largest number of cells available. Whatever you do, don’t settle for a three-cell battery; notebooks and netbooks with three-cell batteries tend to get less than three hours of battery life. Batteries larger than six cells—often referred to as "extended batteries"—may add some extra bulk to your notebook, sticking out the back and adding a few tenths of a pound to the weight. However, if you need long endurance, this extra weight is worth it.

Secondary Batteries

Many business notebooks also provide the option to purchase a secondary battery, which kicks in when the main battery runs out of power. Secondary batteries typically slide into the optical drive bay (replacing the optical drive), or attach to the bottom as a battery slice. These secondary batteries add to the cost and sometimes the weight, and slices in particular can make a notebook less comfortable on your lap. However, they can add anywhere from two to six hours of endurance.

Long-Life/Prismatic Batteries

Over time, a typical notebook battery tends to lose its ability to retain a charge. After a year of use, the typical battery has lost 15 percent of capacity, and it quickly declines from there. A handful of new batteries, such as HP’s Enviro batteries (made by battery manufacturer Boston Power), use oval-shaped prismatic cells to maintain their ability to hold a charge over time. The Enviro batteries, for example, are guaranteed to last at least three years. While this new kind of battery is a rare option, it is definitely preferable when available.

Storming expectations supervening

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Tablet is a very popular electronic gadget among the users mostly associated with the next generation. It is more advanced than mobile phones and you can denote it as a laptop killer. People do not want to think of mobiles only as a communication media. Naturally almost every mobile manufacturer is now going to launch their tablet computers to capture the future market shares of these extraordinary invention. HTC is also entering the world of tablet computer with their new stylish HTC Flyer coming up very soon. HTC is very much popular for their Sense UI which they are going to feature in the tablet computer as well. The Flyer will start shipping probably in the second quarter of 2011. The gadget with Android Gingerbread power upgraded to version 2.4 will be far more advanced than its previous version. The case looks smarter and eye catching and also includes protective edges to keep the gadget as safe as possible. A weight of mere 420g will definitely enable you to easily hold it in one hand.

HTC Flyer with 7 inches LCD touchscreen display will also be unique due to its high pixel density of 600 x 1024. At the same time it will support multi touch input method and the ability to recognize handwritings. It is expected that it will run every application very fast owing to its advanced and highly improved 1.5 GHz processor and 1GB RAM. There is also a good news with respect to its storage features. HTC will include 32 GB of internal flash storage memory with their upcoming tablet and also give you a provision of upgrading the memory power up to another 32 GB with extra micro SD card slot. The device will also support dual camera to fulfill all kind of requirements of users. The back side 5MP camera is also expected to capture HD videos and the front side 1.3 mega pixel camera will also be much more advanced than the previous VGA ones. For the better sound quality HTC will also include Dolby mobile and SRS sound enhancement with the tablet. In every aspect HTC Flyer will definitely score good marks with truly exceptional high resolution display and technical configuration.

Keeping in line with its portable style, the advanced tablet from HTC will also provide extraordinary support with respect to its battery power such as Toshiba PA3107U-1BAS Battery, Toshiba PA3383U-1BAS Battery, Toshiba PA3384U-1BAS Battery, Toshiba PA3285U-1BAS Battery, Toshiba PA3191U-1BAS Battery, Toshiba PA3166U-1BAS Battery, Toshiba PA3331U-1BAS Battery, Toshiba PA3098U-1BAS Battery, Toshiba PA3084U-1BAS Battery, Toshiba PA3399U-1BAS Battery. It will possess Li-Ion based 4000 mAh battery providing extra backup so that you can run every application without charging panic. A compact design with powerful features will make the HTC Flyer more valuable and advanced than other tablets available in the market. It will also provide uniqueness in terms of highly advanced web browsing features like multi window browsing, Adobe Flash support etc. With so many attractions embedded in a powerful tablet PC, HTC has worked upon every single detail in its first tablet to come up with advanced functionalities satisfying all users worldwide.

Consumers Before Purchase

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The site deals in a wide range of electronic products like laptops, keyboards, batteries, chargers, and ear pieces. Through this new initiative, the site hopes to make consumers more confident about the buying process.

Walkietalkiestore.com decided to launch this new feature to address a real problem that it noticed among many potential consumers. “We realized that a lot of people were looking for digital two-way radios or wanted to buy walkie talkies. But they really didn’t know how to go about it. In many cases, they were very intimidated by the whole process,” explained a company representative. “In many ways, the Internet can make the whole walkie talkie radios buying experience even more confusing. Not only are there are a lot of products advertised online, there’s a lot of fraudulent products out there as well. It can be hard to know how exactly to shop in an informed and confident manner.”

The company decided that it would launch a feature that would allow users to get expert advice about the product before buying. Whether it’s a laptop battery such as Toshiba PA3107U-1BAS Battery, Toshiba PA3383U-1BAS Battery, Toshiba PA3384U-1BAS Battery, Toshiba PA3285U-1BAS Battery, Toshiba PA3191U-1BAS Battery, Toshiba PA3166U-1BAS Battery, Toshiba PA3331U-1BAS Battery, Toshiba PA3098U-1BAS Battery, Toshiba PA3084U-1BAS Battery, Toshiba PA3399U-1BAS Battery, walkie talkie radios, or any kind of radio accessories, the site provides the expertise of trained personnel to help consumers with their questions. “We understand how confusing it can be,” shared a company executive. “A small business may want to know what would be the best option in terms of two-way radios for sale. Or an individual may just want to know how to buy certain kinds of accessories. We make the effort to answer all these questions in the best way we can. We believe that if the consumer is better informed, they will be able to make a much better purchase.”

Not Just Good Advice

Walkietalkiestore.com is doing much more than simply offering expert advice about walkie talkie radios to its clients. The site has also taken steps to initiate a number of new features, which it hopes the clients will find useful. “We’re very excited about our Gift Certificate System which we’ve recently started,” shared a company executive. “We’ve tried to make it as easy as possible for our users, both in terms of purchasing and in terms of cashing them online. We also have a number of discount coupons available. We’ve also started a newsletter to keep our consumers informed about new products and offers.”

Whether clients are looking for information on two-way radio batteries or two-way batteries for sale, Walkietalkiestore.com not only aims to offer the product for purchase, but also hopes to help the consumer make the best possible purchase. To do this, it aims to work together with the consumers, understanding their needs and providing them with the information they need to make an informed purchase.

To learn more about walkie talkie radios or any other kind of accessories, you can visit www.walkietalkiestore.com. The site offers numerous resources on various products and information on pricing. Walkie talkie radios offered for sale along with digital two way radios and accessories on the internet. For information regarding how to buy walkie talkies and other shipping and returns policy log on to batterystores.ca.