Toshiba Tecra M9L-101 - Expert Reviews

Review summary: Toshiba's Tecra range of business notebooks may not be as well known as its Satellite range, but the Tecra product line is similarly being refreshed with the latest technologies on a constant basis. The latest additions ...

Verdict: A no-nonsense corporate laptop that uses the latest notebook technology to good effect. Its bundle of Toshiba utilities and security features should give peace of mind to the mobile road warrior.

Review summary: The Tecra M9L-12K is a nicely designed thin-and-light notebook whose fingerprint sensor will appeal to the security conscious. The lid section is a touch flimsy, and another USB port would be handy. The integrated graphics may be a bottleneck for some ...

Pros: Built-in fingerprint sensor, Excellent keyboard, Dual cursor controls (touchpad and pointing stick)

Cons: Could struggle with some graphics-heavy workloads, Slightly flimsy lid section, Only three USB ports

Review summary: Built-in fingerprint sensor Excellent keyboard Dual cursor controls (touchpad and pointing stick)

Pros: Built-in fingerprint sensor Excellent keyboard Dual cursor controls (touchpad and pointing stick)

Cons: Could struggle with some graphics-heavy workloads Slightly flimsy lid section Only three USB ports

Verdict: The Tecra M9L-12K is a nicely designed thin-and-light notebook whose fingerprint sensor will appeal to the security conscious. The lid section is a touch flimsy, and another USB port would be handy. The integrated graphics may be a bottleneck for some ...

Review summary: Laptop meets EPEAT Gold environmental standards but has average speed and short battery life.

Verdict: With a fast 2.2-GHz Core 2 Duo T7500 processor but only 1GB of RAM, our test unit earned 73 in our WorldBench 6 Beta 2 tests--average for the category. Its 128MB nVidia Quadro NVS 130M graphics card also produced average results in our graphics tests. ...