Toshiba has gone on a notebook spree and the latest to come from their stables is the new Toshiba Tecra A8 which promises to deliver utmost functionality and performance. This is a business notebook and is ideal for students, professionals alike as it reduces the total cost of ownership (TCO) and features the one free year of SystemGuard— the company’s accidental damage coverage.

The new Tecra A8 can be configured according to ones need however lets looks at the Tecra A8-EZ8313 which has some impressive specs on it. This particular notebook is powered by the Intel Core Duo Processor T2300E (1.66GHz, 2MB L2, 667MHz FSB) and runs on the Microsoft Windows XP Professional operating system. There is also a 15.4-inch diagonal widescreen TruBrite WXGA (1280 x 800 native resolution) LCD which is standard to all models. For a superior visual experience Toshiba has thrown in the Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950 with 8MB to 128MB dynamically allocated shared graphics memory.

The notebook includes an 80 GB Hard Drive and has an impressive 1024MB DDR2 SDRAM which can be expanded up to 4GB. Some other features found on this model include CD-RW/DVD-ROM, Intel PRO/Wireless Network Connection 3945ABG (802.11a/b/g), Intel PRO/1000 VE Network Connection (10/100/1000 Base-TX Ethernet) and Toshiba V.92 modem, Secure Digital slot, microphone input jack, headphone output and i.LINK IEEE-1394, 3-USB (v2.0), RJ-45 LAN, RJ-11 modem.

The Toshiab Tecra A8-EZ8313 is available for $1,099 however users can opt for cheaper models which start from 600$. For more info visit: www.toshiba.com
Tecra A8-EZ8313 Recommended Configuration ($1,099)

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