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Toshiba Portege A605 Review
The Toshiba Portege A605 is a 12.1 "ultra-portable, designed for business travelers who want something small and light, but I do not want to resign when it comes to features. The A600 offers a series of books by 'built-in optical drive so users can watch movies or install applications on the road, eSATA to expand storage and energy saving Intel Centrino 2 platform to squeeze the battery life as possible. In this review we see how the A605 is resistant to rigors of everyday use, and whether it is worth purchasing this notebook into a netbook or ultra-portable.
The Portege looks very classy for a business notebook with a piano keyboard bezel and covered with shiny black screen with a matte silver base. The port and button layout appears to be well thought out, with an effort to put something as simple as diet and activity indicators. The silver keyboard contrasts the black finish with a nice matte finish with black lettering that is easy to read.
The build quality is all or nothing, depending on which part of the laptop you are viewing. The quality of the finish is excellent, with a thick coat of glossy black paint seems to be resistant to scratches. On the other hand, the plastic used to build the notebook suffers from abnormal amounts of Flex - a side effect of its lightweight construction. The wrist and the lower half of the inner hose to enter the Latitude D620 Battery to carry, and also rest your palm on the palm rest are slightly bent. The cover shows the screen and grabs bend still showing signs of color distortion at the edges and center. The screen itself has some problems in the way in which it is mounted, showing a pressure point on the bottom that "flashes" when the screen shakes on your lap or desktop surface.
Update the components of the A605 is more difficult than the average laptop with half the RAM soldered to the motherboard and no access panel for the hard disk. While most users probably will not change the company issued equipment, regular users who buy this laptop can be annoying.
Toshiba includes a Duo ultra low voltage Intel Core 2 inside the Portégé A605, which help us in the department of battery life. During normal operation of the fleet moving from September to November watts of energy, which may seem low, but not so low as some larger laptops. The Lenovo ThinkPad T400 for example, consumes only 8.5 watts under load on the processor light, and the specific configuration was high-performance processor T9600. In our battery test with the backlight at 70%, wireless active, and profile views "balanced", the A605 stayed for 5 hours and 27 minutes. Although still a respectable figure, we could get a lot more time with the best power management.
One of the stand-out features of the A605 is the super small 45W power adapter. And 'ideal for travel, does not add much weight to the bag and if you get another power cord for this, very little space. The disadvantage of this type of adapter is small, but very slow to load the laptop, take hours to fully charge if the laptop is turned on.
In general, the FRU 92P1141 does not understand that the heat during normal use, and develops only bookmarks of the hot spots of the moment. The Intel Core 2 Dup SU9400 helps keep processor heat, at least a rate of 10 watts peak. During normal use the palm rests remain relatively cool, about 4 to 10 degrees above the temperature of our 74 degrees Fahrenheit. The access point we have found is in the top left of the keyboard, near the exit. Fan noise is minimal, with the fan in fact in most of the time. When the fan is the only time you notice it is running is when you feel hot air blowing on the arm of the vent on the side.
The Toshiba Portege A605 looks good and offers a small form factor, but it compromises the quality of construction to achieve its low weight. The palm rest, keyboard and the screen have a good amount of flex, which does not bode well for the sustainability of thoughts. Beyond the flexible framework, the notebook features a built-in optical drive, and always keeps the total weight of just over 3 pounds. For a business traveler who does not matter that this laptop is dropped right into the weight range of most netbooks. With the current list price of $ 1399 is expensive against the Pavilion dv6000 Battery, almost double the price of HP Pavilion dv2. In general, I think the Portege A605 offers great potential for a client interested in a mobile professional in good condition, but some areas for improvement.
Post je objavljen 08.11.2011. u 10:53 sati.