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Toshiba R845-S80 Review

Toshiba R845-S80 ($ 649.99 at Staples) sports a nice ribbed finish and a battery that will take you through a whole day. A second generation i3 Core processor and features like USB 3.0 and 2.0 WiDi technology makes this laptop a good value for budget-conscious consumers, but there are more efficient notebook be had for about the same price.

Design

Weighs 4.4 kg, the R845-inch thick S80 is one of the lightest 14 inch laptop around. In comparison, the Dell Inspiron i14RN4110-7616DBK (list $ 649.99, 3 stars) and weighs 5.2 pounds and U46E-BAL5 Asus ($ 699.99 list, 4.5 stars) weighs 4.9 pounds. A polished chrome Toshiba logo adorns the front cover, which is done in a black finish resistant magnesium alloy tag with a pattern of blue ribbed relief. A pair of polished chrome hinges makes the laptop look more expensive it is and gives you a strong lasting impression.

Toshiba R845-S80
Toshiba R845-S80
Under the lid is a bright 14-inch display with a maximum resolution of 1366 x 768. The screen has an antiglare coating and offers bright and vivid colors and black ink, but the screen darkens considerably when viewed from a side angle. The two small built-in speakers above the keyboard are thin and not very strong. The R845-S80 has a full-size spill-resistant keyboard, but it lacks a numeric keypad. The Chiclet keys and wrist rest stylish black textured to provide a comfortable environment, the entry experience free of burrs, and buttons on the touchpad and mouse are built large sensitive. A switch that activates or deactivates the touchpad just below the spacebar. A couple of buttons above the keyboard is right: Toshiba Launches the Eco, which gives you the opportunity to check the energy consumption and adjust the power settings on the fly, and the other is Toshiba Presentation button, the that allows you to quickly and easily connect to an external monitor or projector.

Toshiba R845-S80
Toshiba R845-S80

Characteristic

The R845 has a relatively generous feature set. The left side of the laptop with VGA and HDMI, USB 2.0 ports, an eSATA / USB 2.0 combo with Sleep and Charge technology, and headphone and microphone jacks. To the right is a multi-disc DVD, a. USB 3.0 port, a slot memory card reader and an Ethernet port The 500 GB (5400 rpm) hard drive comes with Windows 7 Home Premium and an abundance of Toshiba utility applications such as facial recognition and enforcement webcam built-in camera, Disc Creator, and PC Health Monitor. Other applications include non-branded Corel Digital Studio bloatware and several elements in the form of games, trial versions and adware.

In addition to Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n, WIDI 2.0 supports the R845, Intel wireless display can be used to connect an external device such as a TV or monitor without having to run the child. You need the Netgear Push2TV receptor (list $ 99) to do so, however. WiMAX broadband network and Bluetooth are not part of the transaction. The R845 comes with a standard one year warranty covering parts and labor.

Toshiba R845-S80
Toshiba R845-S80

Performance

R845-S80-2310 Intel Core i3 m processors Sandy Bridge, which has a clock speed of 2.1GHz. It also has 4 GB of RAM and Intel integrated graphics HD 3000 R845 turned into 7 points PCMark 1532, which is considerably less than what we've seen the other laptops i3 Core: For example, the Toshiba Satellite L745-S4210 (list 639, $ 99, 3.5 stars), earned the 2035 and Dell Inspiron i14R 7616DBK-1809. Current Editors Choice 'for Asus BAL5-U46E, which is a Core i5, scored 2215 points. Is processor-intensive benchmark tests Cinebench R11.5, R845's score was slightly better than the Inspiron 2.04 (1.99) and L745-S4210 (2.03), but was U46E-BAL5 (2.59). R845-S80 multimedia performance was better, was completed, we test the 2 minutes 25 seconds of the hand brake and ended with Photoshop CS5, we test for 5 minutes and 34 seconds, the player and the Inspiron (2:36 and 05: 42, respectively), and L745-S4210 (3:10 and 6:35, respectively).

The U46E-BAL5 needed only 1:53 to 4:10 handbrake and Photoshop.

Intel HD Graphics, 3000, R845-S80 is executed as planned, our test game. We gave only 13.9 frames per second (fps) in our Crysis DirectX 10 (DX10), our test and 16.2fps Lost Planet DX9 Test 2, both of which we have done the settings further support for 1024-by-768 . You may be able to play some older, less graphics-intensive games with a notebook, but look elsewhere if you want to play current titles.

When the R845 has a battery life very good. The six-cell battery 66Wh time gave us a MobileMark 2007 9 hours 7 minutes. There are four hours more than the Inspiron and over three hours more than the L745-S4210. Only QX411-W01 Samsung came up with a score of 8 hours and 48 minutes.

Toshiba R845-S80 does not have the raw computing power, it compensates with a lightweight and durable and excellent battery life. Of course, this laptop does not pose any speed records, but it is certainly able to handle almost all daily activities, basic computer and get a USB 3.0, Widi 2.0. That said, if you need power and i5 want certain features, such as WiMAX and bigger hard drives, Asus U46E-BAL5 give everything just $ 50 more.
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