The Tecra is a series of business laptops currently manufactured by

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, a subsidiary of

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formerly owned by

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. The number of Tecra notebook models available for sale is strictly dependent on the location: North and South America, Europe, Africa and South Africa, the Middle East or the South Pacific region.

History

Origin

The first Tecra

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models were released in 1996, including the

Tecra 500CS The Tecra is a series of business laptops currently manufactured by Dynabook Inc., a subsidiary of Sharp Corporation formerly owned by Toshiba. The number of Tecra notebook models available for sale is strictly dependent on the location: North an ...

and the Tecra 500CDT. Both

models had the same design and featured similar hardware specification. The Tecra laptops built in 1996 dimensions of 299 x 235 x 58mm, with a weight of 3.4kg with integrated AC adaptor. The Lithium-Ion

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(not used in

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notebooks before 1997) offered a standard productivity up to two hours. The original designers of the Tecra were two engineers working at Netel communications. Kenneth Rolls and Kenneth Bailey. Original release of the Tecra was to the engineers of Nextel communications, to improve workflow and speed. Mostly used for process of cellular data. Then released general public.

marketed both

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and

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as fast notebooks that feature information highway with no speed limits. Toshiba included in

and Tecra 500CDT important hardware features for 1996, including

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(120 MHz), standard

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of 16 MB EDO

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expandable to 144 MB EDO

, a

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of 1.350 million bytes, both

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and CD-ROM drive (optional), two CardBus, Desk Station V Plus

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, Card Station II,

, and ZV Port. However, the

had a 12.1 inches STN

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color

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with a

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of 800 x 600 pixels, while the Tecra 500CDT has a 12.1 inches TFT

color display with the 800 x 600 pixels resolution. By September 2000 Toshiba implemented a common platform philosophy which delivered the investment protection that IT decision makers demanded. The Tecra 8100

reduced long term Total Costs of Ownership. Toshiba offered the Tecra 8100 with four different processor speeds (

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500 MHz, Pentium III 600 MHz, Pentium III 650 MHz, and

700 MHz). The basic configuration was also available in two diagonal display, 13.3 inches and 14.1 inches. The Tecra 8100 also included a

, CD-ROM drive or

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drive, S3 Savage MX

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, two PC Card Type II or one PC Card Type III, Card Bus support, memory expansion slot, SelectBay modules, and Lithium-Ion

(with an autonomy up to four hours). By 2000 Toshiba was adding special features to Tecra

models, such as Toshiba Hibernation and Resume, Toshiba Power Extensions, SecureSleep, Wake-On-LAN and Service Boot, and System Password Security.

Sharp era

Portfolio

is updating the Tecra series by upgrading older models or launching new notebooks, such as

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. Depending on the location there are currently three notebooks in the Tecra series. Toshiba implemented two latest upgrades in the current Tecra series. The first upgrade regards the

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. Recent Tecra notebooks are shipped with

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, while the second upgrade regards the 2010

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processor Family, which includes faster processors that deliver higher performances with Intel Turbo Boost technology and Intel Hyper Threading technology (available in three performance levels). Toshiba included in the Tecra series features for protection such as PC Health Monitor. Other Tecra laptop features are

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Sleep-and-Charge combo port, and fingerprint reader for a better security. Furthermore, the Tecra series includes notebooks with either 14.1 inches diagonal

or 15.6 high resolution diagonal widescreen. Some current Tecra

models have durable texture finish with chrome buttons.

Models

Current Products

Depending on the location the Tecra series includes: * Tecra A50 * Tecra W50 * Tecra Z40 * Tecra Z50

Previous Products

* Tecra A11 * Tecra R10 * Tecra R940 * Tecra R950 * Tecra R850 * Tecra R840 - 3 Variants * Tecra M10 * Tecra M11 - 2 Variants

1995-2001

* Tecra 8100 * Tecra 8000 * Tecra 780CDM, 780DVD * Tecra 750CDM, 750CDT, 750DVD * Tecra 740CDT * Tecra 730CDT, 730XCDT * Tecra 720CDT * Tecra 710CDT * Tecra 700CS, 700CT (DSTN color LCD vs TFT color LCD) * Tecra 550CDS, 550CDT * Tecra 540CDT * Tecra 530CDS, 530CDT * Tecra 520CDS, 520CDT * Tecra 510CS, 510CDS, 510CDT * Tecra 500CS, 500CDT

Other Tecra models

* Toshiba Tecra 8200 * Toshiba Tecra 9100 * Toshiba Tecra A10 * Tecra A1 * Tecra A2 * Tecra A3 * Tecra Alol * Tecra A4 * Tecra A5 * Tecra A7 * Tecra A8 * Tecra A9 * Tecra A11 * Tecra M10 * Tecra M1 * Tecra M2 * Tecra M3 * Tecra M4 * Tecra M5 * Tecra M7 * Tecra M9 * Tecra M11 * Tecra R10 * Tecra S10 * Tecra S1 * Tecra S2 * Tecra S3 * Tecra S4 * Tecra S5

Tecra A5

Toshiba began production of the Tecra A5 in 2005. It has since been superseded by the Tecra A6. Older models include the Tecra 720CDT. They were produced at Toshiba's plants in

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and

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. The Tecra A5 has 14"

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wide screen LCD display with a native resolution of 1280x768 pixels. The laptop's exterior is mostly black but the back of the laptop lid has a silver finish. The laptop has stereo speakers which are located under the LCD display. When compared to its cousin the Satellite, the Tecra is generally more expensive and more business oriented, each having different features and capabilities. * ''Features'': The Tecra A5 has a

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Burner, Multi card reader, Wireless, a headphone and microphone jack, four

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Ports, an

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port,

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port, an internal

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and an

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port for connecting to

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s. Uses Intel

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. * ''Dimensions'': are 13.5" x 9.5" x 1.5" (about 340 x 240 x 40 mm) and it weighs about 5 pounds (about 2.2 kg). * ''Technical specifications'':

References

Bibliography

Mobile Whack information on the Tecra A5

External links

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