The Tecra is a series of business

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s currently manufactured by

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, a subsidiary of

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formerly owned by

Toshiba is a Japanese multinational electronics company headquartered in Minato, Tokyo. Its diversified products and services include power, industrial and social infrastructure systems, elevators and escalators, electronic components, semiconductors ...

. The number of Tecra notebook models available for sale is strictly dependent on the location: North and South

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and

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, the

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or the South Pacific region.

History

Origin

The first Tecra

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models were released in 1996, including the Tecra 500CS and the

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. Both

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

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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 500CDT as fast notebooks that feature information highway with no speed limits. Toshiba included in Tecra 500CS and

important hardware features for 1996, including Intel Pentium SL Enh (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

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drive (optional), two CardBus, Desk Station V Plus

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, Card Station II,

, and ZV Port. However, the Tecra 500CS had a 12.1 inches STN

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color display with a resolution of 800 × 600 pixels, while the

has a 12.1 inches TFT

color display with the 800 × 600 pixels resolution. By September 2000

implemented a common platform philosophy which delivered the investment protection that IT decision makers demanded. The

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reduced long term Total Costs of Ownership. Toshiba offered the

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

also included a

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 Tecra A11. 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

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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

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 display or 15.6 high resolution diagonal

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. 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 *

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* Tecra Z50

Previous Products

* Tecra A11 * Tecra R10 * Tecra R940 * Tecra R950 * Tecra R850 * Tecra R840 - 3 Variants *

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* Tecra M11 - 2 Variants

1995-2001

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Other Tecra models

* Toshiba Tecra 8200 *

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* Toshiba Tecra A10 *

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* Tecra A2 * Tecra A3 *

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* Tecra A4 * Tecra A5 *

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* Tecra A8 * Tecra A9 * Tecra A11 *

* Tecra M1 * Tecra M2 * Tecra M3 * Tecra M4 * Tecra M5 * Tecra M7 * Tecra M9 * Tecra M11 * Tecra R10 * Tecra S10 *

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* Tecra S2 * Tecra S3 * Tecra S4 * Tecra S5

Tecra A5

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and

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. The Tecra A5 has 14-inch

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wide-screen

display with a native resolution of 1280×768 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

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. 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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Duo. Designed for

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

References

Bibliography

External links

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