Toshiba Tecra M9

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Meets strict environmental requirements

Uncomfortable touchpad and buttons

Laptop meets EPEAT Gold environmental standards but has average speed and short battery life.

Comfortable keyboard and pointing stick ; Beer resistant keyboard (?) ; Clean sound from the headphone jack ; Pointing stick doesn't drift ; 3-year warranty standard

Super hot exhaust ; Flexing palm rest and keyboard ; Sparkly screen with poor viewing angles

Fan noise was always present after the system had been on for over 15-20 minutes, and it was warm enough to always heat up objects nearby. Using our decibel meter, the fan noise at low speed registered 45dB at 6" away from the vent. It blended in with...

Powerful, new generation CPU, Keyboard, Modest dimensions

Both pointing devices, Loudness, Short battery runtime under load

acceptable keyboard; non-reflecting display; Bluetooth 2.0 integrated; serial port; fast Draft-N-WLAN-Card; extensive security features; Recovery-Medien included; very quite when doing office work; low generation of heat

creaky case; spongy touchpad; long booting time; short of working memory; little hard disk; bad display

Built-in 3G modem, sturdy construction, relatively light, comfortable to use, fast networking

Lacks an ExpressCard slot, uses parallel ATA instead of Serial ATA

For getting online on the go, the integrated 3G capability of this laptop is ideal. It's also a comfortable unit to use, but it does lack some modern conveniences.

Great battery life ; Strong performer ; Bright screen

Only 1GB RAM ; Small keyboard

A good business laptop, but you may want to consider upgrading the memory if you want to make the most of Vista

Built-in 3G modem, sturdy construction, relatively light, comfortable to use, fast networking

Lacks an ExpressCard slot, uses parallel ATA instead of Serial ATA

For getting online on the go, the integrated 3G capability of this laptop is ideal. It's also a comfortable unit to use, but it does lack some modern conveniences.

Solid construction with a spill-resistant keyboard; Centrino Pro platform for added security and support.

Big and bulky for a 14-inch laptop; bloatware clutters the desktop and hard drive, which is particularly offensive on a business system.

The 14-inch Toshiba Tecra M9 business laptop makes up for its somewhat unwieldy design by offering Intel's Centrino Pro platform, plus shock and spill protection.