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Toshiba Tecra M6

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Pros
Lightweight and compact
Cons
Small mouse buttons

Performance: Good: 76
Features: Good: 76
Design: Fair: 68

Find out how these scores, and their relative weights, combine to produce the PC World Rating.

Performance
ACD Systems ACDSee	747
Adobe Photoshop	384
Adobe Premiere	536
Ahead Nero	1234
Battery Life (Office Applications)	4:31
Discreet 3ds Max DirectX	432
Discreet 3ds Max OpenGL	684
Doom 3, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit	5.7
Far Cry, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit	5.77
Microsoft Office XP	589
Mozilla	707
Musicmatch Jukebox	598
Number of Included Batteries	1
Roxio VideoWave	308
Windows Media Encoder	354
WinZip	476
World Bench 5 Score	77
World Bench 5 Word Score	Good

WorldBench Tests
Multitasking	795

What You Should Know about the Tecra M6

Not Much RAM for Multitasking

The more RAM your laptop has, the faster programs will run and the greater number of windows you can work in at one time. If your needs are simple and you rarely do more than two things at once on your PC, the relatively modest amount of memory that comes installed in inexpensive laptops will be enough. Today the standard amount of RAM shipped in most PCs is 2GB. If you like to multitask--say, you want to launch a search for a file and start backing up data to a disc while you watch a news video--you need more memory.

Reviewed by: Hotlanta

Duration of ownership: 5 Months

Strengths: None

Weaknesses: This product is rarely out of the shop. In the 5 months I've owned it, is going on 3 months in repair. 3rd hard-drive, second key board. The "express" warranty guarantees it is in the shop 2-3 weeks at a time. IT IS USELESS>

Overall Evaluation: DON"T EVER BUY A TOSHIBA PRODUCT UNLESS YOU WANT A HIGH-PRICED PAPERWEIGHT!