Tecra M10-S3411 is about security

The Toshiba Tecra M10-S3411 is a business laptop model, more in terms of power and data security than a glossy, eye-catching "appearance".

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Tecra M10 - S3411 looks very simple. Photo: Toshiba .

The Tecra M10-S3411 has a simple design that is found in business models. The highlight on the smooth, gray lid made of titanium and silver alloy, is the name Toshiba with bright white chrome. Inside, the cool tones are maintained in slight contrast between the silver frame and the black keyboard. Like the Lenovo Thinkpad, the Tecra M10 retains the "old" multi-purpose mouse control - trackpad (Pointing Stick). Between two separate mouse buttons is the fingerprint identification security slot. While the touchpad of the Tecra M10 is slightly smaller than normal, the large keyboard, the keys are arranged reasonably, giving the convenience and feeling of comfort when used long.

Tecra M10 uses a 14.1 inch screen with a resolution of 1,440 x 900 pixels, a traditional 16: 10 ratio. The viewing angles are better horizontal, moving a little vertically, immediately the image will be discolored. The built-in speaker system provides medium sound quality, volume is large enough but there is no bass. There is no problem with small-room presentations, but when watching movies or listening to music with better quality, buy headphones.

Tecra M10 is aimed at businessmen so security is highly valued. In addition to fingerprint recognition sensor, it is also equipped with Smart Card slot to enhance safety when you want to logon and lock slot to protect the device from being stolen. In addition, the device is still equipped with all peripheral ports including 3 USB ports with an integrated eSATA / USB port, these ports support charging for mobile devices even when the phone is turned off, VGA video output and COM serial port (remote room connects "antique" devices), FireWire port, 6-in-1 card reader, audio jack Mic / Headphone, LAN port, Modem, DVD burner. The Tecra M10 is a bit "out of date" with the front and back volume keys, but is more solid than the more popular touch keys. The device is equipped with Intel Wi-Fi Link 5100AGN Wi-Fi card that supports 802.11a / g / n standards, and Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR.

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Machine has a strong configuration. Photo: PCsiis .

Tecra M10-S3411 owns a quite powerful configuration with Intel Core 2 Duo P8600 2.4 GHz processor, 2 GB RAM memory, integrated GMA 4500MHD graphics and Intel GM45 Mobile Chipset but the test results are not homogeneous. CPU's "heavy" media file processing capabilities are validated when it takes only 2 minutes 44 seconds to encode music with Intunes and 6 minutes 27 seconds to compress videos with Windows Media Encoder (WME). Comprehensive CPU evaluation results with Cinebench 10 software reached 4,871 points. Tecra M10-S3411 performed well multi-tasking tests when compressing video with WME while scanning and checking the entire system with Windows Defender, the video compression time is only 7 minutes and 11 seconds (44 seconds slower than when running single task). The results show that the Tecra M10-S3411 is as powerful as the entertainment-oriented Toshiba Satellite E105-S1402 laptop.

But it is also quite surprising with the Benchmark results, assessing the overall ability to operate the system, with 2,660 points, lower than the average of 290 points. Better with the evaluation of graphics capabilities with 3DMark06 score 822 at 1024 x 768 pixel resolution, while at the original resolution of 1,440 x 900 pixels is 714 points, less than the average of 1,700 points. But also need to determine the Tecra M10-S3411 is a business laptop model does not require too high graphic.

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In Vietnam, the basic configuration version costs about VND 16 million. Photo: Pcsiis .

Not only from the rugged exterior structure, the Tecra M10 also reinforces the safety of specialized software such as EasyGuard and PC Health Monitor of Toshiba. This software analyzes the operating status of each major hardware device to avoid errors such as too high machine temperatures or serious problems such as hard drive failure. Included with EasyGuard is the shockproof design for hard drives, water-resistant keyboards, data encryption and multi-tier password utilities based on the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) circuit. In addition, there is also the famous anti-malware software Norton Internet Security 2008 (trial version).

The Toshiba Tecra M10-S3411 is priced from 1,077 to 1,207 USD in Asia. In Vietnam, the popular version has a lower configuration, the Toshiba Tecra M10-A461, reference price is about VND 16 million (US $ 899), Intel Core 2 Duo T5870 2 GHz processor, 1 GB RAM memory, and 250 GB HDD.

Advantages
- Good security features
- Various peripheral connections
- Reasonable price

Defect
- Monotonous design
- Machine is thick and heavy
- Small touchpad
- No HDMI port yet.