MobileTechReview Forum, News and Reviews: Toshiba Tecra R850 Review: 15.6" Slim Powerhouse Laptop

Let's be honest, Toshiba's Tecra series of business notebooks were the collective poster child for chunky monkey notebooks. That's all changed, and the Tecra R850 is one slim and good looking notebook that takes a page from the sexy Toshiba Portege R705 that won our Editor's Choice award last year.

We look at the high end model with a second generation Intel Core i7 CPU and AMD Radeon HD 6450M dedicated graphics with 1 gig of VRAM. This business notebook is capable of some serious gaming! In fact, we video it playing some demanding 3D titles like Mass Effect 2. The notebook has a matte 1366 x 768 display, 4 gigs of DDR3 RAM, a DVD drive, a DisplayPort and Intel WiFi 802.11n. It weighs 5.3 lbs. and averages 1" thickness.

Continue reading our Toshiba Tecra R850 review

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Lisa Gade
Editor in Chief, MobileTechReview

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