Tecra M8 Specifications

• The Toshiba Tecra M8, now discontinued, was released in late 2007. The computer featured a wide-screen, TruBrite display in a 13.3-inch format and a 2.0 gigahertz Intel Duo processor. The laptop was optimized to work with Windows Vista and only weighed 4.5 pounds, which made it extremely portable.

General

• The Intel Centrino Duo processor was combined with a 802.11 a,b,g wireless LAN receiver, stereo speakers and Bluetooth. The Tecra M8 also featured a fingerprint reader for added security. The Tecra was classified as a thin-and-light laptop because of its design and overall weight of 4.5 pounds.

Processor

• The 2.0 gigahertz Intel Core 2 Duo T7250 processor was capable of processing 64-bit platforms. The Mobile Intel GM965 Express chipset had a data bus speed of 800 megahertz.

Cache Memory and RAM

• The installed size of the type L2 cache measured 2.0 megabytes. The Tecra M8 came standard with two 512 megabyte DDR2 SDRAM running at 667.0 megahertz for a total of 1 gigabyte of RAM. The slots supported up to 4GB of RAM.

Environmental Considerations

• The Tecra M8 was Reduction Of Hazardous Substances compliant as per the European Union's standards. The laptop runs between 41 and 95 degrees and in the 20 to 80 percent humidity range.

Storage

• It came standard with an 80GB Serial ATA-150 hard drive that ran at 5,400 revolutions per minute. The Tecra also had a multi-speed CD/DVD reader and burner as an optical drive in addition to a multi-format memory card reader.

Display

• The 13.3-inch TFT active matrix screen was designed to be high-gloss and anti-glare in a wide-screen format. The 24-bit display showed 16.7 million colors using an Intel GMA X3100 Dynamic Video Memory Technology 4.0 graphics card.

Networking and Communications

• The laptop was equipped with a fax modem, a network adapter and a Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG receiver that is compliant with the IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11a and IEEE 802.11g signal standards.

Operating System

• Even though it was optimized to work with Windows Vista, the Toshiba Tecra M8 came standard with Windows XP Professional.

Miscellaneous

• The laptop had an extensive number of interface ports, which included FireWire and USB 2.0 interfaces, for device connection and data transfer.