![]() It’s followed the trend set by Lenovo with a hard-disk protection system, sensing when the unit has been dropped and attempting to park the drive heads before the unit hits the ground. Toshiba is keen to point out internal design changes aimed at rendering the M7 less vulnerable to the rigours of the road. Biometrics are covered, though, with a fingerprint reader set into the bezel. The only omissions are serial and parallel ports, which do still have their place in enterprise and vertical-market applications. This includes three USB 2 ports and a mini-FireWire interface, plus an SD/xD/Memory Stick reader. The T7 isn’t lacking when it comes to peripherals and connectors, with both 802.11a/b/g WLAN and Bluetooth, plus a good array of ports around the sides. With the components as is, the machine scores a respectable but not amazing 0.88 in our application benchmarks, although it’s still more than fast enough for everyday use. A full 1GB of memory would be preferable if you’re planning on running heavyweight applications: an official Toshiba upgrade will set you back £60, and there’s a memory slot free. ![]() Overall, though, it lacks brightness and there’s a distracting amount of graininess to the image, which is clearly visible on white backgrounds from a normal working distance.īase specification is perfectly adequate, with an Intel Core Duo T2300 processor, 512MB of RAM and an 80GB hard disk. In landscape mode, there’s a clearly visible drop-off in brightness from top to bottom, although horizontal viewing angles – which translate to vertical in portrait mode – are much better, with only a slight brightness change even out to 90 degrees off-axis either side. ![]() Tablet displays inevitably suffer both from the extra stylus-sensing layer and the need to be usable in portrait and landscape modes, but the M7’s display is a letdown bearing even that in mind. ![]() Despite being the M7’s unique selling point, the screen itself is a disappointment. ![]()
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