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<\/a><\/p>\nAn opportunity arose to replace my work laptop \u2013 I could move from \u201cthe best\u201d to an Ultrabook. This would kill a few birds with one stone:<\/p>\n
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- Use a brand of machine in work presentations that my employers actually distribute (Toshiba)<\/li>\n
- Use a lighter machine<\/li>\n
- Donate \u201cthe beast\u201d to the lap where it can be reused as a host, maybe as an NVGRE gateway host.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
We ordered in some Toshiba KIRAbooks<\/a>, Toshiba\u2019s premium consumer ultrabook. This is a mad laptop; i7-4550U, 8 GB RAMM, 256 GB SSD, and \u2026. a screen running at 2560 x 1440. It\u2019s unusable without Windows 8.1 screen scaling.<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nFirst impressions: Very nice (touch) display. Nice functional build. It looks nice on the desk. Good keyboard. Nice big mouse pad. Slim. Obviously lighter than \u201cthe beast\u201d. It has 3 x USB, 1 x SD, and 1 x full sized HDMI. Battery is listed at 9.16 hours (probably by using the custom ECO power profile). It came with Windows 8.1 Pro with the April 2014 update. There is no stylus. And yes, I had to uninstall some crapware from MuckAfee, Spotify, and others. I will have to get USB\/VGA and RJ45 dongles (I already use those for my personal Lenovo Yoga).<\/p>\n
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<\/p>\nPrice-wise, this seems to come in at $1,699,99 on Amazon.com<\/a>. It\u2019s just started shipping in Europe, and I didn\u2019t see it on Amazon UK or Germany. AFAIK, Toshiba are selling to consumers via exclusive retailers.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ll write up a bit more when I have had time to work with it.<\/p>\n
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