Toshiba Kirabook Core i7 2015

Toshiba Kirabook Core i7 2015-Kirabook series from Toshiba initially the only laptop to compete directly with Retina display MacBook Pro series of Apple. It displays a very polished design, a fast processor and better than HD display. Kirabook is a Windows laptop with a screen resolution higher than 1,920x1,080. In the few years since the first model, other PC makers have entered the game of high resolution, and the display with 2,560x1,440 pixels or even full 4K resolution.

Toshiba Kirabook Core i7

That means more competition for the MacBook Pro, but also more competition for Kirabook. Premium 13-inch laptop update in 2015 making the same view, but upgrade the processor to the fifth generation of Intel Core i7. Such as laptop fifth-gen Core i7 others, there are costs associated with the level of performance, and configuration Kirabook 2015 single is sold at a cost of $ 1,499 in the US. Core i7 Kirabook is £ 1082 in the UK or AU $ 1,999 in Australia, but note that the English version of Toshiba currently sells still have last year's fourth generation Core i7 CPU. For comparison, the Core i7 Lenovo Levie Z (minus touchscreen) is also at the cost of $ 1,499. The Technicolor Chroma Tune application to switch between screen color profiles, additional features first seen in Toshiba P50t now included here.

This is not all that useful unless you are an expert in color gamut and temperature, but includes presets for cold, warm, Rec. 709, plus a special Technicolor settings. For the uninitiated, Rec. 709 is a color standard is widely used for video content. On the other hand, Technicolor look slightly washed out but probably better in a bright environment. " Kirabook lightweight, sturdy, well-built and strong, with a brilliant high resolution screen. But it was also marred by some less premium features that seem out of sync with exclusive prices. Clacky key keyboard and touchpad is small and not sufficiently responsive, especially when using multifinger movement.

Design and Features

This is the third Kirabook models since 2013, and the look and feel of the body of the laptop is essentially unchanged (like the MacBook Pro). The body is made of magnesium alloy, which is both lighter and stronger than aluminum, and traces of desktop noticeably smaller than the 13-inch MacBook Air or Pro. Water weighs the same as, less than the 13-inch MacBook Pro. Gently brushed-metal look in the rear lid and the keyboard tray upscale, but hardly typical. Especially during the last few years, Toshiba has played very close to the vest in terms of aesthetics laptop. But the slim design does have one very useful feature.

Shallow body of most laptops 13 inches, thanks to the clever layout of the keyboard and touchpad on the tray interior. That means Toshiba Kirabook Core i7 particularly suitable for an airline seat or wherever you need to squeeze into a tight space. The keyboard feels has not changed since our previous Kirabook learned, but since then, we have seen and used some new excellent keyboard space-saving laptops from Dell, Apple and others. Compared with some of the competition in 2015, here now feeling keyboard key retained by the surface area is small and overall plastic feel.

Still very little flexible under your fingers when typing, which is a positive feature we mentioned in the previous model. 13.3-inch screen remains a major selling point, a resolution of 2,560x1,440 pixels. while in shiny side, the picture looks good from an extreme side angle, and Chroma Tune application offers additional control over the actual display of images even though the preset color temperature. Touch response on the screen very well, and we are pleased that Toshiba is no longer trying for a non-touch version.

Connection, Performance and Battery

Three USB 3.0 ports that can power accessories connected USB even while the laptop is in sleep mode or turned off, the SD card slot and HDMI for video output. Premium price also includes a license to Adobe Photoshop Elements and Premiere Elements, as well as two-year warranty, which is twice as long as a typical laptop warranty. As a Core i7 laptop, you can indeed expect excellent performance from Kirabook. In the multitasking test, it is faster than the Core i7 Lenovo LaVie Z, but fell behind the 2015 version of the MacBook Pro and Air.

In the single test application, which Kirabook, LaVie Z and MacBook Pro traded the top spot, but the values ​​are all pretty close. In the hands of anecdotal testing, the system is fast and responsive, and it works great for everything from streaming video to work on office documents. It's certainly more than fast enough for all but the most demanding users, unless you plan to play high-quality PC games or do a lot of complex video editing. The battery life in Toshiba Kirabook Core i7 have steadily increased over the three generations of the systems we've tested. That's thanks in large part to a better efficiency of the Intel Core i-series, and this Kirabook trade until now the fifth generation Broadwell chip generation to improve the battery life is decent. It ran for 8:50 in video playback. In a more challenging test online streaming with HD video, it ran for 05:26.